| 单词 | tune |
| 例句 | "The 301 stands for January 30, the day Hitler became our leader. Thanks to the Führer, every German can afford a new radio. All of Germany can tune in the Führer." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z They played a tune they always played when they wished to insult Yankees. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The tune was wrong, the words too faint to hear. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It is clear that the outer notes were a perfect fourth apart, but the exact tuning of the inner notes is not certain. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z She reaches behind her and pulls out a sliver of sugar cane and hands it to me, and her eyes smile at me, though her lips just keep on singing their tune. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The next song was a country tune, and for those who knew a box step, it was slow and soft and inviting. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The players scrambled for their instruments and struck up a wavering tune while Hamlet dashed among the crowd, trying in his manic way to restore their festive spirits. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I tune their argument out and pour myself some tea. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I asked, as the grey- bearded man tuned his lyre. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I ran the bow across the strings, and listened for the tuning. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Instead, tuning itself is now defined in terms of equal-temperament, with tunings and intervals measured in cents. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “What felicity it is to hear a tune again which has made one happy!—If I mistake not that was danced at Weymouth.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z If you’ve just tuned in, we have one humdinger of a field hockey game on our hands! Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z People tune in every hour to watch Deckers kill themselves in the most unique way possible—to go out with a bang. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He closed his eyes and tuned out the chatter. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z As he had said, his voice was hoarse, but he sang well enough, and it was a stirring tune, something between Clementine and La Cucaracha. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z I can hear her humming some faint tune. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z He thumbed one of the strings, nudged the tuning peg a little higher. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The problem was that composers were outgrowing not just the old modes and the restrictions placed on them but also the complicated system of tuning that allowed instruments to play in different keys. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Tea Cake stood there mimicking the tuning of a guitar. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z She had work to do, and as she worked, she hummed an old show tune. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z It was probably just a folk tune being played, but after Ruthanne’s story, it sounded like a mournful wail. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I laid a handful of attention on my face and tuned up the sounds in the church. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z A pregnant woman smiled at her and moved slightly, making room; Claire recognized her as Jean, the wife of one of the fiddlers who were tuning their instruments and preparing to play for the dancing. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I could tell the difference between popular tunes and the blues. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The more things these hands could do, the more successful their owners were, so evolutionary pressure brought about an increasing concentration of nerves and finely tuned muscles in the palms and fingers. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z My arm is about to fall off from waving when Caesar Flickerman finally bids the audience good night, reminding them to tune in tomorrow for the final interviews. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z After a few minutes, he starts humming tunes in Spanish. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Or are his counterparts in the Capitol a little too fascinated to want to tune Finnick out? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I began to walk, humming softly, and maybe it was the rhythmic movement, or my off-key tune, but the baby seemed to relax. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z He was a tuning fork, made to resonate at the frequency of this place, at this time. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z There goes a jazz tune, Larry McCaslin thought to himself, and followed her into a bookshop, where neither of them looked at books. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe a foolish tune, but Johnny warmed to hear it. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It doesn’t sound distant, antique, exotically quirky, with strange tuning and asymmetrical, jerky rhythms. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z We walked through the strawberry fields, where campers were picking bushels of berries while a satyr played a tune on a reed pipe. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Anastasia leaves one of the television sets tuned to the Animal Channel when we all leave the house. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z She looked as if some mournful tune had found its way into her head and she could not lose it. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Keys that avoid the wolf fifth sound just fine on instruments that are tuned this way, but keys in which the wolf fifth is often heard become a problem. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z A fragment of a chord, a familiar tune came to the front in the form of a tiny sequence of notes. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z By the end of the tune, I have found the whistler, a wizened old man in a faded red shirt and overalls. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z It's illicit to tune in to the BBC, which, along with underground newspapers, is our only source of real news now that the Dutch papers have been taken over. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The nurses and doctors whispered their secrets on General Hospital while the soap opera organ played a tune full of worry. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z He had tuned out the conversation around him to become lost in thoughts about his family. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z I knew how he would look at them, smiling, and half whistling a tune under his breath. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z It has a mournful harping note sometimes, and the very persistence of it, that eternal roll and thunder and hiss, plays a jagged tune upon the nerves. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z In a typical Bach fugue, such as the ‘Gigue Fugue’, the tune to be imitated would be much longer than the four notes that begin 'London’s Burning’. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I tuned in to the creek’s gurgle, imagining a pristine river on a deserted island, its shore lined with orchids and gardenias, with birds warbling sweet melodies. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z A brass band exploded in the sunlight, flinging off a gay tune from upraised tubas and trumpets. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have been waiting so long. Hum the tunes.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “Well, you sure can carry a tune,” Fritz said, with admiration. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Bill played trumpet and took vocals on Glenn Miller arrangements of such tunes as In the Mood, String of Pearls, and Don’t Fence Me In. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z She certainly wouldn’t have had the guts to sing show tunes to the snake people under Athens. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z American television viewers tuned in religiously to science fiction television programs like Space Patrol and Tales of Tomorrow. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Anyway, I have long had a very definite tendency to tune out the moment I come anywhere near either a pulpit or a soapbox. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z After eating breakfast and having another stretch, he tested his wings against each other, like a violinist making sure that his violin is in tune. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z She sang it over and over, to a tune of her own. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I find myself humming it, even tho it don’t have a tune, trying to get that feeling of connectedness, of belonging, of having someone there to say that you’re Here. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z At its heart lies one supreme government: the Lutheran hymn-chorale, with its simple, memorable tunes for the congregation - another of the central pillars of Pietist doctrine. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Momma tunes the radio to a news station. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z To find other notes that sound "in tune" with each other, we look for other sets of pitches that have a "simple" frequency relationship. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The team, as usual, is full of news, which I usually do my best to tune out. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z You set your beads down and hummed the tune along with me, and Kutti stuck his nose in the air and yowled. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The wolf’s ears cupped forward and tuned in on some distant message from the tundra. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z If the tune went up, the notes went up. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z When she tuned in the program that Sunday night, the first thing she heard was that an object had fallen in New Jersey. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z The trio played jazz tunes during intermissions at the Olympic movie theater in Sequim in exchange for an opportunity to watch the films. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z A blast of music greeted her as the band started a new tune. