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Debussy Analysis Flashcards

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1
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Figure X

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Ambiguity of time
6/4 or 3/2
Steady Crochets

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Figure Y

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Fog-horn motif
Never changes
Refrain like quality

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3
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Rotation 1

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Bat 1-10

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4
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What is implicated in B3-4?

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Implication of 3/2

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5
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What scale is used in the upper voice in B1-2?

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B Minor

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What scale is used in the lower voice in B1-2?

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B Octatonic

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7
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What does div. mean?

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Divinsi - divided into groups

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8
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What does sourdines mean?

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Muted

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9
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What theme is introduced in B5-7?

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Figure Y or the Foghorn Theme

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10
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What chord is used in B5?

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Dyad of G and B - tonally unclear

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11
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What interval does the Foghorn Theme consist of?

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Rising Tritone

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12
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What scale is the Foghorn motif based on?

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B Octatonic

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13
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What chord is used in B7?

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The introduction of F and D with C and A implies a G# chord in 1st inversion.

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14
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In B9 there is a dyad of G# which is what above the previous one in B5?

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A semitone

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15
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Decribe the scoring from B5 to B10

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Delicate - divinsi vln. 1 up an octave to previous bars with low dynamic timpani roll.
Brass and woodwind in pp dynamic and middle/low registers.

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16
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Rotation 2

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Bars 11-28

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17
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Div. 6 in the violins creates what?

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A fuller texture

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18
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What is the material in B13?

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Linking Material - chromatically rising 3rds

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19
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What 2 pentatonic scales are used in B14?

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Eb Minor and G minor

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20
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Decribe the harmony in B14.

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Parrellel dominant 9ths

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21
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What are the two intervals used in B14?

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6th and 3rds

22
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What is the interval played in the double bass?

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Perfect 5th

23
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What does pizzicarto mean?

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Plucked

24
Q

In B17 what chord is outlined and what does it create?

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G 7th dominant chord is outlined creating a sequenced.

25
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What scale is used in B17-18?

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D Minor Pentatonic

26
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What does the cellos play in B17-18?

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Constant crochet pulse

27
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What chord is outlined in B20?

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Eb 9th

28
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What scale is implied in B20?

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Bb Dorian

29
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What happens to the double bass in B20?

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Marked Divinsi - it’s divided

30
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What material is in the violins B21?

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Crochet oscillation.

31
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What chord is outlined in B21?

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G9

32
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What does ‘tres expressif’ and ‘un pue en dehors’ mean?

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Very expressive

A little emphasised

33
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What two scales does the returned figure Y emphasise?

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Octatonic and G acoustic

34
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What do the horns play in B23?

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Falling Tritone motif

35
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What does the falling tritone idea create?

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A mirror image against the riding tritone in the Cor anglais

36
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Rotation 3

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B29-56

37
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What significant change occurs at the start of rotation 3?

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The dynamics change to forte

38
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What intervals does the melody in B29-30 emphasise?

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Major 2nd and Perfect 4th

39
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Describe the harmony in B29.

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Parrellel simple triads

40
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What chord does the music resolve to in B31?

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To a G7/ dominant in C major

41
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What do the woodwind do from Bar 32?

A

Retain a 3/2 pulse

42
Q

Decribe the orchestration of the strings from B32?

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Chromatic

43
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What do the horns emphasise in B32?

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The 3rd of the chord which creates a bridge between the tonal ambiguity and tonal Clarity.

44
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What do the horns emphasise in B32?

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The 3rd of the chord which creates a bridge between the tonal ambiguity and tonal Clarity.

45
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Decribe the orchestration of the strings in B32?

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Doubled in Octaves

46
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What do the strings retain from B32?

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6/4 pulse

47
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What technique is used in B33-38?

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Sequance

48
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What note is played in Octaves in B39?

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Ab

49
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What technique is used in B39-41?

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Rising sequance

50
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When the 6 material returns in B43 what has changed?

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It has been extended

51
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What two chords are alternated in B43?

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C# and G7

52
Q

Decribe the double bass in B43.

A

B Drone

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