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    Trumpeters playing a fanfare

    What is a fanfare? A guide to the fanfare and its role in history

    A pianist playing a chromatic scale?

    What is a chromatic scale?

    What is atonal music

    What is atonal music?

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    A male choir singing a harmony

    What is harmony in music?

    What is a pentatonic scale

    What is a pentatonic scale?

    Intonation is important in violin playing

    Intonation meaning: what it is and why Intonation is important in music

    Polish Countertenor Jakub Jozef Orlinski Performs In Bologna

    What is a countertenor?

    Folk singer John Tams singing a ballad

    What is a ballad?

    Someone playing scales on a piano

    What is a scale in music?

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    What is a barcarolle?

    What is a barcarolle?

    What is a nocturne?

    What is a nocturne?

    Pianist playing a toccata

    What is a toccata?

    What is an opus in music

    What is an opus?

    What is a Pommer(Credit: Getty)

    What is a… Prommer?

    An acoustic guitar

    What does acoustic mean?

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