When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Spanish orthography - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_orthography

    Ortografía de la lengua española (2010). Spanish orthography is the orthography used in the Spanish language.The alphabet uses the Latin script.The spelling is fairly phonemic, especially in comparison to more opaque orthographies like English, having a relatively consistent mapping of graphemes to phonemes; in other words, the pronunciation of a given Spanish-language word can largely be ...

  3. Does your name have an accent? Not in California, where they ...

    www.aol.com/news/california-finally-allow...

    A California Assembly bill would allow the use of diacritical marks like accents in government documents, not allowed since 1986's "English only" law which many say targeted Latinos.

  4. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Spain & Spanish-related articles

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style...

    The accent mark in Spanish has an important function: it marks the stressed or "accented" syllable in a word. It is also used to distinguish homonyns, such as Spanish: si (if) and Spanish: sí (yes). The use of accent marks in Spanish, except for capital letters, is not optional. They follow rules.

  5. Articulation (music) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Articulation_(music)

    There are many types of articulation, each with a different effect on how the note is played. In music notation articulation marks include the slur, phrase mark, staccato, staccatissimo, accent, sforzando, rinforzando, and legato. A different symbol, placed above or below the note (depending on its position on the staff), represents each ...

  6. Olé - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olé

    ¡Ole! or ¡olé! is a Spanish interjection used to cheer on or praise a performance, especially associated with the audience of bullfighting and flamenco dance. The word is also commonly used in many other contexts in Spain, and has become closely associated with the country; therefore it is often used outside Spain in cultural representation ...

  7. Accent (music) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accent_(music)

    A dynamic accent or stress accent is an emphasis using louder sound or stronger sound; typically, most pronounced on the attack of the sound. A tonic accent is an emphasis on notes by virtue of them being higher in pitch, as opposed to higher in volume. [1] An agogic accent is an emphasis by virtue of notes being longer in duration.

  8. 96 Shortcuts for Accents and Symbols: A Cheat Sheet

    www.aol.com/96-shortcuts-accents-symbols-cheat...

    It’s easy to make any accent or symbol on a Windows keyboard once you’ve got the hang of alt key codes. If you’re using a desktop, your keyboard probably has a number pad off to the right ...

  9. List of musical symbols - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_musical_symbols

    Musical symbols are marks and symbols in musical notation that indicate various aspects of how a piece of music is to be performed. There are symbols to communicate information about many musical elements, including pitch, duration, dynamics, or articulation of musical notes; tempo, metre, form (e.g., whether sections are repeated), and details about specific playing techniques (e.g., which ...