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Which musical instruction tells a performer to give a note particular emphasis?

emphasis

[em-fuh-sis] / ˈɛm fə sɪs /


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"Unfortunately, we just put so much emphasis on just a few providers - so when one big one like this goes down, the knock-on effects are just huge."

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

His predecessor as pope, Francis, appointed him bishop, requesting that he focus on the poor, which meant getting out into communities to help with everyday problems rather than placing as much emphasis on moral teachings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

"The cause that gets the most emphasis right now is AI safety, but I think it would be false to say EA is AI safety," he said.

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

"Instead, restoration efforts should place greater emphasis on creating and maintaining mosaics of woodland and open habitats - not least through the restoration of natural-living large herbivores," Svenning concludes.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026

Calder was jabbing the U pentomino into the arm of his chair for emphasis.

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett

Still, Treuer admits, “there is a movement from the local to the quasi-universal through the three books, the same mixture in all three, just with different emphases on historical, reported and memoiristic material.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

The show’s photos, predominantly in black and white, document these dramatic emphases as revealed by the stances and gestures of Graham and her dedicated group of women.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

Their language and emphases may be different, but the diagnosis is the same.

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2025

The difference was not just one of opposing political ideologies but of vastly different cultural and human emphases.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2024

While geography emphasizes the physical side and history the social, these are only emphases in a common topic, namely, the associated life of men.

From Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education by John Dewey


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