The Fugue Explained

[@Tim0feyK]

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[@ronaldmessina4229]

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[@ronaldmessina4229]

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[@thōmās8846-x5n]

You just gave a better explanation of negative harmony (inversion) in 10 seconds than I have heard on whole videos about negative harmony. Well done! This was such an informative video

[@JordanEvansMusic]

This is a great lesson! I used to write fugues but it’s one of those things if you don’t do it for a while you will forget the rules. This a great refresher. Enjoy seeing your videos!

[@MitchBoucherComposer]

Bravo! As a composer of fugues, I appreciate this video a lot.

[@tammybauer7804]

In my two years of composing music I never realised that I was writing and creating fugues! I would incorporate these techniques because I heard them in songs prior or learned through experimentation. It’s so interesting and has given me a broader understanding of music, thanks for the insightful video!

[@marches45]

6:55 - 8:05 The melodically developed lick.

[@dyno1747]

This is one of the best explanations I’ve even seen for anything, thank you so much.

[@moriambar6533]

Baroque ended in 1750, and the musical offering was the pinnacle of Bach's music. How are his ricercare "early"?

[@yipitsrose]

This is an amazingly well presented video! I am doing a paper in western music history and this has helped immensely, thank u!!

[@loganbrown3565]

Was your essay on the square?

[@StephiSensei26]

Fine lesson. Thank you. Clarity and fun.

[@emilyarana2510]

Excellent content! You merit plenty of more recognition

[@riverstun]

I keep watching videos on the fugue in the hopes that someone will eventually give some insight into how to compose them. But with few exceptions, they all give the same tired description of the form. It's as if the most complicated thing is deciding which voice to put the theme in. The kind of thing I'm looking for is the way that Bach will frequently alternate moving notes with held notes - so one voice moves while the other holds and vice versa. This gives a nice conversational effect, and thins the note texture while leaving the number of voices the same - making it easier to hear all the voices. Fugues are not just a form, they are an artform in which the most voices can be heard at the same time. The fun is trying to hear them all at the same time, and this requires work on the part of the listener, but also the composer, and the performer. Most of these introductions dont mention that. Gould doesnt do that, but he does describe what is happening in one of the fugues, EbMajor maybe from book II, in an interview with Bruno Monsaingeon

[@bsan-1065]

I still can’t believe that your channel isn’t more famous yet. I know this is a really cliche comment, but every time I watch a video, I always think of how I’d love to see more like it! I always want to show them to my theory teacher as well😂

[@murrayeaston2359]

The last symphonic movement finished by Mozart, the 4th of his 41st symphony is, I now understand a bit better, full of the compositional notions and forms of the fugue form. Always knew there was something a bit special and different about it but couldn't put my finger on it (somehow 'old-fashioned' sounding in parts), but run through with Mozart's sublime turns and twists of phrase, and exquisite balance of finish! If you've not heard it I highly recommend, it's an explosion of fugal fireworks through the creative window of a (THE) later master of the 'classical' style, and a fitting hurrah to wee Wolfgang's symphonic output, bless his peerless soul.

[@LukasBeckamp]

This video helped me a lot to understand this theme. Thanks!

[@FertChervu]

Well -- fugues are far more than an academic rigid contrapunctual structure. They are drama put into music! They tend to be very fond and emotional pieces, no matter how abstract could be their composition. That's the reason they seem amazing and delightful to me. Thank you for your precise exposition. :3

[@lucadeieso4815]

In reality fugues in themselves are no more than academic rigid contrapunctal structures and in fact only the highest genius can express drama and true emotions when writing fugues.

[@geiryvindeskeland7208]

Polychoron, I'm sorry for my inadequate English. Quote 6:13: "Usually, each subject will have it's own exposition, but they may be introduced at the same time". What do you mean by "may be at the same time"? If you want to compose a triple fugue, each fugue need separate expositions! Not everyone agree with me on this, but do they write triple fugues? My last triple fugue in old style consist of 232 measures. Some "scholars" teach the listeners that the fugue BWV 847, with 31 measures, is a triple fugue. I deserve to get paid for those 201 measures extra. But how to get paid if both pieces are triple fugues?

[@opoaotoroiocoko]

Wonderfully produced ❤

[@marshallgrey2159]

Yes! I actually started getting into the more melodic approach to writing music last week. From time to time you get tired of the purely vertical "chord" harmony. I feel very inspired, thank you! edit/ I'm sorry if there are any grammatical errors in the text

[@TheaVee]

I am learning my first fugue, no. 2 in c minor!!

[@andysoul295]

Precious & illuminating.

[@bethtrautmann6901]

Brilliant but clear. I need to listen to this a couple of times. Very complex.

[@sebastianchand8392]

on Bach: the 2 ricercare mentioned were written at the end of his life, here mentioned as early compositions. it was also 48 preludes and fugues, two of each key. the example of stretto shown here illustrate augmentation more than stretto. stretti tend to use the subject without procedure (augmentation, diminution, inversion, etc). Mozart and Beethoven, although few, also wrote fugues, not only fugal passages. these imprecisions distort a little bit the quality of this video

[@EADgbeist]

Yes!

[@13StJimmy]

The algorithm bout to hit this channel up!

[@newshound64]

What an excellent explanation of such a complex subject! Well done! I'm going to listen to it again, and maybe yet again.

[@eeasuper]

Amazing video! Thank you for this great lesson!

