Clair de lune from Scratch: Piano Lesson #44, Measure 30 Pt. 2
Please visit PianoFromScratch.com to view all of the lessons and download the sheet music. We add the heroic right hand with some fingering gymnastics to save the left hand. The reason I use these fingerings is to help keep both hands from stretching beyond comfortable shapes, making it easy to use each hand as a “measuring stick” for cleaner jumps and position changes. Let me know if you find these fingerings helpful – if not, I’d be happy to “redo” this measure and show the more “traditional” fingering as an alternative. You can find all of the “Clair de lune from Scratch” lessons at http The sheet music is available in MusicReader format at www.pianofromscratch.com , and you can download a free demo version of MusicReader at www.pianofromscratch.com MusicReader is a program that gives you the ability to annotate your score with digital ink, just like I do on these lesson videos. For more information about MusicReader, please visit airturn.com
Clair de lune from Scratch: Piano Lesson #43, Measure 30, Pt. 1
Please visit PianoFromScratch.com to view all of the lessons and download the sheet music. Cheats galore! I show you a “swiss cheese” approach to the left hand, where we keep easy-to-find hand shapes for the fast passage, leaving out a few key notes for the right hand to “come to the rescue” in the next lesson. You’ll see how this all works out in the end, it’s a lot of fun untangling this otherwise tricky passage! You can find all of the “Clair de lune from Scratch” lessons at http The sheet music is available in MusicReader format at www.pianofromscratch.com , and you can download a free demo version of MusicReader at www.pianofromscratch.com MusicReader is a program that gives you the ability to annotate your score with digital ink, just like I do on these lesson videos. For more information about MusicReader, please visit airturn.com
Clair de lune from Scratch: Piano Lesson #36, Measure 27 Pt. 1
Please visit PianoFromScratch.com to view all of the lessons and download the sheet music. At last! We get to the “really hard stuff” with this next batch of lessons. This is the start of the passage where the notes sounds like they’re “swimming in an ocean of sound”. Following our modus operandi, we take things apart, starting with the left hand alone, but with a slight twist where instead of following the note pattern as written, I show you how to extract an easier way to play by staying with familiar octave shapes to start. You can download a PDF of the score as part of the Suite Bergamasque from IMSLP.org here imslp.org You can also download the MusicReader version of Clair de lune itself here: airturn.com MusicReader is a program that gives you the ability to annotate your score with digital ink, just like I do on these lesson videos. For more information about MusicReader, please visit airturn.com