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Higher listening: fugue

Higher listening: fugue. A complicated piece of contrapuntal / polyphonic music A contrapuntal piece essentially based upon the idea of imitation. Exposition. Begins with the SUBJECT , played or sung by one voice. e.g. Trinidad and the big Mississippi etc. SUBJECT. Voice 1. Exposition.

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Higher listening: fugue

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  1. Higher listening:fugue A complicated piece of contrapuntal / polyphonic music A contrapuntal piece essentially based upon the idea of imitation

  2. Exposition Begins with the SUBJECT, played or sung by one voice. e.g. Trinidad and the big Mississippi etc. SUBJECT Voice 1

  3. Exposition Once the subject has been heard all the way through, a second voice enters with the answer. This is very similar to the subject. If the intervals between all the notes are the same as the subject, it is a real answer. If they are slightly different, it is a tonal answer. Meanwhile, the first voice continues with a counter-subject e.g. Canada Malaga Rimini Brindisi Voice 1 Counter-subject Subject Voice 2 Answer

  4. Exposition The next voice to enter (Voice 3) comes in with the subject again. The second voice now moves on to the counter-subject, and the first voice moves on to a 2nd counter-subject e.g. Yes! Tibet, Tibet, Tibet! Voice 1 Subject Counter-subject 2nd counter-subject Answer Counter-subject Voice 2 Subject Voice 3

  5. Exposition This process continues until all voices have sung or played through the subject, counter-subject and 2nd counter-subject.

  6. Episode • New material is introduced • The music will probably modulate • There will be quite a lot of imitation

  7. Throughout the rest of the Fugue, the subject continues to enter in new keys. • Some composers played around with the subject using techniques such as augmentation, diminution and stretto • AUGMENTATION: The subject is heard in longer note values, giving the effect of slowing down. • DIMINUTION: The subject is heard in shorter note values, giving the effect of speeding up. • STRETTO: A voice enters with the subject or answer before the previous voice has finished playing it.

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