Counterpoint

Question 1

Fugal Subject

Answer 1

Theme introduced at the beginning of a fugue, which becomes the main component of exposition throughout the composition

Question 2

Real answer

Answer 2

An exact copy of the subject at the level of the dominant. Contains identical intervals to the first statement

Question 3

Tonal Answer

Answer 3

Tonally adjusted answer of the subject at the level of the dominant (key doesn’t change, scale degree pattern of subject is shifted 5th higher)

Question 4

Countersubject

Answer 4

Accompaniment to the subject that returns to accompany each time the subject or its answer returns

Question 5

Fugal exposition

Answer 5

First section of a fugue where all voices have entered (subject and answer)

Question 6

Episode

Answer 6

Material from subject is developed by all the voices in freely contrapuntal texture until restatement

Question 7

Stretto

Answer 7

Melodic material enters in one voice, then in another before the first voice is done w/statement of material. Creates overlap, almost like a canon, and provides greater intensity

Question 8

Retrograde

Answer 8

A “back-to-front” iteration of the subject within an episode of the fugue