Counterpoint

Question 1

Fugal subject

Answer 1

Primary thematic material for a fugue

Question 2

Real answer

Answer 2

Exact transposition of the subject to the key of the dominant

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