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Mantra of Avalokiteshvara: meaning and purpose of popular Buddhist chants
Popular songs featuring the Phrygian mode and Neapolitan chord
Popular songs using the Lydian mode
Mixolydian mode: famous examples of the Mixolydian major scale in classical and pop music
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8 songs to introduce Aeolian mode and natural minor scale
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Plagal cadence exemplified by 9 songs in all diatonic modes
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1960s
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1970s
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1980s
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1990s
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Music Theory
7 songs featuring Mixolydian mode
England
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USA
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Rock
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1960s
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1970s
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1980s
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Music Theory
5 songs featuring Dorian mode
Canada
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England
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France
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USA
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Ballade
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Folk
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Popular Song
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Rock
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Work Song
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World Music
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1960s
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1970s
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1980s
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1990s
Music Theory
Popular songs using the Lydian mode
Canada
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England
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USA
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Popular Song
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Progressive Rock
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Rock
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1970s
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1980s
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1990s
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SYNTHESIZER
Plainsong: The Cure's psychedelic liturgy on the edge of the world
England
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New Wave
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Popular Song
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Rock
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1980s
Music Theory
Deceptive cadence: chord progressions and song examples
England
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New Wave
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Rock
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1960s
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1980s
SONGWRITER
Twist in My Sobriety: rare oboe solo in Tanita Tikaram's best song
England
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Folk
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Popular Song
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1980s
Music Theory
Mixolydian mode: famous examples of the Mixolydian major scale in classical and pop music
England
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Germany
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Italy
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USA
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Concerto
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Fugue
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Motet
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Popular Song
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Raga
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Renaissance
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Baroque
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Indian Classical
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20st Century Classical
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1960s
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1970s
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1980s
13 comments
Album
Swordfishtrombones: groundbreaking instrumentation catches Tom Waits' signature sound
USA
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Experimental Rock
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Rock
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1980s
ELECTRIC GUITAR
Adrian Belew's spellbinding guitar tricks saturate prog music with the sounds of space
USA
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Art Rock
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New Wave
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Progressive Rock
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1970s
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1980s
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1990s
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2000s
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2010s
SONGWRITER
The morna: essential music of the Cape Verde archipelago reached mainland thanks to Cesária Évora's voice
Cape Verde
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Morna
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1960s
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1970s
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1980s
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1990s
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2000s
ORCHESTRA
Mozart and Tom Waits wrote music for the glass armonica which was rumored to cause mental health damage
Austria
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England
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Germany
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Ireland
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USA
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Adagio
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Rock
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Baroque
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Classical
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1980s
1 comment
SONGWRITER
The resonance of African tribal heritage in Ali Farka Touré's guitar
Mali
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Folk
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World Music
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1970s
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1980s
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1990s
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2000s
SYNTHESIZER
The analog synthesizers of Isao Tomita programming fresh sound for all-time classics
Japan
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Ambient
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Concerto
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Suite
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20st Century Classical
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1960s
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1970s
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1980s
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1990s
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2000s
Band
The low-end sound of Morphine trio cut short by Mark Sandman's tragic death while on a stage
USA
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Alternative Rock
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1980s
,
1990s
Band
Tinariwen: 40 years of nomadic desert music driven by Ibrahim Ag Alhabib's guitar
Algeria
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Mali
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Folk
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Raï
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World Music
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1970s
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1980s
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1990s
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2000s
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2010s
Band
Emotion over meaning: the enigmatic lyrics of Cocteau Twins in the languages of glossolalia
Scotland
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New Wave
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1970s
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1980s
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1990s
1 comment
Collaboration
Robert Fripp & Toyah Willcox: the prog family who proclaimed Sunday All Over the World
England
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Progressive Rock
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1980s
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1990s
PIANO
Zawinul incited his electric piano to report the jazz weather
Austria
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Jazz
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1970s
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1980s
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1990s
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2000s
FILM
The necessity of undramatic humanity in Coffee and Cigarettes by Jim Jarmusch
Italy
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Japan
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USA
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Soundtrack
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1970s
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1980s
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1990s
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2000s
SONGWRITER
The smoky alto of Chabuca Granda elevated the Creole waltz to the international level
Peru
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Popular Song
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1960s
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1970s
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1980s
SONGWRITER
Voice of Wassoulou preserves the ancient roots of West Africa
Mali
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Folk
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Popular Song
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World Music
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1980s
PIANO
Abdullah Ibrahim created his African music of peace in exile
South Africa
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Jazz
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1960s
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1970s
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1980s
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1990s
Contemporary Composer
North Indian classics introduced into Californian underground thanks to Terry Riley
India
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USA
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Ambient
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1960s
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1970s
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1980s
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1990s
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2000s
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2010s
FILM
Star Wars meets Baroque classics
USA
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Film Score
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1980s
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1990s
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2000s
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2010s
SONGWRITER
MTV and EMI did not appreciate the concept of Kate Bush's iconic Running Up That Hill
England
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Art Rock
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New Wave
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Popular Song
,
1980s
1 comment
FILM
The Blues Brothers' greatest gamble becoming one of their most enduring hits
USA
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Soundtrack
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1970s
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1980s
Collaboration
World musicians Kronos Quartet destroy the shackles of genre
USA
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Lullaby
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Popular Song
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1970s
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1980s
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1990s
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2000s
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2010s
GUITAR
The irony of Cuban love song in the work of trova-musician Compay Segundo
Cuba
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Folk
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Popular Song
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World Music
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1980s
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1990s
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2000s
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