Clair de Lune - Claude Debussy - Piano

[WasabiSnorter249]

piano hero....

[thearrivalguard]

i just started learning this piece the other day and im in 1/4 of the piece already but i think im stuck >_<

[joshxxt]

@thearrivalguard you can do it! im nearly finished with it. youtube HUGH SUNG CLAIR DE LUNE LESSONS. he got me 1/2. :)

[CandyRainMusicString]

I'm learning to play piano by myself, just started, and obviously I know this is way too hard for me, what songs would someone recommend for me to try? I really want to play this song, but I know I can't yet, around about what grade is this for?

[MrPandabolis]

tempo is all wrong...

[thekillerangil]

The most difficult is from 2:04 to 2:45

[samvansomething]

You started out far too slow and then picked up to bat out of hell speed hahah what the hell happened?

[asdfalex12345]

1:05 left hand.. Even MY hand aint that big . __.

[CallMeeMarie]

@asdfalex12345 Totally agree.. I think imma skip that part.. if i could ._.

it's creepy.

[TheOnlyJwh1t3]

@asdfalex12345 you donty hold the note, its sustainable pedal

[tonyinmiami99]

If ya really want "Hard" try to play Mozart's "Turkish March," get back to me when ya Master that one :)

[N00BVDOGMES]

it's a bit slow though

[younghwa11]

nice

[GamerGirl3571]

I can play up to 2:32 :) the chords in the left hard before are actually pretty easy, I love playing that bit because it looks hard and impressive but really it is quite easy.

[Snowynator]

too slow!-.-

[domesamano25]

i agree with DuctapeisSilver, in 0:57 you need like 2 hands to play the left hand.....

[beatrice8349]

@domesamano25 you need like a pedal, not 3 hands :>

[SilasandMarbles]

i am now able to play this song, thanks to sheet music and synthesia took me about two months to get it 5 months to perfect it but all in all its definetly worth it

[DuctapeisSilver]

......Claire de Lune - specifically made for Chuck Norris

[DuctapeisSilver]

....damm one questions...how will a dude be able to stretch his fingers that far when it comes to the chords on the left hand?

[PianoDude1011]

@DuctapeisSilver the damper pedaal

[TheSurrealCookie]

It got me tears :) even i heard it just today for the first time but not in twilight

[StarTrekRocks100]

The tempo is a little too slow. But, I'm 13 and know how to play this, no lies. You don't need four hands.

[Squishina]

The tempo is seriously messed up

[MariaKristinaCid]

one page finished.. 5 pages left ..hehexD

[MrBufellow]

People aren't really seeming to realize that this isn't a beginner's song lol...you have to have played at least 3 years or so before you can play this.

[TheBulletproofmonkey]

LOL its the piano version of guitar hero! Piano hero!

[kakajack8989]

Why am i the weird one in school for liking this and not rap?

[KforKaspur]

@kakajack8989 You just do not "fit in" with the group, its fine, outside of school people loosen up and realize life is a mess, a mess that they must clean up from their High School mishaps, you're not much different then anybody else and you'll come to appreciate that soon enough.

[blizzared2]

@kakajack8989 lol more refined than most people in your school its a good thing.

[ipablo16]

@kakajack8989 you're not weird, you have a music preference, for example, I love dubstep, old people would say I have no taste for music, but still I enjoy either piano or classical music.

Cheer up mate

[90stvrules]

@kakajack8989 when i was in school everyone was really into rap and nothing else. but i loved classical music and jazz. now 5 years after graduating im taking my taste in music and using it to write for a the AJC. i love my job and i still love music. music that the kids in high school still consider weird. but you know whats not weird? my paycheck. plus ladies love a man of diverse taste. it makes you seem adventurous even though its just the way you are.

[MsCharlotteLeigh]

The red line and the green line had a race;D

[kuqen]

You dont happen to have the MIDI-file available? Would really like to have it so I can play it in Synthesia..

Keep up the good work!

Thanks.

[saritatata101]

@LumocGameplay actually Claude Debussy had a fingerspan of about 10 keys

[SHINIGAMISAMA1000]

now this is when you need a REAL piano, it has a little thing called peddles... makes playing this song A LOT easier :D

[TheIsabellaHGomez]

PLEASE! if you have the sheet music.. i need it! ASAP! thanks!

[PianoDude1011]

@TheIsabellaHGomez go to google, type "clair de lune sheet music", click on the fourth link, then click on the other link on the page that u get to when u click on the link

sorry i can't post the link. it keeps saying "error, try again" below the comment box when i try to. thumbs up so everybody can see how to get the sheet music

[bbfan77]

bah, I'm only afraid of the middle part :( but must be bold and try to learn it anyways! mmpfh!

