Debussy Pagodes
Structure
loose turnery form
A
B
Aish
Melody
melody based on pentatonic scale
scalic counter melody left hand
new melody in octaves
oriental style melody
rumbling triplets
whole tone scale
high rippling ostinato of demisemi quavers
2 bar intro
Harmony and Tonality
left hand chords to start
no thirds to make tonality sound unclear
gradually ascending octave left hand part
Rhythm, metre and tempo
cross rhythms between triplets and quavers
demisemi quavers
moderately animated
slendro scale
syncopated chords in left hand
slurs like in gamalan music
instrumentation
left hand and right hand piano
hand crossing
homophonic because of right hand melody and left hand accompaniment