Tonality- Debussy

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Describe the tonality

Ambiguous but not atonal

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Why is the key not defined?

lack of functional harmony and cadences

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Describe the monophonic flute opening in terms of its tonality

Uses an octatonic scale which disrupts any sense of key but E and C# are important tonal centres.

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describe the key and how it is reached in the middle section

Db in the middle section reached by a 4 bar dominant pedal

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describe the tonality of the final bars:

unequivocally in E and the piece ends with a perfect cadence in E