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z I struck a few quiet chords, then touched the pegs, tuning it ever so slightly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z But now that he’s Nikhil it’s easier to ignore his parents, to tune out their concerns and pleas. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z They could not help him sight-read a new tune from scratch. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z They had just tuned into Radio Rebelde to hear the New Year’s news, and they had been greeted by the triumphant announcement. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I like trombones in tune. I like sharing candy at lunch. And I like the sound of checkers with Dad.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z The organ grinder’s tune was sad under its lilting shrillness. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z This melodic symmetry had not been a noticeable feature of the more onward- flowing, unpredictable tunes of Bach and Handel, whose phrases were so often guided by the metre of the words they set. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “I still shall hear of this battle,” said he, pointing a finger at me, “but for the nonce, tune yourself.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z It feels like the entire world has paused to tune in. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Threpe was an inveterate gossipmonger with a knack for tasteless innuendo, and I have always had a gift for a catchy tune. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The waiting room TV is tuned to Robin Givens’s talk show Forgive or Forget, where today’s theme is “You took me in and I cleaned you out.” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I taught myself to create my own tunes and, later, to read a little music. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z “I swear, whenever you two talk, I just tune it right out. I have no idea what you’re saying.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z He was grating his beak comfortably and occasionally mumbling his bird version of Mama’s humming tune. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Of course, if there are problems with tuning, the notes will not sound good together, but this is not what consonance and dissonance are about. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z He was nervous, not as cheerful, not humming his funny tunes. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When the boys began to gather in the glen of a Summer night, And the Kerry piper’s tuning made us long with wild delight. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z One morning in 1934, he was perched atop a ladder, testing the electrical tuning coil of Sloan’s X-ray machine by poking at it with a wooden yardstick fitted with a nail at the end. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He sat tuning his lute and was finally going to play his song for my mother and me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Then Sam began to hum some tune I knew but couldn’t quite name, and Esme played with her duck in the tub, and ever so slowly, the Feeling began to diminish. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Gracious God, say Squeak, how I’m gonna tune up my mouth to say all that? The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Piper started a different song: ‘Happy Trails’, a silly tune her dad used to sing to her whenever they left Oklahoma to return to L.A. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I tried hard to concentrate, tuning myself in to what the teacher was saying as she continued her discussion of diagramming sentences. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I lay there for a while, completely relaxed, listening to tunes, feeling groovy. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z She had not changed her tune after all these years. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I wouldn’t volunteer details of my day, and when she tried to update me on her life, often I would just tune her out. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Got a man in it can play a tune on a saw. Play it like a banjo.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I tune back in, and Roger is saying something like “with a list of suggested topics, okay?” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Lawrence relocated one hundred of his Berkeley staff to Oak Ridge to tune the calutrons personally. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Dancers danced; musicians played queer tunes with bells and squeaks and bladders; singers sang ancient love songs in the incomprehensible tongue of Old Ghis. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was this recalibration of pitch that became Equal Temperament - or equal tuning. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The tune he played was mournful and slow, but it must have reached the ears of the shoemaker. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Notes with this small-number ratio of 2:1 are so closely related that we give them the same name, and most tuning systems are based on this octave relationship. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z In the Pythagorean system, all tuning is based on the interval of the pure fifth. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Imagine how frustrating it would be to end that tune without singing the last note or playing the final chord. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z He tuned the banjo carefully, fiddling with knobs and plucking at steel strings. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Although these modern tunes do not fit the traditional definition, they are also called folk music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Clayton planned to learn how to play the guitar and how to tune the strings, hold the neck and body the way Cool Papa did, and eventually read music charts and play the notes. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z I tell them I learned “The Walls of Cork” and I dance around the kitchen trying to hum a made-up tune and dying with the pain of my tooth. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Soon the scratches gave way to a sweet, simple tune, almost like a lullaby. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “Sit down. Your uncle always liked this tune. I used to play it on the old piano in the back of the shop. Listen.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Its a criminal offense now to tune into a foreign broadcast. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It takes me a moment to tune in to her question. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Shadow tuned the radio to an oldies station, and listened to songs that were current before he was born. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Not for the first or last time, a composer recycled a good tune that had not yet found its audience. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z But the man was weary of speaking with him and he turned his back, and he hummed an idle tune. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z At night, when we could hear stations far from our mountains, we usually tuned to a station in Gallatin, Tennessee, that played hearty black rock and roll. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I have to make up dances and tunes to go with them the way I did a long time ago when I was young. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I’m about to shut off the television, but then Caesar is telling us to stay tuned for the other big event of the evening. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He does this every evening now, and he comes back rosy-cheeked and pleased with himself, whistling some old-guy tune. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “At this time,” she reads, “everyone is advised to stay indoors to avoid heat stroke, and stay tuned for more information.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He knoweth the sound of my harp, and the certain tune I play will tell him we have need of him. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Flustered, disheartened, I said I did not know the tune. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z There was the man with the wooden leg winding his barrel-organ, and the tune of Roses in Picardy hummed in my head against the jolting of the car. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Fadi tuned out his sisters’ phenomenally boring conversation, added a chunk of crumbly brown sugar to his watered-down hot milk, and stirred. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Helmuth twists the dial, tunes in a Nazi-approved station, then snaps off the radio and stows it back in the closet. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z It’s an old catchy tune—like an American commercial. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Apollo plucked a tune that sounded like the funeral version of ‘Camptown Races’. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Players of both bowed and plucked strings generally find fingerings and tuning to be easier in sharp keys, while woodwind and brass players often find flat keys more comfortable and in tune. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Even in airports, there were hanging TV sets tuned to CNN so that you could get an O.J. update as you made your way to a gate. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I stared out the window and tuned them out. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z He tapped his trademark walking stick, striped in Bayside Press colors, to the beat of his tune. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Other cultures not only have different note names and different scales, they may even have different notes — different pitches — based on a different tuning system. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The roses were in bloom, two nightingales soliloquized in the boskage, a cuckoo was just going out of tune among the lime trees. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z It took me a second to recognize the tune: “Leave the Town, Tinker.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “They play us for our flattering songs, and when we are out of tune or they are fretted, they cast us aside.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Papi put his battery-operated radio on a shelf and kept it tuned the whole time the hurricane blew, even though all we heard was static. