Musical Outline
A fugue begins with the exposition and is written according to certain predefined rules; in later portions the composer has more freedom, though a logical key structure is usually followed. Further entries of the subject will occur throughout the fugue, repeating the accompanying material at the same time. The various entries may or may not be separated by episodes.
What follows is a chart displaying a fairly typical fugal outline, and an explanation of the processes involved in creating this structure.
| Exposition | 1st Middle-Entry | 2nd Middle-Entry | Final Entries in Tonic | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tonic | Dom. | T | (D-) | Relative Maj/Min | Dom. of Rel. | Subdom. | T | T | ||||||
| Sop. | Subj. | CS1 | CS² | A | CS1 | CS² | S | CS1 | Free Counterpoint | C O D A |
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| Alto | Ans. | CS1 | CS² | S | CS1 | CS² | S | CS1 | ||||||
| Bass | S | CS1 | CS² | A | CS1 | CS² | S | |||||||
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