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Piano: Passages - Debussy

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This passage is from Debussy: Preludes, Book I, No.7: Ce qu'a vu le vent d'Ouest (What the West Wind Saw). Debussy's piano writing frequently uses the hands in tandem to create a single richly imagined layer of activity with a sparkling surface. Here the waves of the arpeggio are divided idiomatically between the hands (as indicated by the cross-staff beaming). The left hand crosses over to superimpose glimmers on ergonomically friendly black-keys.


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  • Hand Combination, Span
  • Scale Articulation, Dynamics
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