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “I know,” said John, playing a tune on his toes. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Spend as much time as necessary tuning whenever you play. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Studying had been positively excruciating, like trying to read while someone bangs out an annoying tune on a piano—and with fingers on the wrong keys, at that. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Before long, he has tuned in both receivers to Volkheimer’s transmitter pinging along. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I paused on the path, my ears straining to catch the tune. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Maybe she used the hearing aids to tune in to some other world and she was a witch, or she practiced voodoo at home or something. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Several fairies darted over from the garden, hovering around her in a loose semicircle, interrupting the warbling tune with fervent chirping. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z It happens sometimes in families: one child who doesn’t fit, whose rhythm is off, whose meter is set to the wrong tune. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z My father took a whole day tuning it, and now the notes move through the house, dipping down at the end like tears. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Advice on giving birth and raising kids, which I tuned out as soon as they started. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Frank Sinatra appears, a disembodied voice, sliding around on the tune like someone slipping on a muddy sidewalk. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Lady Constance was correct, and if you have ever had the misfortunate of hearing a violinist tuning, you will understand the momentary confusion. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z He hummed the tune first and then sang the words. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Whistling a tune, Victor turned away from the window and walked over to his large mirror. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Mama didn’t know the words to the operas, but she hummed some of the tunes along with him. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Both Teddy and I were raised on the goofy tunes of Jonathan Richman, who is Mom and Dad’s musical patron saint. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Carefully, as he did most evenings, he tuned the instrument. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Outside her oldest sister was singing the same tune. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z My voice pours out of me in perfect tune with the music. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Indeed, 'developing' tunes like this soon became essential for composers of orchestral music. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I zone out of math class and tune in instead to Alexander’s memories. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z He started playing a snappy tune and tossed an apple in front of the boar. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z She’d been listening to Tía Rosa’s offhand bigotry her whole life and mostly learned to just tune it out. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z This time the music was slow and gentle, a dreamy tune. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z The Hamiltons were strange, high-strung people, and some of them were tuned too high and they snapped. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Other instrumentalists can play a favorite tune without a written copy of it, just by knowing what the interval to the next note must be. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z She would lean against my trunk and close her eyes and hum a tune from her childhood. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Far away, growing faint and fainter, came wafting back the last sound of the tune they played. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I was sitting at a perfect piano, it turned out, with its surfaces carefully dusted, its internal wires precisely tuned, its eighty-eight keys laid out in a flawless ribbon of black and white. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I was humming with goodwill, “Come, Thou Fount of every blessing, tune my heart to sing Thy grace...” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When we got on the bus to go home, my father was humming the busy-bee tune and my mother was silent. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The management, sensing a good moment, gave her a spotlight, and the guitarist came forward, strumming a popular American tune with a Spanish flair. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z As the pleasant countryside flashed by and the wind whistled a tune on the windshield, it suddenly occurred to Milo that he must have been gone for several weeks. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z I tune out through the speech about victory and sacrifice. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z It was impossible to keep the Fifth Avenue drums separate from the belt-buckle tunes vibrating from pianos and spinning on every Victrola. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The thing was ancient, but Mrs. Grayson managed to work around the keys that were out of tune. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z When rap was born, the early rap stars were not rapping about gangsta life, but “My Adidas” and good times in the ’hood in tunes like “Rapper’s Delight.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z As I jumped into the steam-filled stall, Max switched the music over to my shower tunes playlist. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He whistled a popular tune of the moment with easy confidence, and I thought how to-night perhaps the band would play the same tune in the minstrels’ gallery above the hall. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Gregor tried to remember the tune so he could play it for his dad on his saxophone. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The orchestra shifted abruptly from the light march tune it had been playing to another swelling rendition of the “Deutschlandlied.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Neumes did, though, have one major flaw: they were essentially a way of jogging the singer’s memory, reminding him of a tune he already knew. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Ivy wondered again how much Robin had overheard of her and Layla’s arguing, how Mom totally tuned them out. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z These smaller intervals all work out well in mean-tone tuning, but the result is a fifth that is noticeably smaller than a pure fifth. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Once the candles are all ablaze, the cousins and aunts and children gather around and sing a rousing “Bienvenida a ti,” to the tune of "Happy Birthday." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z And will the tall, carroty-haired white man in fatigues stand by the doorjamb again, whistling a strange tune and staring fear into Florah and me? Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I was more tuned in to the audience than to the speaker, and if for the last five minutes of her talk anyone was breathing, I could not detect it. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z If you think this method will work for you, try playing the interval you are having trouble hearing, and see what tune it reminds you of. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z I force myself to tune out the noise so the colors don’t overwhelm me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z It hummed a tune in the underbrush and rustled the leaves on the huge red oak. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He would tune the set to the right frequency. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z It still essentially sounds like a colourful variant of plainchant, but she embellished the outline of the tune with touches of her own. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z She’s overly sensitive to them, like a tuning fork pitched too high. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Woody, Chizu, and Mama knew the tune, so they hummed along while Papa and the other woman sang the words. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z A third radio, tuned to my own heart. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z For food, a night’s lodging, and the use of our piano, he tuned it and gave Caroline and me free lessons. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Presently her half-vision began to show her the pale forms that Mary was seeing in her dreams, and she adjusted her mind to resonate with them, as if she were tuning a string. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The car radio was tuned to dance music when a newsflash interrupted. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z The tune, somehow, is immediately wrenching, its measures plead in near arpeggios, and like any good folk song it makes the voice of its singer sound lost, or forlorn, incomplete. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z And Bunny Corcoran had a habit of playing John Philip Sousa march tunes in his room, at full volume, late at night. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Cora set her hands on her hips, head tilted as if hunting after a tune hidden in the noise. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Pulled out my pen and paper and started writing this letter—trying to tune them out. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The Company did not know the words, but the tune itself was lovely, and when I summarized the story for them, the Company all agreed it was a fine song. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s distracted, tuning to election news on the radio. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Even our family time on Sundays was quiet, without chess games or newspaper discussions, more in tune with the Day of Rest. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Music was playing on the radio, an old Artie Shaw tune, why not, and Milton watched the red light on the Penobscot Building blinking on and off. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Here is the tune "Row, Row, Row Your Boat," written in G major and also in D major. