Understanding the Tonal Answer

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Assume that a fugue subject will take a real answer unless one of the following three conditions exist: 1. The subject begins on ^5 and does not modulate. 2. ^1 and ^5 occur very close to one another at the outset of the subject (very often the first two notes) and the subject do not modulate. Or, 3. The subject modulates to the dominant.
• Answers to these type of subjects usually require only a single alteration: start the answer on ^1 and transpose the rest of the subject to the dominant key. • Consider this subject by J. G. Walther (J. S. Bach’s uncle):
Page 2 and 3: • The melodic structure of the fu
Page 4 and 5: • First, if given a fugue subject
Page 6 and 7: • Here is J. S. Bach’s subject
Page 8 and 9: In actual practice, the answer ente
Page 10 and 11: • Change the subject’s ending h
Page 14 and 15: • The subject starts on ^5, so we
Page 16 and 17: • Consider the fugue subject by B
Page 18 and 19: • Modulating fugue subjects are u
Page 20 and 21: • The alteration takes place at t
Page 22 and 23: • In the actual context it sounds

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