In Richard Clayderman's piano music, broken chords are widely used. Most of his works use broken chords, not only in the accompaniment of his left hand, but also in the melody of his right hand to add color to his works. (such as "Melody of Love", etc. )
In addition, the octave of the right hand is often used in his works, such as Wedding in My Dream and Poems for Adeline. The continuous octave melody is a difficult point in Richard Clayderman's piano music, but it is also a feature of his works, and this feature really plays an indispensable role in the performance of his works.
Repetition of the main theme in the high octave is another remarkable feature of Richard Clayderman's piano music. The recurring theme in the high octave has a fresh and lively temperament and a crisp and lively auditory effect. (such as a dream wedding, a dream story, etc.). )
The frequent use of fast module progression and scale progression in melody is a means for Richard Clayderman to make his piano music more full and beautiful, which is also a major feature and difficulty of his piano music. The application of module progression and scale progression makes the development of music more regular, and also makes music more fluent in hearing. This appears in almost all his piano works.
In Richard Clayderman's piano music, the most important feature, I think, is the use of single tones to form the main melody. The main melody of his piano works is almost composed of single tones, even if intervals are used occasionally, they are relatively simple intervals (such as rhapsody in blue), and even fewer works use chords as the texture of the main melody.
In addition, Richard Clayderman often uses theme variations in his works, changing the left and right accompaniment sounds, moving from weak beats (such as Love Story and la vie en rose), and using wave sounds and flowers (such as Vanessa's Smile) to deal with music, making music more romantic in color and more attractive in melody.
As we all know, Richard Clayderman, the "Prince of Piano", is famous for his romantic piano music. There seems to be nothing to talk about, but some of his piano works are quite different from his romantic style. This part of the work is equipped with the timbre of an electro-acoustic band or an accordion or guitar with distinctive characteristics, which is integrated with the timbre of the piano. Contrary to the tender and romantic characteristics, it is full of passion, vitality and movement. The music is full of South American amorous feelings and exotic feelings, which makes listeners feel excited and want to dance. (For example: rhapsody in blue, torta Qu, the day you loved me, drunk and hazy, corn (accordion), heart linked hands (guitar), etc. )
Although Richard Clayderman's piano music has so many characteristics, on the whole, it is not difficult to play his piano music technically. For a learner who is familiar with the 88 keys of the piano, Richard Clayderman's piano works can be technically completed as long as his fingers can move at a certain speed (not too fast) and his thumb and little finger can reach an octave. But if you want to do well in music, it depends on everyone's feelings and talents.
He has too many footprints.
Representative works include Starry Sky, Birds in Dreams, Love Melody, etc.