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[English]

Second entry of the subject in a fugue, usually pitched a fourth below or a fifth above the original subject. If the theme is altered slightly in the answer, then it is said to be a 'tonal' answer, if it is entirely unaltered, it is said to be a 'real' answer.


Example


Johann Sebastian Bach: The Art of the Fugue, BMW 1080, Contrapunctus 1







Johann Sebastian Bach: Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D



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