'Jardins sous la pluie' describes a garden in Debussy's native France during an extremely violent rainstorm. Throughout the piece, there are sections that evoke the sounds of the wind blowing, a thunderstorm raging, and raindrops dropping. It makes use of the French folk melodies 'Nous n'irons plus aux bois' (We'll Not Return to the Woods)
Chromatic, whole tone, major and minor scales are used in this movement.
