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Gradus GE-282 · cite this code — it is permanent. Rule id fugue-subject-answer-entry-pitch-alternation
In a standard fugal exposition, successive voice entries alternate between the SUBJECT (tonic pitch level) and the ANSWER (dominant pitch level) — canonically Subject-Answer-Subject for 3 voices, Subject-Answer-Subject-Answer (or the reverse) for 4 — but whichever pattern is chosen, it must strictly alternate; two consecutive entries at the SAME pitch level breaks the exposition's defining alternation.
A 4-voice exposition where voice 3's entry restates the SUBJECT at tonic level immediately after voice 2 also entered at tonic level, with no intervening dominant-level answer.
Standard fugue exposition pedagogy (Gedalge and the standard modern fugue-teaching tradition), not Gould/Read/Ross/Stone.
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Gradus GE-282 — Fugue exposition — entry pitch level alternates tonic/dominant. Gradus Engraving Rulebook v1.0. https://gradusmusic.com/engraving/rule/fugue-subject-answer-entry-pitch-alternation
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