Syntax is a more technical term but it means the same thing as grammar.

这里说的语法是更加专业的术语,在意义上和平时说的语法是一样的

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And, as we said before, music has a syntax so that these phrases have to be in a-- arranged in a particular way that makes sense.

就如我们曾经提到的,音乐具有语法,这些乐句必须,以特有方式排列,才有意义

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