Some more (tricky) fugue subjects and answers from Dietrich Buxtehude!
Fughetta subject in G major
answer
Also this one in G minor and in compound time (12/8)
answer
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Blog posts November 2020
Buxtehude - preludes
Using the Friesach sample set of Piotr Grabowski (see here for more details), am enjoying several break-throughs in improvising Buxtehude-style Preludes and free-style forms. These forms tend to mix short sections of declamatory, fantasy phrases with choppy fughettas and contrapuntal sections. The F…
Focus on David Dolan
David Dolan stands out in the world of classical improvisation. Why?
He's an important pedagogue who specialises in teaching non-improvisers (classically-trained musicians at the highest level, who have experience only in interpreting written scores) to improvise. This means that not only has…
Prelude schemas
I had a great time today writing out 'chord streams' for Preludes. These are rows of chords which might be used to structure a free Prelude. I've had many problems with improvising free Preludes - usually it's the first thing I do in church, just when I'm feeling a bit cold! I tend to have a good op…
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