Meaning & use
Fugal
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Relating to or composed in the style of a musical fugue, in which a theme is introduced and then imitated across multiple voices.
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The symphony's final movement builds to a dense fugal climax.
Bach was a master of fugal writing, weaving multiple melodic lines together.
A note on using this word
"Fugal" comes from "fugue," itself from the Latin fuga, meaning "flight," describing how the musical theme seems to chase itself through different voices.
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