April 19, 20205 yr I didn't come here to provide any useful advice, but instead to berate you for not being confident in your music! I think it sounds nice, even if someone else is able to pointย out flaws in your fugue writing.ย
April 20, 20205 yr Author Chief, in few circumstances am I confident in my music. I'm mostly not because I have little counterpoint training.
April 20, 20205 yr I don't have enough knowledge in fugues to point out parallel fifths, octaves and all that stuff. But, one advice that I can give you is: "let the music rest", that's one, I wouldn't call it error but an "imprudency", because when you keep playing and playing without any silence it's easier to make the listener lose interest in listening to your piece. silence helps to create expectative, for example; it is common to start the countersubject a bit later than the answer, because that makes the entrance of the countersubject much more solid. Not knowing where to put rest, is one thing that I struggle with, all the time. ย just to clarify: you can make a piece without rest and there will be no problem (chopin made a lot of pieces like that), but in polyphonic pieces, the silence is important. ย Sorry for my bad english, I'm not that good when talking about specialized topics.
April 20, 20205 yr 7 minutes ago, Tortualex said: But, one advice that I can give you is: "let the music rest", that's one, I wouldn't call it error but an "imprudency", because when you keep playing and playing without any silence it's easier to make the listener lose interest in listening to your piece. silence helps to create expectative, for example; it is common to start the countersubject a bit later than the answer, because that makes the entrance of the countersubject much more solid. It's a fugue (Italian: "fleeting"); it's not supposed to stop.ย
April 20, 20205 yr You misunderstood me, I was talking about the voices. Not all the voices "talk" all the time.
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