This is concerning the fugal variation of Beethoven's fifth that I am working on. I have been told by others that my current fugue subject is just too short to make it work and that I should add the next 4 measures of Beethoven's fifth to my subject. That means that I'm going from having this as my subject: To having this as my subject: Does my subject really need extended though? I mean, 10 measures sounds more like the length of a sonata theme than that of a fugue subject