Week 4 – Share Your Final Progress!
We’ve reached the last week of our Debussy Challenge! Now it’s time to bring everything together. 🎶
📹 Post a video of your piece (or even just part of it) to show your final progress.
✨ Reflect on your journey – what surprised you the most while learning this music, and what are you most proud of?
💬 Encourage each other in the comments – this is a celebration of everyone’s growth!
Let’s fill this thread with Debussy’s colors, textures, and impressions. Can’t wait to see what you’ve created!
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Here's my video, in which I allowed myself to include two images, because of the visual meaning of the piece. I've really enjoyed learning this kind of music, which I don't usually play. It's been challenging to achieve the sonority I was imagining in my mind, with all those pianissimos here and there. But, it's definitely been worth it.
Thanks, Dominic, once again for the chance to explore new pieces through these challenges.
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I'm posting my recording of Arabesque No. 1. It's a piece I learned 50 years ago (ouch, that's hard to admit) and returned to a few weeks ago. I was surprised that it was like learning it from scratch. I feel I have the basic components down, but am working with my teacher now on perfecting voicing, texture and fluidity. You won't see a lot of that in this video LOL. I re-recorded my first video since my hands were so tight from nerves. I almost made it to the end of the piece, so you might notice a small edit.
The part I find most difficult is the ascending right hand in mm. 34-36. I was actually able to work on this with Dominic at the Tonebase Piano Camp 2 weeks ago, and I do believe that's improved.
The most beautiful section for me is when the final theme is introduced starting m. 89. The piece becomes almost polyphonic at this point and it's tricky to maintain the 2-against-3 rhythm. Hope I came close.