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QUIZ: Could you pass Grade 5 music theory?

QUIZ: Could you pass Grade 5 music theory?

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Is Adele actually a good singer?

Why does everyone love Adele’s voice and what makes it so good?

Kristen Stewart plays Diana Spencer

‘Spencer’: we reveal the Princess Diana biographical film’s soundtrack, cast and release date
Mamoru Samuragochi admits having not written his own compositions

The composer who was once dubbed ‘Japan’s Beethoven’ – and how it was all outed as a fraud

MayTree perform Squid Game medley

A cappella choir flawlessly singing the ‘Squid Game’ soundtrack will haunt your dreams

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Adele fugue

Grade-A music geek turns Adele’s ‘Hello’ into a Bach fugue with perfect counterpoint

Taylor Swift, Hans Zimmer, Aretha Franklin

10 legendary musicians who never learned to read music

Fibonacci sequence in music

What is the Fibonacci Sequence – and why is it the secret to musical greatness?

Jacob Collier and Dua Lipa use microtones in their music

7 pop songs that deploy microtones ingeniously

Useful musical terms - in Italian and beyond

Musical terms: A glossary of useful terminology

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Rice ball composers

Someone is turning great classical composers into rice balls and it’s a thing of beauty

A pianist's neighbouring note

Neighbour finally loses patience with pianist next door after ‘six long years’ with excruciating note
This piano for sale is apparently not haunted, but seems kinda sus.

This piano for sale is apparently not haunted, but seems kinda sus.

People have been sharing their four-word classical music horror stories and it’s hilarious

People have been sharing their four-word classical music horror stories and it’s hilarious

No one believed Mozart was only nine years old until he started playing with a cat

No one believed Mozart was only nine years old. Until he started playing with a cat, mid-performance.

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Women in Music

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Chi-chi Nwanoku plays in the Chineke! Orchestra at Classic FM Live

Chi-chi Nwanoku: ‘After a three-decade career in classical music, I was still the only person of colour on stage’

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Alexandra Dariescu is a ground-breaking Romanian pianist playing at Classic FM Live 2021

Who is Alexandra Dariescu? The groundbreaking Romanian pianist’s biography, performances and recordings
From left: leading composers Louise Farrenc, Clara Schumann and Dani Howard

Women compose only 5 percent of the pieces scheduled in classical music concerts today

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From left: Anna Clyne, Ayanna Witter-Johnson and Errollyn Wallen

‘We have proved we are trailblazers’ – inspiring women of Edinburgh International Festival share hopes for classical music

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Forgotten female composers feature in interactive map

Explore the world’s forgotten women composers in this incredible interactive map

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Perfect pitch quiz

Do you have perfect pitch? Take our test and find out

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Are you a diehard classical music fan? Take our tricky quiz and find out

Only diehard classical music fans can pass this quiz

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QUIZ: Can you unscramble these iconic classical composer names?

QUIZ: Can you unscramble these iconic classical composer names?

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Can you name these blurred-out musical instruments?

We blurred these 15 musical instruments, but any real music geek will still recognise them

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Put the musical instrument in its correct place in the orchestra

QUIZ: Can you put the musical instrument in its correct place in the orchestra?

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