Preparation for Fugue
Composers, Conductors, & Performers,
I am making a fugue curriculum that will get you ready for fugue. This curriculm is for sharpening the skillset required to be successful at fugue. This is for anyone who is currently composing a fugue and having difficulty, or anyone who wants to compose a fugue, but does not know where to start. Remember: the key to freedom as a composer, especially for fugues, is through mastery of basic harmony.
-Barney (last updated Dec 30th, 2025)
Root Position Chords
for Preparation for Fugue
Bass Exercise #1:
Includes:
-4 suspensions
-2 modulations
-1 sequence
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Access: free for members of How to Voice Root Position Chords
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If you want to focus on a similar exercise, then look at Homework #2 from Season 1 of How to Voice Root Position Chords on the Fundamentals of Harmony Page.