Pentatonic Fugue
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- čas přidán 2. 12. 2023
- Here is my shot at a fugue. A while back I had an idea to write a fugue exclusively using the pentatonic scale. I'm very happy with the end result. Of course, this fugue is quite unconventional, but that is what I'm most proud of regarding this composition. Hope you enjoy it.
As always, any feedback is welcome and appreciated.
Hi everyone, thank you for all the positive comments! It makes me so happy reading them. Don't worry, I'm aware that the piece is impossible. A lot of people have been asking to arrange it for an ensemble so it's actually possible, and I think that's a wonderful idea. Please just credit me where ever you post it. If you're interested, here's the musescore link to download it:
musescore.com/user/13023961/scores/13138303?share=copy_link
Piano four hands would probably work well for this (and not require nearly work that would go into arranging it for other instruments).
Amazing how anything pentatonic and happy-sounding immediately conveys “folk tune”. So, this is a folk fugue. That’s enough to make it cool.
There are some Chinese tunes that are dramatical and so happy
@@josephzaarour6649 that's what this made me think of stylistically! Red Sun in the Sky is a banger, and I think is similarly pentatonic and "happy" sounding
The pentatonicness is one thing, but there's another thing you did well: you took a non-baroque theme, and respected its sense of rhythm in the fugal writing. It happens too often when people take a theme from popular music, that the exposition vaguely respects the rhythmicality, but as soon as the development starts the rhythm becomes very square. Bravo!
Agree 100% on this, we need more fugues with groove, why copy Bach and all these cliches in 4/4 when you can borrow something fresh from almost any pop song
@@rodnaskel2123Bro what are you talking about, Bach wrote some of the funkiest rhythms.
There are a lot of weird ones, like A Major in WTC1 is in 9/8 time, Contrapunctus 2 in the Art of the Fugue and of course all the Gigues are bangers.
@@magnusgro4366 it was a bit risky to response in that way tbh, I am a huge Bach fan, as probably most folks who watch this are, and yes I know numerous examples of creativeness in his pieces, he was the main reason why I began learning composition tbh, however there's not enough fugues with pop song feeling, this style seems to be not explored enough, many compose fugues in a style really close to baroque even if the theme sounds like something from a pop song, so I'm just frustrated a bit about how hard it is to find something different (in this already niche af genre, yep), for example a fugue that uses 3 3 2 rhythmic pattern, or anything similarly "pop"
Most fugues on CZcams have the pop song tune as the subject, but the countersubject is bach like running notes and the rest just all sounds like imitation Bach
I love how you avoided a specific giant problem by making it an octave fugue
Problem of writing subject with answer in different key?
@@rodnaskel2123 basically
Juckleberry Sebastien Finn-Bach bounding his way home to write down from memory the Brandenburg concerto he just listened to
You did the impossible- I thoroughly enjoyed a fugue lol
Not the only impossible aspect of this piece😂
A Genius composition:)
Creative premise, fantastic but no overbearing fugal technique, exquisite theme with a light hearted nostalgic warmth to cut through the darkest of moods…
The closest comparison I can think to this is Shostakovich: Fugue in A major, but frankly, I prefer yours!
Excellent excellent composition 🎉
Now listen Shostakovich's fugue in A major
I wanted to recommend this too! It's a really good fugue and it's 100% arpeggios
Yep. I feel some same vibe here.
i love the fugue subject and recapitulation at the beginning, it's a masterpiece
Refreshing music
This is the kind of music I love
A wonderful joyous creastion.
reminds me of shostakovich's fugue a major
AMAZING 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
This is beautiful! Lots of counter melody going on here, it's incredible how many weaving layers of harmony you were able to include while staying completely within pentatonic land (except for briefly before Bb). Very vibrant, I'd be interested to see what you do in the context of a minor pentatonic piece (same scale, with no 2nd or 6th instead of how in major you would exclude the 4th and 7th).
Sounds very bucholic! You should definitely arrange this for a string trio.
awesome
I swear I felt like I heard this in a game or something.
Sounds great! Very happy, good job! Would be good on a banjo, mandolin, violin and bass.
also, I subbed, and just posted my shot at a fugue. Let me know what you think if you want. czcams.com/video/-e-5tfOyzYY/video.html
This sounds like Bach x Animal Crossing
Wow
This is so weird...so many genres can handle a strict pentatonic only interpertation without a stricking difference...
But I feels like using all 7 notes, especially the 1/2 step intervals, is the hallmark of classical and borque music! It sounds so weird...
you should really listen to Hugo Distler’s Chorale Prelude, "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern". It is a pentatonic fugue that explores quite a different atmosphere
Hi! I love this! Is there a way I could get access to this to arrange it for strings? I would give you credit of course, and just list myself as arranger.
I believe you can download it off of musescore, here is a link: musescore.com/user/13023961/scores/13138303?share=copy_link
If there's an issue with downloading it just let me know, we can figure something out. Look forward to hearing your arrangement!
@@AyazEarleyI will also give you credit as well :D
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If only you’d made it playable too
skill issue
@@hello-rq8kf I don’t know if having three hands is a skill?
@@hello-rq8kf Unless you have hands like Rachmaninoff you are not playing this (on a regular piano at least). There are a lot of 13ths and the average pianist can only reach a 10th.
@@aerohydra3849 just use a pedal bruv (i can only reach an octave and don't play piano)
@@hello-rq8kf At that speed it's not happening lol, you'd need to warp the rhythm
do you know the muffin man
This is great but now imagine it with a fish scraper on 2 and 4 🐟
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This is such a satisfying fugue! The counterpoint is so well balanced and there isn't a single wasted note...I'm jealous :O Do you think I could take a crack at it for a video on my channel? I'm currently looking around for cool music from around the internet to compile in a "musical findings" series and I think this would be a perfect addition! :)
Go for it! However I will say, the fugue I've written is probably physically impossible, so I won't be offended if you change some stuff. If you end up doing it, just link my video in the description of yours. Thanks for the kind words!
@@AyazEarley Thank you! I'll see what I can do :)
@@AyazEarley I was just thinking, would it be possible to get a copy of the score to print?
@@homebodypiano You can download a pdf copy on musescore:
musescore.com/user/13023961/scores/13138303?share=copy_link
@@AyazEarley Thank you!
Bar 10 is impossible
Isn’t a fugue, but « simply » a contrepoint.
Can you study the art of fugue?
En efecto, en todo caso un canon a la octava.
Yeah, I don't think I would call it a fugue. It's more like theme and variations.
Unfortunately it is a fugue ;)
An chronically ill fugue without answer and episodes.
shit sound like the ice cream truck
Sounds Chinese