SmartSound's offerings let users create customized soundtracks for their videos by controlling the length, musical arrangement, and instrument mix from a base of nearly 4, 000 songs.

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But the song's musical arrangement sounds tacky and hastily put together - some of it wouldn't be out of place trilling away in a lift or supermarket.

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He pointed to a decree issued by the highest Sunni authority, Al-Azhar in Egypt, which he said forbade "any musical arrangement of a Koranic verse, in order to prevent any violation of Islam".

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Ravel's exclusive publishing arrangement notwithstanding, it's not uncommon for musical works to be published over time by different publishers and subsequently freighted with the conflicting, sometimes overzealous or heavy-handed input of seriatim editors reflecting shifting interpretative mores.

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In many ways, geisha are living embodiments of Japanese traditional culture: each one is well versed in traditional dancing, singing, musical instruments and occasionally other arts such as tea ceremony and ikebana (flower arrangement).

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The new songs performed here demonstrate the latest musical directions of Zap Mama, although "Swinging Sisters, " which is a new arrangement of a song from the group's debut, is a tribute to the group's original vocal sound.

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