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Debussy's notation in the ensuing measures of tied bass whole notes that the pianist cannot literally hold
(because the hands must move to play other notes) requires the use of pedal to sustain them. In effect the gong
continues to vibrate quietly through the melodic material above it. Lest the pianist attempt to clean the blurry
sound, Debussy marks the continuation of pedal with dotted lines under extended passages such as mm. 11-14
and mm. 27-31.
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