I noticed a book I had, Fugues for Beginners. Despite the title and the fact that the book is only fifteen pages long writing a fugue doesn’t seem that simple. The book was intended to prepare composition students for an examination in which they had to be able to take the melody they...
the next chapters add non-chord tones and other embellishments. Chapter six allows for the inclusion of an alto part, creating a three voice texture. This is as complicated as Bender wishes to advance in a book designed for beginners. The second part gives instructions for applying these...