Debussy

Question 1

How many rotations are there?

Answer 1

5

Question 2

In what bar does rotation 2 start?

Answer 2

11

Question 3

Which instrument plays the foghorn y motif every time?

Answer 3

Cor anglais

Question 4

How is rhythmic dissonance created in the y section?

Answer 4

4/4 against 6/4

Question 5

Which scale is the entire 1st section based on?

Answer 5

Octatonic B

Question 6

Which oration has a solo viola counter melody at the start?

Answer 6

4th

Question 7

Which scale is used in the B section of the ternary form?

Answer 7

D# pentatonic

Question 8

Which scale is used by the 1st clarinet and bassoon in the opening bars?

Answer 8

B minor diatonic

Question 9

Which is the shortest rotation?

Answer 9

5th

Question 10

How does the second rotation start?

Answer 10

Uses same pitched as the rotation 1 and uses pentatonic harmony

Question 11

What does rotation 3 use initially?

Answer 11

Less extended chords

Question 12

Which rotation is the pentagon B section material from?

Answer 12

2

Question 13

Which is the longest rotation?

Answer 13

4

Question 14

Which intervals feature greatly in the opening bars?

Answer 14

Semitone and major 3rd

Question 15

Which scale features on page 6 and 7?

Answer 15

whole tone

Question 16

What chord and key is in bar 19?

Answer 16

E flat 9 with B flat dorian elements

Question 17

When does rotation 3 starts

Answer 17

bar 29

Question 18

Bar 14 scale and interval?

Answer 18

Eflat/Gm pentatonic scale with parallel dominant 9ths

Question 19

Double bass technique and interval at bar 15?

Answer 19

Pizzicato perfect 5th

Question 20

what is happening in the melody at bar 17?

Answer 20

its D minor pentatonic

Question 21

What is the chord at bar 20 beat 1?

Answer 21

B flat minor 1st inversion

Question 22

what is the intervals in the bar 23 lower parts?

Answer 22

falling tritones

Question 23

What scales are in the y section at 25-27?

Answer 23

Octatonic and whole tone

Question 24

What is the significance of the chord in bar 31 and what does it do?

Answer 24

suspended C major chord that is like a tonic resolution of the previous G9

Question 25

What intervals does the melody at 29-30 emphasise?

Answer 25

Major 2nd and perfect 4th

Question 26

What is the harmony at 29-41?

Answer 26

4 bars of triadic harmony and then tonal and harmonic ambiguity. uses a C whole tone scale with passing notes

Question 27

what is the scale at 37?

Answer 27

octatonic

Question 28

what melodic technique is greatly used in rotation 3?

Answer 28

sequential writing

Question 29

Where does the B drone of rotation 2 return?

Answer 29

bar 43

Question 30

What harmonic device is used at bar 43-44?

Answer 30

alternation dissonance on a G7 chord

Question 31

What is different about the foghorn motif at bar 47?

Answer 31

It is in 6/4 rather than 4/4 for the first time

Question 32

How is the harmony at 51 reduced

Answer 32

It is now just a diminished triad

Question 33

how does rotation 3 end?

Answer 33

with ambiguous harmonies around F major

Question 34

Where does rotation 4 start?

Answer 34

bar 57

Question 35

What chord is in bar 61 and 63 and what bar does it recall?

Answer 35

Parallel dominant 7th from bar 14

Question 36

What chords interject at bar 62?

Answer 36

Whole tone chords

Question 37

what scale is used in the melody at 64-66?

Answer 37

D# pentatonic

Question 38

bar 77-79 accompaniment scale

Answer 38

Fragments of pentatonic patterns

Question 39

bar 80-82 chord beat 2 and then 82 beat 3 to 84 beat 1?

Answer 39

G7 to C sharp 7

Question 40

What the horns echo at 84?

Answer 40

the falling tritone of rotation 2

Question 41

chords through 86-87

Answer 41

E major7

Question 42

Where does rotation 5 start?

Answer 42

Bar 94

Question 43

What is the scale at the start of rotation 5?

Answer 43

octationic

Question 44

how is dissonance created at the start of rotation 5?

Answer 44

G/B against F sharps and B flats

Question 45

What is rotation 5 considered to be and why?

Answer 45

a short coda because it only repeats fragments of other orations and motifs

Question 46

what is the tonality of bar 20?

Answer 46

Modal

Question 47

what is the relationship between the oboe and clarinet in bar 3 and 4?

Answer 47

The oboe trances the outline of the Clarinet playing notes 1,3 and 5

Question 48

what are the musical devices in bars 13-14

Answer 48

falling minor 3rds, consecutive 5ths and enharmonics

Question 49

what intervals are used in an octatonic scale?

Answer 49

alternating tones and semitones