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Any exercise emphasizing melodic development, counterpoint exercises, or themes and variations will help. A big part of writing a fugue subject is keeping in mind how other melodies can interact with it while you're constructing it. Usually simple is better. Listen to Bach's Little Fugue in G minor.
- What is the most important quality of a fugue?
- What is the subject of fugue?
- What are the characteristics of a fugue?
- What are the four ways a subject can be developed in a fugue?
What is the most important quality of a fugue?
The most significant, characteristic new form of Baroque music. Rooted in systematic use of imitative polyphony. Fugue = polyphonic composition built on a single principal theme (the subject).
What is the subject of fugue?
The fugue subject is the primary melodic idea and is stated by each voice in turn in the first exposition. The answer , called “response” in some texts, refers to the statement of subject in the key of the dominant by the second voice to enter in a fugue.
What are the characteristics of a fugue?
A fugue usually has three main sections: an exposition, a development and a final entry that contains the return of the subject in the fugue's tonic key. Some fugues have a recapitulation.
What are the four ways a subject can be developed in a fugue?
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The four parts of a fugue are subject, answer, counter subject, episodes.