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z He placed the laptop into my open palms and left the room, whistling an upbeat tune. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The tune of “Hang On Little Tomato” played in my head as I listened to Professor Thomas tell the story. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Imagine killing someone to the tune of two Scottish nerds wearing glasses and flattop haircuts. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z The tune was simple and easy to harmonize to, though, and back then I could memorize almost anything set to music after a round or two. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Madge and I do our trick or treat duet, singing and tooting in tune. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z “Call me old-fashioned, but I think a wife who discovers her husband is in hock to the tune of five thousand pounds is entitled to some pretty bloody straight answers.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z This was real music—chords, harmonies, tunes, and all the rest of it. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z This often leads to some "tweaking" of the tuning in real performances, away from equal temperament. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z He looked up from his crossword puzzle and sang—to the tune of “Oh! Susanna”—“Oh, Peas-Anna! Don’t you cry for me...” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The woman, who was tuning the radiogram, turned and took Olanna’s hand. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z At gatherings, droller members of the audience would sometimes ask him if he could get his elements to play them a little tune. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Pythagorean tuning was widely used in medieval and Renaissance times. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z He found that he had started to hum a droning little tune. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She started to hum a funky tune that sounded like something from Dad’s music collection. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z They made Frodo have another drink, and then begin his song again, while many of them joined in; for the tune was well known, and they were quick at picking up words. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Oh, the nights of the Kerry dancing, Oh, the ring of the piper’s tune, Oh, for one of those hours of gladness, gone, alas, like our youth too soon. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z S. L. and his wife of Los Angeles, California, tuned to The Mercury Theatre in time to hear the newsflash about the meteor. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z On the front of the yellow cigarette box is a poem by Robert Burns that Gram likes to sing to an old Irish tune: Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Thumping songs, with tunes like elephant footsteps, followed. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z The tune that Hamilton sang, called “General Wolfe’s Song,” was supposedly written by the great British general on the eve of his glorious death on the Plains of Abraham outside Quebec in 1759. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Daddy hums to Marvin, but he couldn’t carry a tune if it came in a box. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Then he hopped down the steps working an imaginary fiddle under his chin to match the country tune that was playing. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I tune out for a while and come back when he holds up a huge globe that is missing half of the Northern Hemisphere. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z But maybe after she learned how to write these simple tunes fairly quick she could begin to put down the whole music in her mind. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z On weekend evenings they gathered around the old upright piano in the club’s parlor and sang for hours as Don Hume tore through jazz tunes, show tunes, blues, and ragtime. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The snarl grew louder and began to run up and down the scale, until it resembled the sound of a violin being tuned. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z He tuned in to my guilt like I had been wearing it plain as day on my face. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z At its simplest, leitmotif is a straightforward association of a nugget of tune with a character. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z After his grandparents went to bed, he rigged up an antenna and toyed with the radio dials, tuning in a German-language newscast on the BBC. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The water gushes forward, the wheel turns, and he joins me, whistling some obscure tune. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But stay tuned because on August 18 he might be grounded all over again—unless he remembers his history! Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Mama was humming a song, and the tune was cracking my skull open like a nut. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I stared down the quiet street, feeling her stumbling beside me, humming a little tune; something fresh, naïve and carefree. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I was hating all of the Christmas cooking and tunes and dumb holiday specials...but this one Christmas gift had slowly grabbed hold of something inside of me. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z It was lovely music too, with little tunes that sounded like insects hopping around and having a grand time. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z It is a charming, gentle tune that appeals precisely because of its simplicity. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Nobody did, however, and nobody saw Beth wipe the tears off the yellow keys, that wouldn’t keep in tune, when she was all alone. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Emma also played piano for the children—a special galloping tune that made them run around the parlor. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Every single time your father turns on the radio, I honestly think he expects to tune in on ‘It’s a Wise Child’ and hear all you children, one by one, answering questions again.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Ma had started playing her old chutney and calypso tunes. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z As Christmas neared, the walk to school took on a different tune. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z As I did, the towering computers around me began to emit a cacophony of sound, like a grand orchestra tuning up. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Ben’s Noise is humming a little tune out near one of the irrigashun spouts so I take a turn and head across the field toward him. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z She put on sweatpants and a sweat shirt and went downstairs to the kitchen and flipped on the radio and tuned it to a rock-and-roll station and popped a Diet Coke. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Within a few weeks it was lugubriously out of tune. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The tune, they felt, should glide unencumbered across the aural landscape, without the listener being too distracted by chordal complexities lurking beneath it. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He turned the tuning knob until he found music and then turned up the volume. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z And be careful with tune and turn: I think I’ll tune in to my favorite TV show and turn into a couch potato. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It recalls, to some extent, the furore surrounding Dvorak’s interest in Native American tunes - although Dvorak at least was in America at the time. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “Already I can pick out part of the tune of ‘Ca’ the Yaws’ and can sing it as well. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z And you can put different amounts of water in different glasses and they make different notes because they have what are called different resonant frequencies, and you can play a tune like Three Blind Mice. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Although everyone is singing exactly the same tune, at any particular time different people will be singing different parts of it, so the final effect is of independent parts. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Arturo set it on the kitchen table and tuned it to a station playing nothing but the Beatles, which had been his favorite band since he was a boy. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Aaron was saying, and he started to go into anatomical details, things about her that I didn’t need to hear; I tuned him out; I knew he was talking to himself. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Beethoven takes a relatively simple tune and builds from it a giant tapestry of ideas and musical meanderings. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Nine televisions mounted to the wall were each tuned to a different network; each network showed the launch pad. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z We all turn on our amps and set to tuning our basses like Ty showed us the first day. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z With one eye on my computer, I pick up the guitar, start making up words, the tune not far behind. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He was quietly squawking a tune Mama liked to hum while she prepared the evening meal. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z I have got to stop tuning him out all the time; apparently, he doesn’t just talk about sports and illnesses. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Rather than simply producing nice but random tunes with accompaniment, they framed them according to an underlying logic: every piece they composed was constructed with the help of what amounted to musical maps. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z When in English, ‘twas thus: “No, sir, this, this—Aye, you, this”—There was much negotiation, and a tune played or sung, taken up by others, learned by those newly hearing it. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He’s humming a tune, one from the score of his musical. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z As we got settled to the tune of “Nearer, My God, to Thee,” I found myself sitting next to Declaration. