The blues scale, a cornerstone of blues music, contains a characteristic "blue note"—a slightly flattened third, fifth, or seventh degree, giving it its distinctive melancholic sound.
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The iconic "Hedwig's Theme" from the Harry Potter films wasn't originally intended to be the main theme; it was initially composed for a scene involving a Quidditch match.
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The soundtrack for the game *Chrono Trigger* was composed using a Super Nintendo's sound chip, yet is still considered one of the greatest video game soundtracks ever created.
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Queen's song "Bohemian Rhapsody" features an operatic section that was recorded in multiple takes, then spliced together. No single person sang the entire section perfectly from beginning to end in one go.
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In some scoring systems, a game score of "love" doesn't mean zero points, it's a corruption of the French word "l'oeuf" meaning "egg," referencing the shape of a zero.
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The "Boléro" by Maurice Ravel famously uses a single, unchanging melodic theme that is repeated and gradually augmented throughout the piece.
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