Defines the fugue, which starts with the subject and exposition and ends with the stretto or pedal point.

Read about how a fugue develops after a subject has been stated and answered in all other voices. Provides links to readings and exercises.

Find a brief explanation of the parts of a fugue. Has musical samples and exercises.

Look over detailed analyses of a few of these famous fugues composed for harpsichord. Music samples are available.

Details the components of a fugue by defining the form's character, parts and compositional technique.

Hear musical examples from this section of Bach's "Art of Fugue" and watch as an animated chart depicts the piece's movement and pace.

Listen to some musical examples from the "Art of Fugue," along with notation and analysis.

Discover what goes into analyzing a fugue, starting with defining the piece's sections and describing their functions.

Make use of a program called the Counterpoint Companion to help create an animated timeline of a fugue.

Find out just what a mirror fugue is, complete with analysis of mirrored voices, tonal functions, keys, sequences and cadences.

View analysis and hear examples of simple fugues, called simple because they contain no melodic inversion, from this massive piece by Bach.

Extensive and complex analysis of stretto fugues from Bach's large work, including sound bites.