Each player plays alternating notes of the scale. ... Debussy tried to capture something from what he heard - its pentatonic scale, unusual timbre and texture - in a number of his compositions, including the symphonic poem, "La Mer-, the piano work, "Pagodas- and a number of his piano preludes. ...

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