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Daily fugue workout

This one comes from Dr Sawyer. Who he? .. well all my fugue themes come from a collection by Arthur  W. Marchant entitled FIVE HUNDRED FUGUE SUBJECTS AND ANSWERS (ANCIENT AND MODERN). A google search should offer various options for buying.

It's a great resource if you're interested in studying fugue (a kind of musical Sudoku, except much, much more rewarding) as it presents such a range of subjects. I could never have imagined that such a variety existed, certainly I could never have dreamt up most of the subjects found in this collection. It's good, because it presents a range of perspectives to fugal problems - I like to think of fugal improvisation as a range of different problems, each needing a solution - and this range of perspectives stops me getting into a rut, scratching around trying to find solutions in the same limited way.

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