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Aside from replaying the tune on your own instrument, how could you prove you were really listening? Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “Yesterday my father told me he doesn’t want me singing a show tune.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z It barely even registered that the music, distorted by the narrow corridor into thick, echoing noise, was “Scar Tissue,” one of my favorite tunes. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z He looked up to find his mother approaching him again, her mouth moving and sounds coming out, and he sighed, tuning her out, like shutting off the sound on television while the picture remained. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I tuned it all out after a while. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The silence was gone now, burst as abruptly as it had begun, and someone started chanting a tune, and others took it up, clapping their hands in rhythm to the melody. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Some people find it easier to learn to recognize intervals if they associate each interval with a familiar tune. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z That all the artificial instruments were ever-so-slightly out of tune added to the otherworldliness of the place. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z They were either too large and would not go in, or, when they had been turned smaller, they were too small and would not hold the strings in tune. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Mustafa slips his headphones on and tunes me out as his movie begins. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Fish make sounds by clicking their teeth, blowing air, and drumming with special muscles against tuned inflated air bladders. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z From now on - around ad iooo - you could write down a tune and someone else could sing it back to you, never having seen it or heard it before. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He was about three inches shorter than I was, weighed less too, but I had no doubt he could tune me up. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Frank felt a subtle vibration in his own body, like a tuning fork pressed against his sternum. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z And with that he turned and sauntered back into the feast, whistling a tune. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It was a good, happy tune about brotherly love and living in a world of peace and whatnot, and I pretended to hate it just to bug her. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The noises and sights come as if we’re in rehearsal again, everyone tuning their instruments and no one in sync. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Some modern Non-Western music traditions, which have a very different approach to melody and harmony, still base their tuning on the perfect fifth. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The radio tuned to a droning hum, I go back to Mirjam's belongings in my lap. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z At the climax of its monumental opening chorus, with two adult choirs and a double-sized orchestra already in full sway, Bach introduces a new, majestically slower tune on top of the entire structure. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “That is a very old tune. Its origins are more legend than confirmed fact.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z While I worked, I daydreamed about going to the Vets dances and played rock ’n’ roll tunes in my head. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Forty- five million Americans would tune in to witness the ultimate success or failure of MR-3. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I tuned in again as Ms. Rubin started reading off the names of the kids who’d made the High Honor Roll because we were supposed to stand up when our names were called. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z The ladies in the choir weren’t always in tune. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Electric guitars picked out a lame rock-and-roll tune, and the title appeared on the screen. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z He had to tune out everything else to hear her. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The main difference between Haydn’s style and Mozart’s is really quite simple: if you can instantly remember the tune, it’s by Mozart. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z She leans down, kisses him on the forehead, and continues on with her vacuuming until she exits the room, still whistling the same tune. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Make it clear it was so powerful, we tuned out right afterward. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Holly tuned the radio to a country station, and we worked. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z With his head hanging over the table, he ran his fingers along one of the crevices in the wall and started to do a rap tune. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve been tuned in to The Guiding Light for twenty-six years, since I was ten years old and listening to it on Mama’s radio. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z It is interesting to note that the different keys in a well temperament tuning were sometimes considered to be aligned with specific colors and emotions. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Caroline also says that she began at once to pick out tunes by ear and make up songs for herself. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It must have been Karin’s previous SS man who wanted to listen to the news broadcasts, because now the only thing coming through the stethoscope is dance tunes. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Fyrian cried before whizzing away, whistling a jaunty tune as he flew. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The musicians began again, with a louder, rollicking tune, and the villagers cheered and turned to the waiting feast. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Then he sang Katie songs to the tunes of “Row, Row, Row Your Boat,” “America the Beautiful,” “Kookaburra,” and some songs I didn’t recognize. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z It is the finest radio he has ever laid hands on: an inclined control panel, magnetic tuning, big as an icebox. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z On the surface, it was a ribald little tune about a donkey who wanted to be an arcanist. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Don’t worry about it — it was my own fault I tuned out of that class for two months. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Some parents chatting with Dad find out that not only is he a Chumley Prep music instructor, but he is also the composer of several show tunes that could become a musical. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z It is more difficult to be certain of the exact tuning of each note within a tetrachord. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Every radio in the house was tuned to the stations that gave frequent news reports. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Oh, the nights of the Kerry dancing, Oh, the ring of the piper’s tune Oh, for one of those hours of gladness, gone, alas, like our youth too soon. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Strolling and gawking at the houses and whistling a happy little dorky tune like some Sneezy or Snoozy or whatever their names are. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z The primer would be repeated again and again because the transmitting civilization would have no way to know when we tuned in on the message. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But it's uncomfortable now, because I've waited too long and because Elouise is turning up the music on the radio and tuning me out. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z A man sat on the steps of the trading post and tootled a lively tune on a pakila, or panpipes. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I tuned, frowning, and concentrated upon the music at hand. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The huge tuning fork was cylindrical, silvery smooth, and cold to the touch. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Then he opened his bloody hand, revealing that he held the boy’s little tuning fork. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z "Yep. It was to teach us something about being in tune with each other. Like knowing each other so well that we don't even have to think about the handoff." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z My ears for taking in the soul of Paradise Valley, the high heels clicking against pavement, pianos being tuned, kind, courteous voices mingling, “Hello, little lady.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z We had eighteen different TVs to choose from but they were all tuned to the same channel. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z He owned a sharp pocketknife—which I had been forbidden to touch— and sat for long hours in the sun, whittling, whistling quietly, or maybe, if he was feeling well, humming some strange tune. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Tanisha hangs up first, and all I’m left with is the dial tone humming a wordless tune in my ear. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The tune finds its way into my head and stays there, like it’s a part of me, so that, days later, I’m still singing it. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z And it was also here, unfortunately, that the Mud People were most in tune with magic, which resulted in a far higher People-sighting rate than you got anywhere else on the planet. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Already the village chanters had fitted it to an old tune, and were singing the Song of the Sparrowhawk. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The rest of us just sat back and tuned out his impassioned speech on the importance of good hygiene. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Nana was playing show tunes on a weathered piano while a pair of older men—one a gravelly baritone and the other a timeless tenor—sang along. