fugue

- noun
1. a polyphonic composition based upon one, two, or more themes, which are enunciated by several voices or parts in turn, subjected to contrapuntal treatment, and gradually built up into a complex form having somewhat distinct divisions or stages of development and a marked climax at the end.
2. a period during which a person suffers from loss of memory, often begins a new life, and, upon recovery, remembers nothing of the amnesic phase.

vamp

- noun
1. the portion of a shoe or boot upper that covers the instep and toes.
2. something patched up or pieced together.
3. an accompaniment, usually improvised, consisting of a succession of simple chords.
- verb
4. to patch up; repair.
5. to give something a new appearance by adding a patch or piece.
6. to concoct or invent.
7. to improvise an accompaniment, tune, etc.