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Yes, schwa is playable

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"Schwa" Definition

noun

A mid-central neutral vowel, typically occurring in unstressed syllables, as the final vowel of English sofa.
The symbol (ə) used to represent an unstressed neutral vowel and, in some systems of phonetic transcription, a stressed mid-central vowel, as in but.
An unstressed mid-central vowel (as the usual sound of the first and last vowels of the English word ).
The symbol ə used for the schwa sound and less widely for a similarly articulated stressed vowel (as in ).

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