fugal
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- adjective
- /ˈfjuːɡəl/
- Specialized
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fugue
- The composition features a fugal structure that showcases the interplay between the melody and its counterpoint.
Examples
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This is why the Art of Fugue pieces so often go out of their way to frustrate pedagogically oriented definitions of fugal procedures at the same time that they assert the preternatural status of fugal procedures as a source of the most inspired inventions.
Academic text (2000) -
This is why the Art of Fugue pieces so often go out of their way to frustrate pedagogically oriented definitions of fugal procedures at the same time that they assert the preternatural status of fugal procedures as a source of the most inspired inventions.
Academic text (2000) -
All this until his system trapped itself in the fugal ups and downs that became his life.
Fiction book (1990) -
Typically, he crafted instead a set of highly idiosyncratic pieces that show how very far fugal invention can be pursued in the quest for harmonic insights....
Academic text (2000) -
From Denver, Clara could look westward to the rising swell on swell of hill to mountain, green to blue-gray, blue-gray to the white of the high peaks in a vast order like the rise and fall of fugal music, sound on sound, theme on theme.
Fiction book (1993) -
In the concert, the orchestra performed a fugal piece that highlighted the complexity of the harmonies.
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Many classical composers are known for their fugal works, which often emphasize thematic development and variation.
Synonyms
With several musical parts that start, repeat, and fit together
How Fugal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fugal comes from the musical name fugue, which comes from Latin fuga meaning 'flight' and is related to English fugitive ('one who runs away'). So a fugal passage sounds like voices chasing or copying each other, which is why the word describes music with that 'chasing' structure.