[Aimhederaire]

@sweetnymphetamines you're a coward :-p

[Knit1For1Life]

I downloaded the pro from your link. Thank you :)

how and where can I get this piece tab on Synthesia?

[Maichi123]

ive heard this from somewhere but i cant remember

[Knit1For1Life]

@Maichi123 It was in the movie Frankie and Johnny (starring Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer)

[bbfan77]

@Maichi123 maybe Oceans 11? :)

[dannievasco]

i learned this song 2 years ago when i was 13 but then i quit piano and i forgot how to play it lol i just mastered all the way up to 2:45 then the rest i just didn't do

[PianoDude1011]

0:59 :O how do you play all of those keys at once?!

[ratzlp0li]

@PianoDude1011

pedal

[PianoDude1011]

@ratzlp0li ah. i see

[Sturrfry]

Any advice for playing 2:30-2:40? i have a lot of trouble with that part and its the only thing between me and playing the whole thing

[MikzeyFTW]

Stare at it playing for ages then pause it, it looks like the notes are still moving. Like an optical illusion!

[DisneyAllDayEveryDay]

I like how you can see the screen speed up XD

[yaniyan2809]

wata crap four hands is playin!

[BunBun969]

i self-taught myself up until 2:04.. but i stopped because it looked and sounded like four hands playing at once

[alpha4005]

@BunBun969 Its not, its two hands. pedal used to sustain. They have vids showing how its done!

[PCTMTJBPMRRFetcetera]

Kinda crap song really

[Darkpercy99]

learn 1 hand at a time and practice,practice,practice....­...etc.....(for infinity) XD

[carolchill]

I'd really like to see Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag. Not because anyone could ever use this technique for learning it, but just because it would be fun to watch.

[RachaelAnnePerkins]

is it me or does this version either go a bit too slow or too fast to the actual piece?

[Sturrfry]

@RachaelAnnePerkins no i think its too slow too

[davidg6546]

This piece isn't to hard, except for parts in the middle, especially at 2:30 because the notation switches to sharps instead of flats. The part at 1:21 is easy once you get the hang of it, but some of the left had parts are hard when you try to put both hands together.

[mts2]

@davidg6546

I learned this one, and I agree with you, most difficult part for me was 2:30

[meredithhmariee]

this song is somewhat bittersweet :)

i dont know how to explain it, but it sounds like that part of a movie where a loved one has some kind of illness and in the movie they have this montage about all the stuff they do together while they have the chance but later on in the song, the loved one grows weaker and weaker and eventually they just wait for a peaceful death.

....yup. well, at least thats what comes to my mind :P

[lLordOfWarl]

But of course this video is to learn, and for that it's very useful, although i prefer the printed way to learn^^.

[lLordOfWarl]

I've started playing it, but the part at 1:21 isn't that hard, the left hand at 2:05 is much harder for me.

I don't think that this is played by a human, or? It's by a program, i guess, cause some parts should be played rubato, which means that it can be played little different than it's written. Not the notes, but the sound etc. But at most of the parts in this version, it's quite ok. :-)

[OHitschristina26]

I don't care what anyone says. THIS IS MY JUSTIN BIEBER!!!

[AndresRomeroBlog]

I started very happy learning this song but when i got 1:21 I said ''Fuck this''

[DuhXRandom]

Dude don't give up..... I'm only 12 and i am getting past it.......

[teresahan1991]

@AndresRomeroBlog I only like the beginning part of it anyway :D

[NicolesTrends]

@teresahan1991 this is a beautiful piece, i love the whole thing

[keflar5]

@teresahan1991 Your videos are the ONLY way to learn on you tube thanks alot, should it be a hundred times more difficult when you add the second hand? dont feel the need to answer you probably get tons of banal questions

[macikar757]

@AndresRomeroBlog same thing hahaha i know exactly how u feel

[fourleafcloverpicker]

@AndresRomeroBlog lol :)

[SpringRosabella29]

@AndresRomeroBlog ...so did i hahaha..although i am attempting it again:)

[jonnytheemo]

@AndresRomeroBlog thats an easy part lol ^__^ i bet you can do it

[anypop15]

just beautiful!

[Bunzypoo]

This song makes me melt.

[Danaguifer]

suddenly im crying, and i cant figure out when i started

[kadeparkin]

may I ask what program this is??

[WeavileTheWhacker]

@kadeparkin Synthesia, but you'll also need a midi file to load into it. Just look up the song you want with .mid at the end.

