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shash maqām dastgāh scale melody type slendro pelog minor scale tabla whole-tone scale oud tonos gamut rabāb īqāʿāt

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Islamic arts: Music

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

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