Ep6. Improvising Your First Fugue (Part I)

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Lessons Applications, Inquiries, Comments for Nicola: nsc@juilliard.edu; ncanzano@umich.edu
00:00 Intro
01:29 Pre-requisites
05:15 Preparing for your first improvised fugue exposition
10:14 A smorgasbord of harmonization practice on a subject in F
11:24 Order of subject entries
17:41 Order of subjects example 1 (subj. head 5-4 real in IV)
18:11 Order of subjects example 2
18:32 Real vs. tonal answers
31:12 Subject w/ scale degrees 1-2 head example
31:40 Subject w/ scale degrees 5-4 head example tonal ans. (in V)
32:04 Subject w/ scale degrees 5-3 head example
32:45 My improvised first fugue structure/roadmap
35:37 A simple improvised fugue example
37:36 Topics for further study & Outro
See my comment below for an addendum. For any questions, you can always reach me (Nicola Canzano) on Facebook.

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@steveistheman84 3 жыл бұрын

this channel's a goldmine

@parallelfifths2824 3 жыл бұрын

Hey, I really appreciate that, Steve. Glad you're getting something out of it.

@DiPaoloPiano 3 жыл бұрын

Perfect timing--I was just looking for such a video to share with a curious student!

@Zimzamzoom95 3 жыл бұрын

which one was that?

@Zimzamzoom95 3 жыл бұрын

haha, i was just about to send this to you

@DiPaoloPiano 3 жыл бұрын

@@Zimzamzoom95 I did think of you, although another student had recently asked about it too!

@zminusone 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing stuff!

@parallelfifths2824 2 жыл бұрын

Really happy you're finding it helpful! There are two more videos I have on this topic! And hopefully many more in the future...

@augustomariogoulartpimenta4727 3 жыл бұрын

Excelente conteúdo e abordagem! Obrigado! Abraços do Brasil!

@parallelfifths2824 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Augusto!

@parallelfifths2824 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind feedback, everyone! A quick addendum: I avoided using a certain harmonization of the F major subject just for variety, but in an instructional video I really shouldn't have since I avoided playing probably the most solid harmonization, namely this one: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=801285143908474&set=p.801285143908474&type=3 So use that at first, while practicing in 4 voices! Not any of the harmonizations I used, which are all inferior due to either the presence of weaker chords like 643 or, more commonly, similar motion to the octave between the soprano and one of the inner parts. None of these are egregious, but the solution above is better and avoids all of those things.

@henrykwieniawski7233 2 жыл бұрын

What an amazingly helpful video. Thank you for posting! Though, I have a question: what are the ideal voice entries for a 5 voice fugue/ricercare? I'm asking more for a choral/stile Antico composition, and not so much for a keyboard.

@parallelfifths2824 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Henryk, glad you're enjoying the videos! There are even more options in 5 voices, of course. But the same principle applies: you don't generally want first entries in the middle of the texture, and to avoid this, one good way is to start in a middle voice and work outwards, ending up with the last entry in either the cantus or bass. The thing to watch out for as number of voices increase is of course the range and melodic content of your subject. You can make your life fairly miserable, especially if the fugue is for keyboard alone, if your subject has any exaggerated features.

@henrykwieniawski7233 2 жыл бұрын

@@parallelfifths2824 Thank you!!

@felix-xo8oi Жыл бұрын

question: at min 24:00 there is an f# in brackets. considering this is real, couldn't you do real answer without a tail?

@parallelfifths2824 Жыл бұрын

Well, technically yes, but the D/F# coming so soon after the E doesn't really work in practice. The downbeat was clearly C major, and switching to Gmajor-world on a weak beat like that really creates an accent. I'm not sure what the name for this phenomenon is, but one could write a whole pamphlet about it. It's why, for example, composers will modify certain passing tones and neighbor-notes by an otherwise slightly counterintuitive accidental, if said note appears in other parts very shortly thereafter or just before.