Fugue vocabulary and structure
Subject, answer, countersubject, episode, stretto; exposition, middle entries and final entries.
- Category
- Counterpoint and texture
- First taught in
- 7.3 Follow a subject and answer
- Theory cards
- Fugue vocabulary (Level 7)
- Following a complete fugue (Level 9)
In the lessons
5 lessons and 5 pieces where the Method teaches or uses it, in teaching order.
| Lesson | Lesson and piece |
|---|---|
| 7.3 | Follow a subject and answerInvention No. 7 in E minor, BWV 778, Johann Sebastian Bach |
| 9.3 | Map the entries of a fugueFugue in C major, BWV 846, Johann Sebastian Bach |
| 10.3 | Hear three independent partsFugue in F major, BWV 856, Johann Sebastian Bach |
| D.7 | Keep a dense fugue intelligiblePrelude and Fugue in B-flat minor, BWV 867 — complete pair, Johann Sebastian Bach |
| L.1 | Build a five-voice argument across a complete pairPrelude and Fugue in C-sharp minor, BWV 849 — complete pair, Johann Sebastian Bach |
In Musicianship
The units whose theory questions ask about it.
| Unit | Title |
|---|---|
| 7.3 | The Dorian sixth |
| 9.3 | An applied leading note |
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