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  2. Barre chord - Wikipedia

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    In the context of classical music, Fernando Sor recommended using barring and shifting sparingly. His principal reason for avoiding barre chords is that they require more effort—but he acknowledges that they are frequently the best or only solution for playing some passages.

  3. Barring - Wikipedia

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    Barring may refer to: . Barring (music), a guitar playing technique Barring engine, forms part of the installation of a large stationary steam engine; Barring order, an order used by a court to protect a person, object, business, company, state, country, establishment, or entity, and the general public, in a situation involving alleged domestic violence, child abuse, assault, harassment ...

  4. Bar (music) - Wikipedia

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    Types of bar lines. In musical notation, a bar (or measure) is a segment of music bounded by vertical lines, known as bar lines (or barlines), usually indicating one or more recurring beats.

  5. Pronunciation - Wikipedia

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    Pronunciation is the way in which a word or a language is spoken. This may refer to generally agreed-upon sequences of sounds used in speaking a given word or language in a specific dialect ("correct" or "standard" pronunciation) or simply the way a particular individual speaks a word or language. [1] (Pronunciation ⓘ)

  6. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Pronunciation

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    Normally, pronunciation is given only for the subject of the article in its lead section. For non-English words and names, use the pronunciation key for the appropriate language. If a common English rendering of the non-English name exists (Venice, Nikita Khrushchev), its pronunciation, if necessary, should be indicated before the non-English one.

  7. Pronunciation of English a - Wikipedia

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    [æː] "seems to have been the normal pronunciation in careful speech before 1650, and [ɛː] after 1650". [7] After 1700 it was raised even further, and then diphthongized, leading to the modern standard pronunciation /eɪ/, found in words like name, face, bacon. However, some accents, in the north of England and in Scotland, for example ...

  8. List of shibboleths - Wikipedia

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    Belfast locals pronounce it / ˈ b iː v ər / BEE-vər, as in "beaver", instead of the French-influenced pronunciation such as / b ɛ l ˈ v w ɑːr / bel-VWAR. Boucher Road, Belfast : Despite its derivation from the French word for 'butcher', Belfast locals pronounce it / ˈ b aʊ tʃ ər / BOW -chər , as in "voucher", instead of a French ...

  9. Grullo - Wikipedia

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    Grullo [1] (pronounced GREW-yo) [2] [a] or grulla is a color of horses in the dun family, characterized by tan-gray or mouse-colored hairs on the body, often with shoulder and dorsal stripes and black barring on the lower legs. The genotype for grulla horses is a black base with dun dilution.