La Cathedrale Engloutie

[zeniyama]

Yeah, I'm having trouble with this piece a little. I'm very much able to play it, but I can't play it too well (though, well for my skill level, as my teacher said). Anyways, are there any things I can do to make it sound really good and get that Cathedrale Engloutie sound out of it?

[elvenpianist]

Um, practice?

Seriously though, maybe listening to some recordings of it will help. Impressionism is something I still haven't completely grasped yet either, and what's helping me the most is listening to a LOT of recordings.

Giving specific advice obviously isn't feasible, since you haven't posted a recording. Good luck with it though.

-elf

[zeniyama]

Yeah, all the recording of it I made are really bad quality, and I may get advice I don't need if someone listened to it.

[Jeliness2]

I'm not sure about you, but when I learned this prelude, I played sections with half note beats so that the beat changes to the half note... this was apparently the way debussy played it. I prefer it this way. A the beginning, I also voiced the high e's. These are just some suggestions for interpretation.