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I'm so happy to hear people learning this beautiful piece, particularly without classical training. I too play the piece quite selfishly for myself and don't play it strictly as written, but I do find practicing the rhythm is important because it changes how you feel the phrasings of the music even when you play rubato. Thanks for sharing your experience and godspeed on your musical journey

That's a good point; I actually would recommend practicing in 3/4.

Now there's a reason it's written in 9/8 and I believe it's cuz it changes the feel when you tie melody phrases into a larger group. It gives it more momentum and a sophisticated feel that you wouldn't necessarily get otherwise.

But I feel the subdivisions in 3/4. I don't think it really matters; as long as you know how the song goes, you'll be able to emphasize beginning of phrases and play dynamic swells as they're intended.

It’s called practicing🤓

@@BullymaguireNumbaOne yes but me too i dont like claire de lune with a metronome, dont care if its practice or not

Thats the point. The piece wasn't made to be played strictly in time. Which is why rubato is used. Ofc its gonna sound like a robot

@@catherinemarin5163 dude its practice to get the hand motions right, of course they're not gonna use the metronome while recording an actual interpretation and play it expressively

If you know one note on the clef and how a scale works, you can read sheet music. Watch some yt videos, it's quite simple to teach yourself!

If you can play it slowly, you can play it fast; you just have to incrementally increase the speed and you'll get it. I have my notifications set so that I can check out your rendition when you upload - looking forward to it!

@@areion8161 Thanks, I’ll keep working at it, and thanks so much for the sub!! It’ll probably be a while before I upload it though, but it’s coming along slowly but surely.

Each click you hear on the metronome is an eighth note. Nine eighth notes make up one measure, so what I do is group the eighth notes into threes; that's why you hear an accent every two beaps on the metronome. This grouping of threes really helped me learn the rhythm. Let me know how it goes or if you have further questions. Good luck!

@@areion8161 thank you very much ill be sure to put that to practice and ill probably have alot of questions 😄 🤣. Ill let you know how it goes.

@@stolenname94 how'd it goo? it's been three years, i'm curious

You're so sweet! thank you

In the beginning, you want to play it at an easy walking pace like 140 bpm.

With ballads like this, the tempo constantly changes since it is played “expressively”. Although I recommend when first learning that you practice at a fixed tempo like I am doing here at 100 bmp so that you really learn the rhythms. After you feel comfortable, try playing it without a metronome and kinda playing it more smoothly which will surely break you out of the strict tempo you’ve been practicing and start sounding like Clair de Lune. Hope that helps :)

@@areion8161 oh thanks for answer , you're right , but you mean .three eighth notes= 100bpm

hmm, not sure if I follow. There are nine eighth notes in a measure. With 100 bpm, every eighth note gets a beat. I should probably group them up in threes like I think you're saying which would be three eighth notes = 33bpm.

@@areion8161 thabks so much

Thanks man, my best friend actually bet me to learn the song for a kiss. I learned the song, still haven't gotten the kiss tho lol 100 bpm here btw

@@areion8161 Lol, thanks for answering and good luck charging that kiss

@@areion8161 did you ever get it

@@weizhongxianfumariobeans7788 She lives in Chicago while I live in L.A., but we did go camping together when she visited here for a funeral. Now I wasn't about to make a move on someone who's mourning a loss of their friend. After camping at Sequoia, she asked why didn't I kiss her! I swear, I literally can't do anything right smh

@@areion8161 aw man. theres always next time!

Same!

ZedrX C same

same here!

I bet its the 3 by 2 haha I mastered it now thanks to your help aswell. Btw if someone is going through this same difficulty try saying “a cup of tea” on the beat it helped me, it might help you