Levels Pieces Technique Reading Musicianship Glossary
Première Arabesque, L. 66 No. 1
Claude Debussy (1,862–1,918)
Key E major
Style Modern, jazz and dance
Roughly RCM 9 · ABRSM 8 · Trinity 8 · Henle 5–6
Focus Balance flowing three-against-two patterns and Impressionist pedal colour
What its lesson teaches
Study Debussy’s Première Arabesque, early Debussy in E major: flowing triplet arpeggios over held bass notes, and a middle section that moves from A major to C major (bar 63). Listen to its harmony and pedal colour. The whole-tone collection of the keyboard task is a separate model; the Arabesque itself stays in major keys. At the keyboard: improvise with a whole-tone collection.
Technique E major scale, hands together, 4 octaves
The other lesson pieces of Level 9
Consolation in E major, S. 172 No. 1 Jazz Blues Shells Fugue in C major, BWV 846 Sonata in G major, Hob. XVI:27: I. Allegro con brio Waltz in A-flat major, Op. 64 No. 3 Song without Words in A minor “Volkslied”, Op. 53 No. 5 Andantino (Trois nouvelles études), B. 130 No. 1 Étude in C-sharp minor, Op. 2 No. 1 Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10 No. 1: I. Allegro molto e con brio
Previous piece Waltz in A-flat major, Op. 64 No. 3The repertoire of Level 9
Next piece Song without Words in A minor “Volkslied”, Op. 53 No. 5
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