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Also Known As	hoquet • hocquet • hoket • hoquetus • ochetus

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polyphony musical composition ornamentation fauxbourdon melody ground bass musica ficta chord progression drone inversion ostinato obbligato

Young girl wearing a demin jacket playing the trumpet (child, musical instruments, Asian ethnicity)

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