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fugue

The correct spelling is fugue.

How to pronounce fugue

/ˈfjuːɡ/
noun

IPA: /ˈfjuːɡ/

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The correct spelling is fugue. A contrapuntal piece of music wherein a particular melody is played in a number of voices, each voice introduced in turn by playing the melody.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A contrapuntal piece of music wherein a particular melody is played in a number of voices, each voice introduced in turn by playing the melody.
  2. 2.Anything in literature, poetry, film, painting, etc., that resembles a fugue in structure or in its elaborate complexity and formality.
  3. 3.A fugue state.

verb

  1. 1.To improvise, in singing, by introducing vocal ornamentation to fill gaps etc.

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