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  • Beethoven's Greatest Hits LP cover

    Für Elise: 2 versions of Beethoven's best-known piano piece

    Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor, commonly known as Für Elise, is undoubtedly Beethoven's best-known piano work as well as...
  • Natya Shastra book cover

    Bharata Muni and the Natya Shastra as a formative treatise of Indian classics

    Bharata Muni was an eminent Indian philosopher and musicologist who is believed to have lived around 200 BC. The only...
  • Ramaya LP cover

    Ramaya: the tonal workings of the famous African disco hit

    Ramaya is the best-known song of Mozambican street singer Afric Simone whose career took off in 1970s Europe when disco...
  • Pink Floyd's Masters Of Rock LP cover

    Phrygian mode in Pink Floyd songs

    It is widely accepted that the Western system of seven diatonic modes, as postulated by the tonal theory, provides one...
  • Échame la Culpa album cover

    Échame la Culpa: another Fonsi hit echoing Despacito chords

    Échame la Culpa is a 2017 Latin pop track by Demi Lovato and Puerto Rican songwriter Luis Fonsi that remains their only...
  • Debussy's Piano Works by Peter Frankl CD cover

    Two Arabesques: the fledgling impressionism of Debussy's early work

    Deux arabesques are two piano pieces written by Claude Debussy in the late 1880s and are now considered to be one of the...
  • Grateful Dead's LP cover

    Scarlet Begonias: three major Mixolydian chords in a Grateful Dead's ballad

    Scarlet Begonias, released in 1974 by the American rock band Grateful Dead, is still widely regarded as one of their...
  • Big Noise from Winnetka LP cover

    Big Noise from Winnetka: timeless jazz melody born in a drum and bass jam

    Big Noise from Winnetka is one of the best-known jazz tunes of the 1930s, first recorded by the Chicago-based band The...
  • Like Some Forgotten Dream book cover

    Beatles songs with harmonic minor and Aeolian modes

    One of the easily explained reasons for the continued popularity of The Beatles' songs lies in their harmonic structure...
  • Enrique Iglesias' CD cover

    Bailamos: meaning and flamenco roots of Enrique Iglesias' first hit

    Bailamos remains one of Enrique Iglesias' best-known songs originally recorded for his 1998 album Cosas del Amor but...
  • Schubert's Ständchen LP cover

    Ständchen from Schwanengesang serenade as Schubert's last testament

    Originating in Europe in the Middle Ages, the serenade (ger. ständchen) is a love song composed for one vocal line and a...
  • Sheshashayi - Laxminarayan by M. V. Dhurandhar

    Om Namo Narayanaya: meaning and purpose of popular Vishnu mantra

    Om Namo Narayanaya is one of the best-known Sanskrit mantras addressed to the god Vishnu—one of the principal deities of...
  • The Carpet Crawlers LP cover

    Carpet Crawlers: two major modes of Genesis' last studio recording

    The Carpet Crawlers is an iconic song by the English progressive rock band Genesis recorded for their 1974 concept...
  • The Doors' LA Woman The Workshop Sessions CD cover

    Dorian mode in The Doors songs

    The Dorian minor mode is a part of the diatonic system that canonizes the usage of the seven heptatonic scales in...
  • Carole King LP cover

    Smackwater Jack: the classic tale of outlaws and lawmen and the blues harmony behind it

    Smackwater Jack is a 1971 song released by Carole King, the most successful female songwriter of the 20th century who...
  • Purcell's Music for a While CD cover

    Music for a While: Purcell's entrancing appeasement of Alecto

    Music for a While is one of the best-known tunes written by the English Baroque composer Henry Purcell. First published...
  • Celia and Johnny LP cover

    Quimbara: meaning and origin of the best-known salsa

    Quimbara is an essential salsa track first recorded by Celia Cruz, a popular Cuban singer, and Johnny Pacheco, a...
  • Butterflies and Hurricanes single cover

    Butterflies and Hurricanes: piano intermezzo meets the chaos theory

    Butterflies and Hurricanes is a powerful track by the English rock band Muse first released on their 2003 album...
  • Led Zeppelin DVD cover

    Dorian mode in Led Zeppelin songs

    Diatonic scales, as postulated by the classical tonal theory, are among the most convenient devices for composing...
  • Jeanette's Porque Te Vas CD cover

    Porque Te Vas: origin and meaning behind Jeanette's best song

    Porque Te Vas is the most influential ballad recorded by Janette Anne Dimech, known professionally as Jeanette, which...

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