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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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The Celtic Baroque roots of Stairway to Heaven
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MEDITATION
Mantra of Avalokiteshvara: meaning and purpose of popular Buddhist chants
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Five tones of Spielberg's alien language
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Classic examples of the Phrygian mode through the music eras
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Music Theory
Popular songs featuring the Phrygian mode and Neapolitan chord
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MTV and EMI did not appreciate the concept of Kate Bush's iconic Running Up That Hill
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1980s
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Popular songs using the Lydian mode
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The symbiosis of music and architecture in mathematical glissandi by Iannis Xenakis
France
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Music Theory
Mixolydian mode: famous examples of the Mixolydian major scale in classical and pop music
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The Flower Duet of Lakmé: the love drama of an Indian girl and a British soldier made airborne
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Emotion over meaning: the enigmatic lyrics of Cocteau Twins in the languages of glossolalia
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Lydian mode: famous examples of the Lydian major scale throughout the music history
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Prog rock version of Jerusalem was banned by BBC
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Legendary Tansen could bring rain with music
India
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Indian Classical
Classical Guitar
Guitar virtuoso Napoléon Coste suffered from acute piano phobia
France
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Etude
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Fantasia
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Romantic
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Albinoni's famous Adagio is unusually solemn and offbeat because it wasn't, in fact, written by Tomaso Albinoni
Italy
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20st Century Classical
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Baroque
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Sufi lyrics expanded all over the world thanks to Qawwali songs
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Pakistan
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Zefiro Torna: famous madrigal by Monteverdi lauds the west wind that brings spring
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Giulio Regondi, the guitar prodigy behind early Romantic repertoire, was conned by false parent
England
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France
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Switzerland
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Suite
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Classical Guitar
4 collections of early guitar music by enigmatic Santiago de Murcia discovered on 3 Continents
Chile
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Mexico
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Spain
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5 songs featuring Dorian mode
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England
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France
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USA
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Rock
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The world's first sitar recording by Imdad Khan
India
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Indian Classical
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There were no bluebirds over the White Cliffs of Dover
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USA
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Popular Song
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1940s
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Classical Guitar
Serenata Española by Joaquim Malats: the piano piece that conquered guitar world
France
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Spain
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Gershwin's Summertime: the most recorded song draws inspiration from Ukrainian lullaby and African American spiritual
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Opera
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Popular Song
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20st Century Classical
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1930s
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1960s
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2010s
2 comments
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150 composers contributed to La Folia through the centuries
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Spain
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Baroque
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Violin
Devil's Trill Sonata: Giuseppe Tartini was unable to recreate Lucifer's music played in his dream
Italy
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Slovenia
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Sonata
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Baroque
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Why birds sing their songs: great maestros proving the musicality of nightingale, cuckoo, yellowhammer
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England
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Italy
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Children's song
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Concerto
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Soundscapes
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20st Century Classical
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Dionisio Aguado's guitar method and tripodison guitar stand have been in use for 200 years
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Spain
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Polonaise
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Classical
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Romantic
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Bésame Mucho: song meaning and source of inspiration behind the famous Mexican bolero
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