Debussy Flashcards
How many rotations are there?
5
In what bar does rotation 2 start?
11
Which instrument plays the foghorn y motif every time?
Cor anglais
How is rhythmic dissonance created in the y section?
4/4 against 6/4
Which scale is the entire 1st section based on?
Octatonic B
Which oration has a solo viola counter melody at the start?
4th
Which scale is used in the B section of the ternary form?
D# pentatonic
Which scale is used by the 1st clarinet and bassoon in the opening bars?
B minor diatonic
Which is the shortest rotation?
5th
How does the second rotation start?
Uses same pitched as the rotation 1 and uses pentatonic harmony
What does rotation 3 use initially?
Less extended chords
Which rotation is the pentagon B section material from?
2
Which is the longest rotation?
4
Which intervals feature greatly in the opening bars?
Semitone and major 3rd
Which scale features on page 6 and 7?
whole tone
What chord and key is in bar 19?
E flat 9 with B flat dorian elements
When does rotation 3 starts
bar 29
Bar 14 scale and interval?
Eflat/Gm pentatonic scale with parallel dominant 9ths
Double bass technique and interval at bar 15?
Pizzicato perfect 5th
what is happening in the melody at bar 17?
its D minor pentatonic
What is the chord at bar 20 beat 1?
B flat minor 1st inversion
what is the intervals in the bar 23 lower parts?
falling tritones
What scales are in the y section at 25-27?
Octatonic and whole tone
What is the significance of the chord in bar 31 and what does it do?
suspended C major chord that is like a tonic resolution of the previous G9
What intervals does the melody at 29-30 emphasise?
Major 2nd and perfect 4th
What is the harmony at 29-41?
4 bars of triadic harmony and then tonal and harmonic ambiguity. uses a C whole tone scale with passing notes
what is the scale at 37?
octatonic
what melodic technique is greatly used in rotation 3?
sequential writing
Where does the B drone of rotation 2 return?
bar 43
What harmonic device is used at bar 43-44?
alternation dissonance on a G7 chord
What is different about the foghorn motif at bar 47?
It is in 6/4 rather than 4/4 for the first time
How is the harmony at 51 reduced
It is now just a diminished triad
how does rotation 3 end?
with ambiguous harmonies around F major
Where does rotation 4 start?
bar 57
What chord is in bar 61 and 63 and what bar does it recall?
Parallel dominant 7th from bar 14
What chords interject at bar 62?
Whole tone chords
what scale is used in the melody at 64-66?
D# pentatonic
bar 77-79 accompaniment scale
Fragments of pentatonic patterns
bar 80-82 chord beat 2 and then 82 beat 3 to 84 beat 1?
G7 to C sharp 7
What the horns echo at 84?
the falling tritone of rotation 2
chords through 86-87
E major7
Where does rotation 5 start?
Bar 94
What is the scale at the start of rotation 5?
octationic
how is dissonance created at the start of rotation 5?
G/B against F sharps and B flats
What is rotation 5 considered to be and why?
a short coda because it only repeats fragments of other orations and motifs
what is the tonality of bar 20?
Modal
what is the relationship between the oboe and clarinet in bar 3 and 4?
The oboe trances the outline of the Clarinet playing notes 1,3 and 5
what are the musical devices in bars 13-14
falling minor 3rds, consecutive 5ths and enharmonics
what intervals are used in an octatonic scale?
alternating tones and semitones