[@ArthurAgamenon_]

It is insane how well explained it is! thank you!

[@benjaminsawyer1292]

Thank you for your clear explanation! I always struggled with how to understand fugues. I finally undestand!

[@PorTierraMaryAirepodcast]

Just BRILLIANT. So well explained!

[@lindalangeheine5787]

VERY nicely explained! Thank you!

[@Raymonddoc1]

Fantastic description. Thank you.

[@tlatolcalli682]

THERE IS MONTHS OF STUFF TO LEARN IN THIS ONE VIDEO, damn broddy, thanks

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Subscribed! Keep up the good work 👏

[@marvin0218]

Very clear explanation. incredible

[@saharhb777]

Very informative! Just subscribed to your channel!

[@alonaepshtein7339]

This video is great! Thank you for posting. It will be very useful for my composition students

[@memorosales1952]

Thank you for this informative video

[@FlavioCastellaniFlaviotti]

fantastic video! Thank you! BTW: where can I browse that Musical Periods Timeline shown at 0.38, which look to be interactive? Thanks again!

[@iBharat108]

Outstanding explanation ! nice work 🙂

[@BlackSailPass_GuitarCovers]

6:50 Or, as it's known in Extreme Metal: 'plays the heavy riff again, but slower'.

[@mustuploadtoo7543]

great work. keep them coming :)

[@marcelobrunorodrigues7630]

I saw you used a small example using the Musescore software. I would like to know how to do colored notes and, if possible colored text, too.

[@mercer785]

“I’m in fugue right now”.

[@reinnner5964]

What the fugue this is really good explanation

[@motomarmot6544]

Wow what a great explanation

[@SaxandRelax]

7:24 the lick??

[@saintchurchill6437]

U DESERVE MORE VIEWS !!!!!!!!!!!

[@nicool1312]

is there a place where we can listen to fugues you composed?

[@astox.o5978]

your videos are really interesting and helpful. thank you so much 🖤

[@JeroAlmufakir]

Your content is amazing! Please keep it up, I've learned so much 💙🔥

[@zerksari]

I can after several years still not quite understand Bach. But one thing I believe, Fugue is what Bach considers singing to instruments. He's in my mind hearing several teams of singing teams and all he does is moves them around in his mind. Mind you with 'all' comes his genius. It's just nasty.

[@amiezwag]

Love your work! Another awesome video :)

[@srouxtv]

Amazing video and amazing channel !

[@AndiAngvil]

Shostakovich wrote his 24 preludes and fugues in different key order, check around 2:50

[@tomgreenleaf1918]

Can't believe only two commenters pointed out the hidden lick at 6:55

[@RAl2O3]

Great video. The word "Ricercare" should be pronounced like "rich her car-ae"

[@lukeluke7082]

I feel harsh to say a criticism about this video because it’s very good, but the fugue examples chosen could have been better to make the video easier to understand

[@chiefindisguise]

Awesome job, just discovered your channel keep up the excellent work

[@soheilamoohkteh2606]

C.v.Alkan has a 8-voice fugato😐⚰ written for piano In his op.33 mvt.2

[@musicalintentions]

very cool, thank you!

[@segmentsAndCurves]

Find this gem at 12AM. Guess I'm gonna sleep right now ;)

[@Kent6494]

A+

[@authenticmusic4815]

1747 is 3 years before his death and Ricercares are considered his very late compositions.

[@asocialmedia8712]

good video!

[@federicozimerman8167]

this is the great fugue😅

[@riverstun]

The Musical offering was a very late piece, not early

[@riverstun]

Yes, and he compounds the error by mentioning that these Ricercare were written in 1747, but that fugues later became "more common" as Bach and Handel composed more and more. In fact, 1747 was pretty close to the end of the fugal period.

[@TheInstinctWithinV2]

I only clicked on this to hear how the word is pronounced. For some reason I imagined it would be "Fuh-guh-eh"

[@frenchimp]

The musical offering (1747) is hardly an ''early" composition.

[@dallassegno]

bumbumbum buuum

[@RockSleeper]

So this is what Nick Mullen meant by being in a fugue

[@VoightKampf]

I have always felt fugues were the musical equivalent of multidimensional integral calculus.

[@Tyrell_Corp2019]

Bach is technically considered a part of the rococo period. The "transition" between baroque and classical methods. In fact, he was considered old fashioned during his day. Imagine Duke Ellington, composing big band music in 1990. No one would have cared. Same for Johann unfortunately. :(

[@juwonnnnn]

👍

[@mrsdragonite]

If it ain't baroque don't fix it!

[@Mr.SLovesTheSacredHeartofJesus]

This video is two years old. You should rerecord it. I am sure your voice must have broken by this point.

[@АлександърГешаков]

Hello chatGPT.

[@donnadoell4196]

This is why I sucked at piano

[@AaronHe]

What do poor people listen to? Baroque music.

[@MitchBoucherComposer]

Oof. I felt that.

[@gandalfgrey91]

This video has a lot of misinformation. You make it sound like Bach used the term Ricecar early in his career, but the musical offering was one of his last works, also the fugue form was already out of fashion in Bach’s time.

[@donh90]

Soon to dummy it down for modern music a fugue in today's term in music would be like a chorus or "hook"

[@scarbotheblacksheep9520]

I wouldn't think so. I don't really see fugal material in choruses.