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How to pronounce “prelude”

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Pronunciation guide for prelude

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of prelude with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: How Music Helped Me Live Through Long COVIDIt's the prelude from the first suite for solo cello by Johann Sebastian Bach,
Definition summary: An introductory or preliminary performance or event.

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How Music Helped Me Live Through Long COVID

It's the prelude from the first suite for solo cello by Johann Sebastian Bach,

[Noun]
An introductory or preliminary performance or event.
(music) A short, free-form piece of music, originally one serving as an introduction to a longer and more complex piece; later, starting with the Romantic period, generally a stand-alone piece. [from 1650s]
(programming) A standard module or library of subroutines and functions to be imported, generally by default, into a program.
(figurative) A forerunner to anything.
[Verb]
To introduce something, as a prelude.
To play an introduction or prelude; to give a prefatory performance.

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