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I pretend to fiddle with the tuning, but Ty figures out that I’m stalling. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z And they blow together until they are in tune. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z This may also be another clue that ancient modes may have had more variety of tuning and pitch than modern keys do. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z At the Grand Coulee Club and the Silver Dollar, small orchestras played dance tunes for taxi dancers. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The thing we do when the world isn’t singing a nice tune to us. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The old woman readjusted, rocking from side to side as though swaying to an inaudible tune. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The words were strange, the tune was soft and sad. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “The engine. Was it tuned up this season?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The various well temperament tunings that were very popular in the 18th and 19th centuries tried to strike a balance between staying close to pure intervals and avoiding wolf intervals. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Have you heard the one about the violist who played in tune? What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Mostly Madam slept late, wrote letters, and picked out melodies on a badly tuned spinet. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a well-worn tune, one that she had sung before without much consideration. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He had a deep melodious voice like a finely tuned instrument. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “I’ll sing you show tunes if you want me to prove it,” I volunteer. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z German stations may only be tuned in to listen to classical music. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Not to me, not directly, but tuned for me to overhear even as they pretended I was nowhere near. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z He sat in a hammock under the shade of the mango, guava, and orange trees and tuned his radio to the BBC news. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z He settles onto the floor to tune it, his back against the side of the couch. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z As the sounds of another Zep tune begin to blare, I move Alyssa farther away. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He tuned to the news, expecting to hear about the earthshaking story on the front page of the Times. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Broadcasts from radios tuned to Havana stations drifted out open windows. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z This imaginative but impractical form of early notation, attributed to a ninth-century French monk called Hucbald, had the words rise and fall according to the shape of the tune. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The twins quickly change their tune, because while I’ll only pinch and stare at them, Mama will straight up call them out and embarrass them in front of all these people. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Bloom regretted his failure to copyright the tune. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The fiddlers begin a swift, tempestuous tune, and Keenan takes my hip in one hand and my fingers in the other. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “This is the exact tune George Washington whistled when he crossed the Delaware on that icy night in 1777.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z She’ll spend too much time rosining her bow, and not enough tuning the strings. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z The call was a tune he had composed. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside, through the shutters, someone still played a country tune upon a whistle. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z People didn’t tune in en masse to watch comic book artists sketch on TV, did they? When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “I didn’t notice, but then again we get so many people coming through I kind of tune out after a while.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z They still talk of this today, even when the baboons have lost the ability to sing and the tune of this song has been forgotten. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z He rolled his eyes at how much she sounded like a character on a bad teen drama and went back to tuning his guitar. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Then slyly, the fife music slid into a playful tune, poking, plucking at their brittle senses. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z I turned away into the hall again, humming a little tune to give me an air of confidence. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The only style of singing where the tune is still consistently buried within the texture is in the Barbershop close-harmony tradition, where it is generally placed in the second-highest line. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Some of the kids who was just giving out high fives are singing a different tune now. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z “Swing low, sweet chariot, Comingfer to carry me home. .. Jan joined in and Bigger smiled derisively. Hell, that ain’t the tune, he thought. “Come on, Bigger, and help us sing it,” Jan said. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The singing woman quieted down and, humming the tune, walked through the crowd toward the rose-petal lady, who was still cradling her stomach. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z We’re driving and it’s stifling hot outside, but the heater is on and the windows are up, and the radio is loud but tuned to the garble between stations. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “I just hope he tuned it before he went onstage,” I added softly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Its catchy tune is in 4/4 time - that is, it has a steady marching pulse of four principal beats per bar - and it would be written or printed out thus. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z As the orchestra played a light, airy tune, they marched eight abreast out onto the track. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Belmont was already talking with CBS Radio, which was offering to broadcast the race live worldwide, predicting that twenty million sets would be tuned to it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I tuned him out all the way at that point. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Humming an upbeat tune, I got online and started to go through my latest email thread with Thomas. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z A tune kept going through his head, and he couldn’t get it out of his mind. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z This issue of tuning came to a head with the growing dominance of keyboard instruments in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z These inexpensive radios could only be tuned to radio stations approved by the Nazi Party. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z But, through the strings of the brass cone, the tune sounded even sadder, like a machine with a broken heart - the way Festus might sound if he could sing. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z All the tunes in the last ten years were so alike he couldn’t tell one from the other. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The music’s louder and now I recognize the tune. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Curious, some of the older boys gathered around him as he started twisting pegs and plucking at strings to tune the instrument. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z One witness reported seeing a group of well- dressed people from a German saloon singing one tune after another while, a few tombstones away, a small congregation of Methodists held a prayer meeting. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z He is alone in his room, playing the same tune over and over again on an acoustic guitar, trying to figure out what it means. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z As the ferry pulled away from the dock, the band switched over to jazz tunes and some of the students poured out onto an upper deck and began to dance. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z "They dance differently to all the different tunes." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Then he put down the letter, went over to the dreary window, and began humming a tune called Brume, brume on hil, whose words have been lost to us in the wave of time. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z When the day finally came, he drove us to the airport, the radio tuned to the American radio station, where Brenda Lee sang her regrets. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z When time passed and the animals had evidently not starved to death, Frederick and Pilkmgton changed their tune and began to talk of the terrible wickedness that now flourished on Animal Farm. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Think of a very familiar tune, perhaps "Row, Row, Row your Boat" or "Happy Birthday to You." Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z As I tune Humble out, I eat not because I want to, not because I have to overcome anything, not to prove myself to anyone, but because it’s there. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Instead of handing on the tried and tested chants, as had been the norm in earlier centuries, Hildegard made up her own chant tunes. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z We watch a black-and-white video of her playing a tune called “Reverie,” soft and slow. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z The evening dragged on, hour after hour, the same faces and the same tunes. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “Did they say anything about tuning in, or picking it up?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He quietly whistled a tune, one of Grandfather’s favorites. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Herbert said, “He told us we ought to get rid of the Southern hymns and learn some other ones. I don’t like it—ones he thought were pretty don’t even have tunes.