fugal
fugal — adjective
- fugalpositive
- more fugalcomparative
- most fugalsuperlative
1. having the form of a fugue, a kind of music in which a short tune is started by
having the form of a fugue, a kind of music in which a short tune is started by one voice or instrument and then copied and overlapped by others.
Asher studied the fugal writing in Bach's organ works for his music exam.
fugal + noun: describing a compositional style
The choir struggled with the fugal section, where each part enters a few beats apart.
fugal section of a longer piece
Critics praised the symphony's fugal finale, with four melodies chasing one another.
Élise pointed out the fugal texture as three voices repeated the same opening phrase.
The teacher played a fugal passage to show how one tune answers another.
- contrapuntal
broader; any music with independent overlapping lines, not only fugue form
- polyphonic
any music with several voices at once; fugal is the stricter fugue-based type
- homophonic
music where one melody leads and the rest just support it
文法句型
fugal + noun
用法筆記
Almost always used before a noun (fugal writing, fugal passage, fugal finale) rather than after 'be'. Belongs to the specialist register of music analysis and academic writing about composition.