Fugue for Sycra

Op. 35

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The fugue subject is based on the username of a friend of mine, “Sycra,” on YouTube.

I have used the French method of the musical cryptogram to encode “SYCRA” as musical pitches.

S = E
Y = D
C = C
R = D
A = A

This fugue uses stretto in three ways: (i) rectus with rectus, (iii) inversion with inversion, and (ii) rectus with inversion. See if you can count the number of times the subject is heard.