– Did not went far away from a Tonal Centre, but he used a deliberately “Vague Harmonic Language” in order to avoid Classical Duality of Tonic and Dominant
– Debussy’s Interest for better “Timbre” by Assigning Single Lines to a Dedicated Single Instrument Not Played by any Other Instrument
– He often Mixed Scales, for Example “Nuages” starts with Scale Notes (B-C#-D-E-F-G-G#-[A#]) which is a Mix of Octatonic + Whole Tone (B-C#-D-E-F-G-A) Scale Centred on B. then a Middle Portion on D# Dorian with Reference to Pentatonic Scale and All Movements kind a avoid a Reference to Central Note B at this Point
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