[mariohead101]

beutiful i cant but i like the urcsome citrus mor no matter if if its older

by mario head 101 91 years ago

[LumocGameplay]

The guy who made this must have very long fingers or at least 4 hands

[Semtater]

@LumocGameplay You use the pedal to get the long notes and move on to the short ones.

[ohhhjizz]

@LumocGameplay well there is such a thing called a damper pedal

[emmettlover11]

@LumocGameplay i saw a guy performing this in the grand californian in California Adventure, for the lower parts, just tap 'em while holding down the petal thingy and problem solved!

[imkitsoularas]

@LumocGameplay he can also use the pedal.!! ;)

[KingHarkinian]

@TheImmortal4190 A great idea indeed! Perhaps we'll gather enough gold (yes I said gold) to buy ourselves a lovely Steinway Grand Piano and play this ourselves then!

It shall truely be a spectacle!

[KingHarkinian]

@TheImmortal4190 Aye! Yet the smell of such an act would ruin this lovely piece of music. Perhaps the gallows would be a better option?

[MrFireball76]

was this on twilight???

[KingHarkinian]

@MrFireball76 You sir, have now been banned from Youtube for an indefinite time for bringing such an atrocious abomination up on a video such as this.

Have a good day!

[rainpaw4]

i can only play up to 1:23.... so many flats....

[Klinkiwinki]

thanks synthesia

ive learned piano by myself ;)

[CrazyBerii01]

I'm 12 years old and I can play from 0:00 - 1:54 so far =D Trying to learn it piece by piece...

[sian24397]

This sounds to fast ?

[oMIKSZo]

i can play 0:00- 1:20!!! I've learned it in 2 weeks!!! :DD

[spilledgrits06]

I love all of this...but 4:17 onwards is the most beautiful part.

[HerbieTRJ]

2:05 - spider-man theme

[rollinglorie]

what program is this?!

[osheetidied]

6 people were born in 2009

[xguidroz1]

Shut the fuck up about Twilight! Listen to the goddamn song and enjoy it for all its beauty, besides if the conductor knew his song was in that train wreck of a movie he would be rolling in his grave!

[Ransyh]

It's a shame that these sheet programs doesn't come near the true beauty of this magnificent piece. It doesn't show the small nuances, the right "pronunciation" or the important stops and pauses.

if you really want to learn this piece in its true splendor you would need to study the piano for at least 5-6 years. I would know.

Perhaps this is one of the reason that it is as beautiful as it is.

[eggylucy]

Edward listens to debussy!!!!! :D <3 TEAM EDWARD!

[abuga09]

@eggylucy

fuck u

[eggylucy]

@abuga09 okay... i take it your team Jacob so ya.... FUCK YOU ASWELL

[abuga09]

@eggylucy

i will take this as an offense, because by me, all the idiots that was in the movie that fucked with vampires big time should die.

and please, don't presume that kind of idiot think

[abuga09]

@eggylucy

ps:do u speak portuguese? if not, ENFIA UM COQUERO NO SEU RABO!

[eggylucy]

@abuga09 no but i can easily translate! Stick a Coqueros ON YOUR TAIL pfft.. what ever that means!

[abuga09]

eggylucy for u, a fat and idiot american, a proudly say 2 things

1-it's a coqueiro in your ass, not in your tail

2-your so loved web translator sucks

[eggylucy]

@abuga09 actualy im english and im anorexic SO WAY!!! you got that completley wrong you bastard

[abuga09]

@eggylucy

sorry, then, but i could say that now we r even. only for u to know that since u r english, i dont have anything against u(except that u commented about twilight in this video)still, your translator sucks.and there isnt any good in being anorexic(although i dont think u r really that, cause if u were, u would agree when i sad that u r fat), so take care of your self

[dude7597]

How is 1:31 possible for the left hand? I, for one, do not have a hand that big.

[ammeechi]

@dude7597 i'm asking myself the same exact question right now

[Xxrockerchic229xX]

@dude7597 wtf! i agree, & i would like to see someone do that. haha

[CrazyBerii01]

@dude7597 I think you use a pedal to keep the sound going... =P Because I don't have a hand that big either...

[bbfan77]

@dude7597 pedal? :) that is if you have a real piano, not a synthesizer..

[3lindabeck]

You use the extreme left pedal to sustain the notes in the bass clef while changing chords in the treble.

[NiNJAof2011]

where can i learn how to use my feet !? [ ? ]

[lamaman94]

How the F are you supposed to play this? :)

[Dashland13]

@lamaman94 it is very difficult to play. the timing is complicated!

