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<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html lang="en">
  <head><link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css"></head>
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
    <title>Concert Band</title>
    <body>
      <nav id="navbar"><header><strong>Concert Band</strong></header>
      <ul>
        <li><a class="nav-link" href="#Origins">Origins</a></li>
        <li><a class="nav-link" href="#Brass">Brass</a></li>
        <li><a class="nav-link" href="#Woodwinds">Woodwinds</a></li>
        <li><a class="nav-link" href="#Percussion">Percussion</a></li>
        <li><a class="nav-link" href="#Conductor">Conductor</a></li>
        <li><a class="nav-link" href="#Favorite_Composers">Favorite Composers</a></li>
        </ul>
        </nav>
      <main id="main-doc">
        <section class="main-section" id="Origins">
          <header><b>Origins</b></header>
          <article>
            <p><b>French Revolution</b></p>
            <ul>
              <li>Large bands used to perfrom patriotic music at festivals and gatherings</li>
              <li>During the French Revolution, composers were not interested in writing music for large bands</li>
              <li>This forced bands to transpose music meant for orchestras</li>
              </ul>
              <p><b>Current Day</b></p>
              <ul><li>The practice of transcription of orchestral/operatic pieces for concert bands is still in practice today</li><li>During the 19th, military bands were the main form of "concert band" for ceremonies and festivals in Britain and America</li><li>The 20th saw a serious turn for concert bands when serious composers started writing and arranging music for them</li></ul><code>"First Suite for Band" was written in 1909 by Gustsav Holst</code></article></section>
        <section class="main-section" id="Brass"><header>Brass</header><article><p>Lower Register</p><ul><li>Tuba</li><li>Baritone</li><li>Euphonium</li></ul><p>Higher Register</p><ul><li>Trombone</li><li>Trumpet</li><li>French Horn</li></ul><code>Here's a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SBQvd6vY9s&t=5102s">link</a> to listen to music featuring Brass</code></article></section>
        <section class="main-section" id="Woodwinds"><header>Woodwinds</header><article><p>Lower Register</p><ul><li>Baritone Saxophone</li><li>Bassoon</li><li>Bass Clarinet</li></ul><p>Higher Register</p><ul><li>Flute</li><li>Alto Saxophone</li><li>Oboe</li></ul><code>Interesting Fact: The organ is actually a Woodwind</code></article></section>
        <section class="main-section" id="Percussion"><header>Percussion</header><article><p>Main Instruments</p><ul><li>Bass Drum</li><li>Crash Cymbal</li><li>Xylophone</li></ul><p>Auxiliary</p><ul><li>Maracas</li><li>Claves</li><li>Bells</li></ul><code>Here's a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz0b4STz1lo">link</a> to listen to music featuring the Timpani</code></article></section>
        <section class="main-section" id="Conductor"><header>Conductor</header><article><p>Keeping Time</p><ul><li>Conductors need to be observant of every sections time signatures so everyone knows how fast or slow to play</li></ul><p>Keeping Dynamics</p><ul><li>Conductors also need to express how softly, loudly or how to "attack" notes</li></ul><code>Here's a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAuTouBhN5k">link</a> to listen to music featuring many different sections, even piano</code></article></section>
        <section class="main-section" id="Favorite_Composers"><header>Favorite Composers</header><article><ul><li>Gustav Holst</li><li>Ralph Vaughn Williams</li><li>Joseph Shwantner</li></ul></article></section>
        </main>
    </body>
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Here’s my styles.css
html, body {
min-width: 290px;
color: #4d4e53;
background-color: #ffffff;
font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
line-height: 1.5;

}
navbar {
position: fixed;
min-width: 290px;
top: 0px;
left: 0px;
width: 300px;
height: 100%;
border-right: solid;
border-color: rgba(0, 22, 22, 0.4);
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
}
#navbar li {
color: #4d4e53;
border-top: 1px solid;
list-style: none;
position: relative;
width: 100%;
overflow: scroll;
}
#main-doc {
position: absolute;
margin-left: 310px;
padding: 20px;
margin-bottom: 110px
}
#main-doc hearder {
text-align: left;
margin: 0px;
}
section article {
color: #4d4e53;
margin: 15px;
font-size: 0.96em;
overflow: scroll;
}
section li {
margin: 15px 0px 0px 20px;
overflow: scroll;
}
@media (max-width 150px) {
navbar {
width: 100px;
}
}

  • the closing </head> is positioned at the wrong place
  • the html closing tag is not valid </hthml>
  • the ‘navbar’ selector is an id. You have missed to add the # before it in css

Awesome, that solved it. Thank you so much!

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