Debussy Paint A Picture In Music Video Analysis

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To demonstrate how Debussy can use imagery to paint a picture in music, the YouTube link will be used, and the subsequent times will refer to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfSBddhFvyA. In the beginning, starting at 0:01, Debussy starts with notes G and D, with a low register in the left hand and a high register in the right hand. Playing these notes simultaneously create a “holy” kind of sound, like how the Greeks in the church used Gregorian chant. This sets the image of a cathedral and the “holiness” of the surroundings. This lets Debussy “paint” the setting and exposition from the beginning. Debussy continues to build with the fourth and fifth relationship with a G pentatonic scale. In the following measure, the left hand

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