Fugue in D minor No. 26.

Completed for the most part in under five hours, this one could as well have been left with countless other unused fugal expositions, had inspiration not readily struck me in the middle of the night amidst a bout of insomnia.

Enjoy!

YouTube video link: 

The tempo should be slightly slower in my opinion. The reason for this, is so that the ear can hear the melodies more clearly. It's a really nice fugue though, much better than the Chopin fugue I literally just roasted 😆. This one is much more harmonically interesting. Between the harpsichord vs and piano version, I prefer harpsichord because I feel it offers more clarity (which is unusual because normally I prefer piano). BTW, the harpsichord sounds a little out of tune. Was this the samples you were using, or did you mess around with the tuning?

Some notable parts of your piece

• Intro: Very strong subjects
• 0:35: Nice chord progressions!
• 1:04: really interesting rhythms here
• 2:05: beautiful return to your subjects
• 2:40: that fun rhythm from 1:04, was brought back, which I like

Overall, this is a very beautiful fugue, that just needs a slight tempo decrease.

@chopin Thank you so much for your input! Just two minor clarifications:

9 hours ago, chopin said:

[...] BTW, the harpsichord sounds a little out of tune. Was this the samples you were using, or did you mess around with the tuning? [...]

The harpsichord soundbanks used in the video are, in fact, identical in of themselves to the ones used in the MP3 rendering. The latter however, being the original soundfont, was set to A =415 (a staplemark Baroque tuning) in 1/5 comma meantone temperament, whereas the twin soundfont used for the video was tuned to a more conventional A = 440 in equal temperament.

9 hours ago, chopin said:

The tempo should be slightly slower in my opinion. The reason for this, is so that the ear can hear the melodies more clearly. [...]

[...] Overall, this is a very beautiful fugue, that just needs a slight tempo decrease.

The recording attached below is in ♩ = 78. Is that better? I hesitate to even dial the tempo down even further, lest the piece might start sounding way too mechanical.

You know what, this tempo is way better. Wouldn't you agree?

22 minutes ago, chopin said:

You know what, this tempo is way better. Wouldn't you agree?

If you ask me, it sounds more mechanical and way less fluid to me. But I guess it can stay that way for the sake of your preference.

play it live, that would sound much less mechanical by that very nature, lol