Pieces / Debussy
Suite bergamasque · 3rd movement · L. 75
Clair de lune
Claude Debussy, 1890 · Andante très expressif · 25 keys · MediumAbout the piece
Debussy began his Suite bergamasque around 1890 but only published it in 1905. Its third movement takes its title from a poem by Paul Verlaine. The opening floats in soft pairs of notes, pianissimo.
You play the top line of the first bars, moved a third lower, to A major, to fit the 17 keys.
- Key
- D-flat major
- Played in
- A major, a third lower
- Time
- 9/8
- Keys
- 25
- Licence
- Public domain
Clair de lune letters
The whole passage, as letters to type. P is a black key; a dash holds the note a little longer.
; - O - J O J - H J H O - H - Y H Y - T Y T J T D T D S D S - W -