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How to pronounce “off-key”
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Pronunciation guide for off-key
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of off-key with real speech in context.
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- Keegan-Michael Key & Jordan Peele
- Definition summary
- (music) Above or below the correct note sequence; especially a vocalist out of sync with a separately recorded musical accompaniment
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How to pronounce off-key
Keegan-Michael Key & Jordan Peele

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A Deep Dive Into “off-key”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- (music) Above or below the correct note sequence; especially a vocalist out of sync with a separately recorded musical accompaniment
- (by extension) Not harmonious, or out of accord.
- [Adverb]
- An inaccurate note sequence that is either above or below where it is intended to be.
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