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Multimedia: Sample audio files
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chromatic
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An ascending and descending chromatic scale beginning on C.
(Audio © Helicon)
Dickens, Charles Great Expectations
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Great Expectations, Ch. 8:
She was dressed in rich materials – satins, and lace, and silks – all of white. Her shoes were white. And she had a long white veil dependent from her hair, and she had bridal flowers in her hair, but her hair was white. Some bright jewels sparkled on her neck and on her hands, and some other jewels lay sparkling on the table. Dresses, less splendid than the dress she wore, and half-packed trunks, were scattered about. She had not quite finished dressing, for she had but one shoe on – the other was on the table near her hand – her veil was but half-arranged, her watch and chain were not put on, and some lace for her bosom lay with those trinkets, and with her handkerchief, and gloves, and some flowers, and a Prayer-book, all confusedly heaped about the looking-glass.
It was not in the first few moments that I saw all these things, though I saw more of them in the first moments than might be supposed. But, I saw that everything within my view which ought to be white, had been white long ago, and had lost its lustre, and was faded and yellow.
(Audio © Helicon)
France – anthem
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The national anthem of France.
(Audio © Helicon)
harpsichord
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A fast melody on the harpsichord.
(Audio © Helicon)
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