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Her voice was gravelly, but she could carry a tune just fine. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z If things had happened a little different, maybe the papers would be singin’ a different tune about Grant.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Today was our first music appreciation lesson, and we listened to a classical opera song, followed by some big-band jazz tunes from Duke Ellington. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “How did you like those ear phones where you can tune in almost any old language at all?” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z For the last two hours he had been whirling a pair of dumb-bells in the air—he called them “poises”—and singing to himself a song with no words and no tune. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t believe those men are Christians, Brother Gerald, because they yelled at her to shut up with that blankety-blank Jesus tune. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It sparked a lively exchange of ideas and tunes between countries, but also between contemporary church music and its secular counterpart. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z She headed into the stacks, jingling her ear with her finger, tuning in her internal Dewey decimal system, another sign she was a born librarian. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z In her mind she could remember about six different tunes from the pieces of his she had heard. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He loved playing the familiar tune on the ancient piano. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Then tune followed tune, and I felt myself begin to relax as I continued to join the singing. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z All well and good, but for our purposes these otherwise-valuable insights are mere subplots almost designed to carry us down side trails while blithely humming a tune about the rough equivalence of forests and trees. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z In the Ring, every character has his or her own leitmotif, or signature tune. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Just one of the Temptations’ tunes whistling clear-water cool through Pa’s lips. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Some music traditions even use an extremely precise version of wide tuning. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z But on his return to England, he eventually changed his tune and said that the telescopic observations were much better. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z As I poured OJ into a glass, my ears tuned in to my parents’ escalating conversation. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z This piece had been pretty rough in practice so far, but some days, you just click — we were supertight through the whole tune. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z And then suddenly new strength rose in him, and his voice rang out, while words of his own came unbidden to fit the simple tune. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Scoob tries to tune out, but of course that makes his hearing sharper. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z A tune that gradually snaked upwards in its first half might gradually snake downwards in its second. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Having the theory, though, did not lead to its immediate adoption as a tuning system in either China or Europe. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Turning off or tuning out people was my highly developed art. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z But we were all so keenly tuned in to picking up her response, and that’s probably why it had such an effect on us. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The air was so cold, it was chiming like a struck tuning fork. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z He whistled a tune absently, the cigarette twisting in his fingers. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z So mean-tone tuning was very popular in Europe in the 16th through 18th centuries. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Clayton closed his eyes and spun the melody farther and farther away from its simple original tune. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z At nightfall the nuns were exhausted, unable to move, give another order, and still the troop of tireless adolescents was in the courtyard singing school songs out of tune. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “He will sing several of your country’s elfin tunes we are particularly fond of in this house.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The tune that they were playing changed, and the tone of the music changed too. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He switched on the digital clock radio and tuned it to a jazz station. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z He sang all the revolutionary songs, usually loudly and out of tune, until Mam would tell him to be quiet, that the babies were sleeping. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Yet the tune Apollo strummed was so melancholy it broke Leo’s feels. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z And the whole while, at the same time, with his other hand, he held on to the harmonica and played a bright and lively tune. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z Mom launched into a one-sided conversation about her work stuff, but my worried mind struggled to tune in. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Outside them, in the yard, someone played a country tune on a whistle, a melody redolent of orchards and sun. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z But even if the tunes were only half a page long she gave them names and drew her initials underneath them. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z After the kiss that seals the union, the cheers, and a toast with apple cider, the fiddler strikes up a tune that turns every head from 12. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z It amazes me how easy it is to tune out everything else—thoughts of war on Abnegation, Tobias, Caleb, my parents, my friends, my new faction fade away. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Two fiddlers in the corner scraped a lively tune, and some of the more daring young people began to dance. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z It can be a hearty or a plaintive tune, depending on your mood. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z He finishes out his tune with a low, guttural hum just as the deep, pounding bass of a revved car engine overrides his voice. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z She makes me tune in to the news every afternoon to watch the feminist protests. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The best way to learn this skill is to spend some of your practice time trying to play tunes you know and like. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z I called the nuthatch “Barometer,” and when he holed up, I holed up, lit my light, and sat by my fire whittling or learning new tunes on my reed whistle. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I smile as my livestream count goes steadily past 1K, a fraction of the 23,940 YouTube subscribers who tune in to see how my battle with cystic fibrosis is going. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z When a good choir sings in harmony without instruments, they will tune without even thinking about it. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Mom’s playlist would only have show tunes and movie soundtracks. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z I have been distracted when I’m with her, my mind constantly tuning into Radio Olly. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z But normally it’s no song in particular, just a hodgepodge of tunes. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I watched a lot of YouTube videos of cute geeky girls playing ’80s cover tunes on ukuleles. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Mr. Watras let the applause rise, then fall a bit, and then — BAM! — he counted us right into the first tune: “Mambo Number Five” by Louis Prima. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z When it’s late night you hear the sound of car doors and people talking and boom boxes spilling out the latest tunes. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z I look at her and I hum along a little with the tune. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The stage was completely empty except for Justin, who was sitting on an old rickety chair tuning his fiddle. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z I thought of the tuning fork I used to adjust my cello. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The final plink of the tune was suspended in the air expectantly, waiting for the next note that would never come. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z As he strode along, he began to sing, playing the tune on his harp. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z The dancers all slid closer, most of them already swing dancing to the tune. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Toward midnight, coyotes on the western mesa sang their falsetto tunes and were answered. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I tuned back in as the judge was complimenting the Courters on their willingness to take me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z To keep from hating the prep team, I effectively tune out most of what they're saying. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He put his pipes to his lips and played a shrill, lively tune. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Then he went back to the barrel-organ and started another tune. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z My dad was still tuned in, however, playing sofa soldier from the pullout in the office, the one with the metal bar underneath the seat cushions, specially designed to ensure maximum discomfort. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Leo turned the levers on his Valdezinator, coaxing out an even sadder tune. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The TV was always tuned to some game or another. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I tensed like violin strings tuned to the highest note. