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Fugue
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a contrapuntal composition in two or more voices built on a subject that is stated in all voices and repeated throughout the composition
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Exposition
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The most fully structured part of the fugue. It introduces the primary melodic materials of the fugue. Each voice makes their entrance one at a time.
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Subject
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basis of the entire fugue. Its a short melody at the beginning of the fugue
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Answer
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subject completed. its imitated in another voice usually at the P5 above or the P4 below.
Exact imitation = real answer Slightly modified imitation = tonal answer |
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Counter-Subject
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the continuation of the counterpoint in the voice that began with the subject
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Retrograde
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melody is played backward
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Episodes
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incomplete statement of the subject in the Development
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Entry
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complete statement of subject
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False Entry
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Subject pretending to be a subject but is not.
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Stretto
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overlapping subjects
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