Tiny fugue from my vacation :)

Well, not much to say about this tiny little thing I wrote. I was in the countryside of São Paulo, Brazil and decided to use my spare time to practice a bit of counterpoint.

Please tell me what you think of it and if there are any mistakes, also feel free to point them out 🙂

Not bad at all. Only tip I can think of is to open up your restatements of the subject to focus more attention to them. 

@jawoodruff I thought that blending the entrance of the subject was a "good" thing, so that the listener could only realise its going on after it's already in the middle of it. I don't know, I guess it was jsut a wrong conception :3

Thanks for the feedback 🙂

It's not a bad idea at all. Part of the fun of a fugue is listening for the subject amongst the noise. It also keeps the listener involved in the texture. You could always use articulation to bring that out more.

@jawoodruff What do you mean using articulation? By slurring the subject onto whatever’s before it?

32 minutes ago, Jean Szulc said:

@jawoodruff What do you mean using articulation? By slurring the subject onto whatever’s before it?

 

Not necessarily slurs. Can be accents, staccato markings, or something along that line -just enough to draw the ear to the entries. A well placed rest would also help.

That's it?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

EXPAND THIS!!! I WAS FEELING THIS!!!

I guess I'll expand it somewhere in the future. I only stopped it because I have to focus on some other important projects at the moment 🙂

But I'm glad it found it somewhat enjoyable, which is quite hard to make this kind of study sound like. 

very intricate, I like the unconventional chord changes near the end. Usually I don't like pieces in the kind of bach-y style but I found this enjoyable to listen to

Loved this! I see you're getting some enjoyment out of the organ. 🙂 

@Left Unexplained @Tónskáld

I’m glad you both enjoyed it!
The organ is amazing, I won’t say I’m not in love with it...

On 3/9/2020 at 4:59 PM, Jean Szulc said:

I guess I'll expand it somewhere in the future. I only stopped it because I have to focus on some other important projects at the moment 🙂

But I'm glad it found it somewhat enjoyable, which is quite hard to make this kind of study sound like. 

No problem!   It's a great start and can be something special!