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Exposition in Bach's fugue repeats?
The first four entries are the exposition. The purpose there is to clearly state the tonic key alternating with the dominant.
The next series of subject/answer statements can be called middle entries. ...
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Isn’t the root progression or chord progression of a song meant to anchor in a foundation for rest of the instruments to experiment over?
You posted a lot of statements rather than questions. Here is one comment and one answer:
Classical on the other hand, the progressions may switch a lot more.
Some. But, a lot doesn't use much ...
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Isn’t the root progression or chord progression of a song meant to anchor in a foundation for rest of the instruments to experiment over?
Yes, if you had to use just one thing as the harmonic foundation, it would probably be the bass line. But just C in the bass doesn't tell us whether it's C major or C minor (or C7, Cm7, Cm7b5, C9(#11)...
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