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Arabesque No.1 by Claude Debussy

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Uploaded by on Apr 26, 2010

Guitarist Richard Durrant plays his own arrangement of Debussy's Arabesque No.1 with animated film by artist Miranda Vincent. This can be seen and heard as part of Richard's "Guitar Whisperer" show which is always touring around the UK.
All tour dates can be found on www.richard-durrant.com
More about Miranda Vincent on www.mirandasbeach.com

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  • Jaw-dropping. Previously my understanding was that this could only be played correctly on the piano or harp, but Richard has clearly demonstrated that this stunning piece of music can be performed to absolute perfection on the classical guitar. I am at an utter loss. I thought I'd heard it all, but now I see there is true skill among us. An absolute credit to the genius that was Claude Debussy.

    Why haven't more people viewed this? It made me weep (literally) with joy.

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  • This piece reminded me why music is magic in and of itself. Brilliant piece :)

  • I have been wondering for years why this piece had not been recorded on guitar. After struggling in learning about the first 24 bars..... I decided the piece was above my level. It is a joy to hear it played on my favorite instrument as it should be.... Great job!

  • @NearlyMars It is two guitars playing this... it's sitll virtually impossible on a single guitar.

  • @joker18811 yes it does frazier. We need to play it. Somebody needs to play it with me

  • this does sound awesome though

  • haha hey bud

  • hey frazier

  • do you have the sheet music for this? im willing to buy it

  • @viasevenvai hahahaha thats so true. I hate it when i see comments saying "where can i get the tabs?" on classical guitar videos

  • This is a very lovely setting of an intrinsically beautiful piece. I'd be interested to know how many overdubbed guitar tracks there are in your arrangement. I can hear at least 2, but not sure if there's another one.

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