This video provides a full tutorial on Debussy's 1st Arabesque - perhaps his best known composition after the beautiful Clair de Lune. Classified by Henle as a 4 (out of 9), this piece of medium difficulty is within the grasp of many of we amateur pianists.

Nonetheless, it isn't simple and does need some careful planning to get under control. Within the video I'll share the practice ideas and strategies that I used (and am still using). I look at some of the fingering difficulties I faced and the solutions I found - together with the famous 3/2 polyrhythm that comes up as a question very frequently in many online forums.

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Within the video, I reference:
Graham Fitch's eBook Piano Practice Series - you can see my review of these here:
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Practice suggestions for smaller handed pianists
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Henle Difficulty Rating System
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EQUIPMENT:
Fully details of all equipment used are available on my blog at the address below:
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Filmed on an iPhone XR - using the Filmic Pro app
Audio captured on an iPhone 6S using a Shure MV88 Microphone
Vocals captured on a Rode SmartLav microphone plugged into an iPhone 4S
Video editing done using Lumafusion
Audio editing done using Garageband

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