The following video demonstrates each syllable of the pinyin structure
and the exercise of pinyin/zhuyin with basic Chinese 4-tune pronunciation

Mandarin pinyin tunes
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gē, gé, gě, gè

first tune

gē

elder brother; young man 哥 gē

eldest brother 大哥 dà gē
big 大 dà	elder brother 哥 gē

handsome guy good-looking young man 帥哥 shuài gē
handsome 帥 shuài	young man 哥 gē

song 歌 gē

singing; sing a song 唱歌 chàng gē
sing 唱 chàng	song 歌 gē

pigen; dove 鴿 gē

dove; pigen 鴿子 gē zi
pigen; dove 鴿 gē	suffix 子 zi

Chinese characters also pronunced gē

second tune

gé

style grid 格 gé

style; fashion 風格 fēng gé
wind; style 風 fēng	style 格 gé

grids 格子 gé zi
grid 格 gé	suffix 子 zi

change leather 革 gé

innovate; reform 改革 gǎi gé
change; correct 改 zhuàn	change 革 gé

leather 皮革 pí gé
skin 皮 pí	leather 革 gé

Chinese characters also pronunced gé

third tune

gě

vine or rattan 葛 gě

entanglement 糾葛 jiū gě
correct 糾 jiū	vine or rattan 葛 gě

fourth tune

gè

each; individually 各 gè

every kind of; various kinds 各種 gè zhǒng
each; individually 各 gè	kind; sort 種 zhǒng

Chinese characters also pronunced gè