Impressionist techniques
Colour harmony, planing, pedal points and non-functional scales.
- Category
- Style periods and performance practice
- First taught in
- 9.6 Listen for Impressionist colour
- Theory cards
- Planing and colour (Level 9)
In the lessons
5 lessons and 5 pieces where the Method teaches or uses it, in teaching order.
| Lesson | Lesson and piece |
|---|---|
| 9.6 | Listen for Impressionist colourPremière Arabesque, L. 66 No. 1, Claude Debussy |
| 10.2 | Explore harmonic colourClair de lune, L. 75 No. 3, Claude Debussy |
| 10.11 | Keep a study’s running line clear and unhurriedDoctor Gradus ad Parnassum, L. 113 No. 1, Claude Debussy |
| L.8 | Hear a slow dance through harmonic colourImages, première série: Hommage à Rameau, L. 110 / CD 105, Claude Debussy |
| L.11 | Keep a perpetual motion transparentImages, première série: Mouvement, L. 110 / CD 105, Claude Debussy |
In Musicianship
The units whose theory questions ask about it.
| Unit | Title |
|---|---|
| 9.6 | Wide intervals |
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