[Psychoticsixx]

@lamaman94 well when it shows to hold like 2 notes then 3 more you hit the two hold the pedal then hit the other three just for an example and lots of practice

[ibsnowedin100]

@Psychoticsixx so you need pedals? cant be done with a keyboard rather than a real piano?

[Psychoticsixx]

@ibsnowedin100 um no you dont need pedals and i play along on my keyboard. depending on what kind of keyboard i think you will run out of keys on this song but yes you can play it on a keyboard.

[CptMole]

Ocean 11

[louifnfs]

2:03 ahww so good 4 me

[MrsHeinBloed]

blue for left and green for right hand? that seems to be difficult on some parts...

[helenaelvap]

I love this song before I know, this is Edward Cullen's favourite song :D I wanna play this song!! >.<

[juju6018]

@helenaelvap ha you mean piece not song, hope Edward doesnt decide to kill me if i peform/play this piece on the piano all wrong

[SuperCartman222]

im too 3:06

[jojolecacapoilu]

OK WOW !!!!! J'ai appris le début pis la ça devient FULL COMPLIQUÉ !!!!! WOOOWW !!! On se calme ça fait trois ans que je joue PAS 12345678 ans !! XD

[sweetnymphetamines]

I was like "ooh this one's easy ! I'll learn this one", until I saw from 2:04 ...

[azngamer876]

@sweetnymphetamines its actually not as hard as it looks dont base your hand position on the color of the keys not all blue notes will be played with your left hand

[SuperCartman222]

debussy was a visionary in all he change the way poeple viewed music for the world, this song is great there is nothing like it someday i hope to share this song with poeple

[bbfan77]

gah, Debussy is spinning in his grave D:

I hate these computer simulated songs.. still, great way to learn for people who don't know how to read sheet music so...

I wish I had the time and the nerve to learn this.. but unfortunately I was always too lazy to practice arpeggios.. :(

[mccullen20]

Annndddd the green bar wins!!

[geescok]

this song is so motherflipping hard

[mistermarcus07]

@geescok Amen brotha', I find it Ok up until about 1:20, then I just start crying :0 lol... OH, and forget about 2:05 onwards?!!!! wwwwwwwwtfffffffffff

[JUICE0BOX0]

now i kno till like 1:20

[JUICE0BOX0]

know until like 1:00 or something.btw i learned up to there just frome last night b cause o' dis tutorial.

[Giu95]

is it possible to play it with two hands? o.o

[142JOSH1]

@Giu95 uh yah of course

[jsk8er266]

@Giu95 lol it just involves a LOT of switching back and forth

[bbfan77]

@Giu95 yes of course :) with loads of practice xD

[actingprincess0625]

is it even possible to play this song by yourself? it seems like you would need like an extra arm or something...

[TapsaTaBiLo]

@actingprincess0625 Yep, it is! If you have an "old" piano, not keyboard, it probably has three / two pedals at where your feet are. The one at the middle is for softer sound, and the one at the left is for professional use, but what you really need, is the one at the right. It makes the sound longer, and allows you to raise your hand to play the next note before the sound is even over. Summary: You will need a pedal. :)

[imgoingcrazybouya123]

the 4 ppl that dislike this shuld go jump off a cliff bcuz this video helpd me.

[SSvolksgrenadier]

:O it would seem 4 people accedentally clicked dislike

[Briswalsh]

Thank you so much. This has been a great help!

[icecreamlover482]

YAY! green bar wins!:)

[sigmayacht]

where's the emotion? Changes in speed, dynamics? Good if you want to learn how to play, but listen to it live if you want to HEAR it being played properly. This is really useful for the notes though!

[0MindSwept0]

that sounds like a real piano

[dotchoo]

2:03 oh SHIT

[MIGHToKONdriak]

how do you play something like this??? I dont have enough hands??!!!

wtf seriously?!

[dotchoo]

@MIGHToKONdriak 2nd high rated comment.

[MsHarryPotterGeek]

im 12 years old, just started lessons again after 3 years of not having them, and i can play this up to 1:20 (so far)

[thelordnic69]

fuck guitar hero im starting piano !

[GoSTy91]

@thelordnic69 LOL!

[crazyghetto978818]

Yay! the green bar won!

[SuperCartman222]

1 word to descript,..........beautiful

[ambertjuh12]

this is chuck noris when he plays piano while sleeping

[DontGo7]

I love this song ;) Its on my iPod!! ♥♥

[HanziFlanders]

100% on expert \o/

(Guitar Hero xDD)

[gene101101]

Guitarist here, but this piece is too beautiful to pass up and I've always wanted to be able to play it on piano. I'm learning a bit at a time between banging my head on the wall.