Understanding Music: FINAL; Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

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Describe the character of the opening theme in terms of meter.

Free-flowing rhythms; sense of floating; lacks pulse; middle section is more animated.

Describe Debussy's compositional style in terms of the scales he used.

Impressionist, timbrally rich, rhythmically free.

Which genre best describes the Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun?

Symphonic poem.

Describe the character of the opening theme in terms of harmony.

Use of "blue" chords, with lowered thirds.


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