chordal assonance in modern music. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Like flowing chordal robes of blessing and of love. From Wordnik.com. [Quiet Talks on Power] Reference
The vehicle accelerated along its chordal path in the darkness. From Wordnik.com. [The Garden of Rama]
A slender melody over rich, slow-moving chordal harmonies with the left hand. From Wordnik.com. [Chopin's Small Miracles] Reference
But she touched several contact points on the chordal dendritics, cut final power. From Wordnik.com. [Cachalot]
I noticed a piano plus organ combination in the background, and a full-chordal lead guitar. From Wordnik.com. [View from the Northern Border] Reference
He sings this piece beautifully, and makes the slippery chordal and melodic construction his own. From Wordnik.com. [Songs From The Labyrinth] Reference
Not the thing that occurred to me whilst caught up in six-stringed, tri-chordal rhythm and blues. From Wordnik.com. [the light dawns] Reference
After his early works Gombert seldom used chordal passages, and then only for emphasis or reverence. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-06-01] Reference
Styles range from the essentially chordal, declamatory pieces in the manner cultivated in France e.g. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-06-01] Reference
JARENWATTANANON: Well, I think it has somewhat to do with the fact that there's no chordal instrument, right?. From Wordnik.com. [Newport Jazz 2010: The Lesser-Known Giants] Reference
Ms. KING: Well, I am a chord person, or I am a person that thinks in terms of progressions, chordal progressions. From Wordnik.com. [Kaki King Dreams of Melody, 'Revenge'] Reference
It might be made up of rhythm only, or of a melody line with chordal accompaniment, or many interweaving melodies. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-05-01] Reference
The Passions according to St Mark and St Luke are shorter works in which chordal polyphony is provided only for the turbae. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-06-01] Reference
Then, the repetitive chordal drone repeats the chant-like loop, while the instrumental and vocal arrangement builds steadily. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-04-01] Reference
Although Vaet generally used the style of pervading imitation deriving from Gombert, he also used chordal and polychoral textures. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-06-01] Reference
The song is quite brief, beginning with an aggressive chordal riff leading into a propulsive contrapuntal (over one chord) foundation for the verses. From Wordnik.com. [FallNet - was expecting a free tea kettle from Granada TV. It did not materialise.] Reference
Instead Manchicourt varies the texture by introducing an almost static chordal section at ‘suscipe deprecationem nostram’ ‘receive our prayer’. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-06-01] Reference
"I played in a lot of trios — usually bass, drums and sax — without a chordal instrument because a lot of rooms didn't have a good piano," he said. From Wordnik.com. [Basing Himself in a New Jazz Sound] Reference
It's just a basic chordal framework coming from the song that I've written that dictates what they're going to solo over, but no, it's not written at all. From Wordnik.com. [Bruce Hornsby, Mixing Pop and Improvisation] Reference
And playing the only chordal instrument in the quartet is another challenge. From Wordnik.com. [Power Line] Reference
Jacob's solo is tremendous, moving from quiet simplicity to a complicated chordal race. From Wordnik.com. [Epinions Recent Content for Home] Reference
Meltdown festival at the South Bank has been a chordal instrument; the electric guitar. From Wordnik.com. [Music news, reviews, comment and features | guardian.co.uk] Reference
Aerodynamics or a quick chordal utterance from three muted trombones in Fernando Buide's. From Wordnik.com. [NewMusicBox] Reference
Appropriately, there is nothing graceful or elegant about the jagged chordal stabs that open. From Wordnik.com. [PopMatters] Reference
Slow, deliberate, with chordal progressions that bring out an astounding beauty, this song is hymn-like. From Wordnik.com. [Epinions Recent Content for Home] Reference
Suspended structures are built from shared chordal material, in which overtones do much of the heavy lifting. From Wordnik.com. [Disquiet] Reference
"Difficulties include wide octave and chordal leaps, balancing octave melodies over offbeat accompaniments, and.". From Wordnik.com. [Locust St.] Reference
Full DescriptionMcCoy Tyner's breakthroughs in chordal voicings, harmonic cycles and rhythmic/melodic development. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Technically his Prokofiev was immaculate, with its chiseled attacks, glinting chordal work and finely calibrated velocity. From Wordnik.com. [chicagotribune.com -] Reference
I have an ego problem and believe that all songs with great melodic and chordal structure are made just for me to listen to. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Banjo, and to some extent guitar, are more chordal, since with fourths-and-third tuning you move to the adjacent string sooner. From Wordnik.com. [Mandolin Cafe News] Reference
Note the grip our composer has on the theme, it bobs up in the middle voices; it comes thundering at the close in octave and chordal. From Wordnik.com. [Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques] Reference
When I play rythmn at sessions here, once I have the chordal progression where I like it, I start emulating, playing off the bodhran player. From Wordnik.com. [Mandolin Cafe News] Reference
Fiorilli contrasts Pibal with textural chordal ideas and long streams of quick runs, pushing the song in a different and interesting direction. From Wordnik.com. [NetInfoWeb: Music & More...] Reference
The parallel chords, tone clusters, and chordal punctuations, sounding calmly inevitable, impose structure and form on this darkly ruminative piece. From Wordnik.com. [Home] Reference
Meanwhile, the vocal structures that the band puts together relies on rich harmonies that are built on interesting and eclectic chordal progressions. From Wordnik.com. [Jason Blogs] Reference
When Mozart shifted gears - moving from gracefully flowing themes to grand, chordal punctuation - Mr. Pappano expanded the dynamics to magnify the effect. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page]
The very nature of the harp is chordal, and the sculptures always depict the performer playing with both hands, the fingers being more or less outstretched. From Wordnik.com. [Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University] Reference
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