{"id":20327,"date":"2020-05-04T20:55:03","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T00:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ethanhein.com\/wp\/?p=20327"},"modified":"2022-06-11T21:01:16","modified_gmt":"2022-06-12T01:01:16","slug":"clair-de-lune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ethanhein.com\/wp\/2020\/clair-de-lune\/","title":{"rendered":"Clair de Lune"},"content":{"rendered":"

I struggle with the rhythms of rubato-heavy classical pieces, and no one loves rubato<\/a> more than the Impressionists. When I started listening in earnest to recordings of Debussy’s “Clair de Lune<\/a>,” I couldn’t even guess the time signature, much less place notes in the bar. This piece is therefore an excellent use case for aural learning through remixing. First I tried putting the MIDI in Ableton over some beats<\/a>. Then I thought it would sound better to use human performances and cooler beats.<\/p>\n