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Answers 9–15

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   D: Universe of Sound: Create your own musical experience – record yourself making music with a huge orchestra as they play on the video background screen – you can even download it to disc to take home! You can also learn about violins, flutes, trumpets and many more with our computer demonstrations, and meet real musicians who are present every day. Matching features

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   G: Rave-on!: How about learning new skills on the guitar, drums and keyboard by video? Follow the touch-screen instructions to find lessons on each instrument, or search for a song to practise playing along to. Try our Professional Selection, with video clips of band members who will explain the techniques that make their recordings so individual. Matching features

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   F: Finale: Imagine being in the crowd for amazing performances from the past. Enjoy 3D life-size videos from the stars of yesterday and today. You can experience the excitement of a massive rock stadium, and the sounds, movement and rhythms that created some of the most exciting music ever known. Matching features

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   A: The Core: This is the place for musical history. You’ll learn where your favourite singers and musicians grew up and discover the processes involved in writing famous songs and producing the videos. Find out about their journey to fame, and get some tips on what makes a good concert! There’s all you ever wanted to know about famous musicians. Matching features

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   B: Rhythm-Studio: Get your body moving in the studio and learn to move to rhythms and sounds from the past to now, including Soul and Disco. Learn your steps from our professional onscreen dance instructor, then watch your performance and become the star in your own video recording which you can take away. Matching features

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   C: Mary Wright: The two well-known lead actors in this 16th-century drama are surprisingly good dancers, and the music creates quite a scary atmosphere. The clothes by top designer Jean Luc Filbert are historically accurate and look absolutely wonderful. Matching features

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   J: Keeping Time: Keeping Time is based on the real-life story of the popular group Marcellous, and includes their best work. We see how having members from three different continents allowed them to create songs using music from each place. Unusually, there’s ballet in this show, but it goes surprisingly well with their music. Matching features

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