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z It’s so easy, just listening, to get lost in the jazz tunes and rhythms that fill my head in Roxbury. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Or when Manno Charlemagne come on the air, singing one of his songs with the livdy tune and the words about maybe what the government doing to the people, the driver sing along. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Is this faint and reedy tune the only voice for thousands of light-years? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now let’s try,” he whispers, and presses the earphone against his ear and runs what he has decided must be the tuning pin back and forth along the coil. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Something I couldn’t figure about this father who, out of nowhere, whistled a tune other than “Old Man River.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z But now I am a rather special wireless set, one he enjoys tinkering with in his spare time—one he can secretly tune in to the BBC. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z He kept it tuned to an English-speaking station. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z But what all this chant had in common was that it was one memorised, meandering tune with no accompaniment and no harmonising, the Greek term for which is monophonic: one voice. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He bought a little time as he stood, tuning the unfamiliar guitar. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z But the very next minute he’s mumbling in Hebrew, humming that tuneless tune, and forgetting he’s got a friend who’s suffering. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z It was too cold to be out playing a saxophone but Billy guessed the guy was dealing with demons that needed to hear a tune. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Jasmine and Darrell and Camille walk with me down Eighth Street, past the buildings with their paint faded by the sun, brick chipping away, birds singing their tunes. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z With each, I wondered, Who hath taught thee these English tunes? The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z If one fellow in an orchestra was playing out of tune, or playing at a different tempo, the whole piece would naturally be ruined. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He pulls out the empty chair to her left and stands up on it, beginning to tune his guitar. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z He made one last tweak to his tuning. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “He couldn’t carry a tune in a bucket.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Stay tuned to this column for a complete write-up as events develop. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z References to "shading" in some of the ancient texts may have referred to differences in tuning. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z She held her breath as its octaves rose, the tune climbing higher and higher until it reached an impossible crescendo. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Then Master took the radio and tuned it. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I’m not tuning out, just relieved that they’re going to carry the conversation. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z But before long, the Defender was singing a new tune. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The ragtag congregation chimed in with every sort of word and tune. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Three or four Ayorthaians at a time occupy the stage in turn and sing long, sad ballads or happy tunes or funny ones, joined by the whole throng in the choruses. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z On dark nights when hope was scarce, she would sing an old Irish tune, mixed with a newer, Italian song that she had learned from a neighbor. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Whenever I recognized the tune, I joined in. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Henry candy bar when he suddenly stopped munching and listened to the tune the radio was playing. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The jungle insects tuned their constant hum to a high- pitched clamor. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z A soul tune was blasting out of an eight-track tape player, and all the black women packed between the peeling wooden benches were singing and dancing to the music. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z As mentioned above, Pythagorean tuning made sense in medieval times, when music was dominated by fifths. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Our sonic environment and the soundscape: The tuning of the world. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The radio man come into tune, hollering, “—almost ten years serving as the Field Secretary for the N-double-A-C-P. Still no word from the hospital but wounds are said to be—” “Who?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The thought of Peacekeepers dragging Gale away starts the tune playing in my head again. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Grover played a frantic, horrible tune, and the lion turned toward him, but Thalia stepped into its path, holding up Aegis, and the lion recoiled. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Because equal temperament is now so widely accepted as standard tuning, musicians do not usually even speak of intervals in terms of ratios. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z When I hit the third it was ever so slightly off and I gave one of the tuning pegs a minute adjustment without thinking. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I tuned him out, switched to a polite nodding mode. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The tune was: "The Bells are Ringing for Me and my Gal." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z But unlike those ancient structures, the symbol at the apex of the central steeple was not a cross, but a two-pronged tuning fork. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Sometimes a quick little tune would come and go—but she never went into the inside room with music like she used to do. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z So they opened drawers, they cleared their throats, they whispered loudly, they hummed a little tune. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Since they usually ignore the tuning, melodic forms, and other aesthetic principles of the traditions that they are borrowed from, such uses of "exotic" scales should not be considered accurate representations of those traditions. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The radio crackled intermittently, he paid no attention; if his personal call number, or a ten-code related to the shooting, came up, he would automatically tune in. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Luther accordingly had collected numerous popular contemporary folk tunes, given them holy words, and encouraged these hymns, or chorales, to be sung in Lutheran churches. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The usual audience for The Mercury Theatre on the Air was about only a tenth of the thirty-five million people who tuned to The Chase and Sanborn Hour. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Strutting without care and bowing to the ladies, they sent my thoughts flowing to tunes of false love. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z One hundred thirty-five million people, an audience of unprecedented size, tuned in to watch the spectacle as it unfolded on live television. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z She was more in tune with Marcus’s social circle than I was. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Some people feel that using such intervals in medieval music is not only more authentic, but sounds better too, since the music was composed for this tuning system. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z She plays it again and again, each time adding a new variation that makes the tune more complex, until the original simple melody is barely audible beneath the trills and chords on top of it. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Or maybe the angelic tune is simply stuck in my head. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z And everywhere, it seemed, was the sound of cellphones, one ringing out with a salsa tune, another with bars from Brahms. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z They tune in to newscasts, concerts, operas, national choirs, folk shows, a dozen children in a semicircle on the furniture, Frau Elena among them, hardly more substantial than a child herself. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z So even while mean-tone tuning was enjoying great popularity, some composers and musicians were searching for other solutions. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The Princeton study concluded that many who became afraid tuned in after the program’s introduction identified it as a drama. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z He gripped the lute roughly and dragged his fingers across the strings with no thought for rhythm or tune. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The king had his court musicians, one of whom was Bach’s son Carl Philipp Emanuel, devise a tune specially, one they mischievously knew was practically impossible to turn into a fugue without creating horrible dissonances. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The candy bowl on the table clinked in tune with his steps. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z But in that tangled-up moment I could feel my friend looking into me, listening to my tortured tune, knowing my thoughts, knowing me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z June began to play again, this time a more joyful tune, thank goodness. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A tune that moved from chord-base I to chord-base V in its first half would travel back from V to I in its second. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The music was almost loud enough so he could follow the tune. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z I splashed through the pools on the rocks, humming a tune. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z And while the archangels are preparing the courtroom and the blessed tune their harps and certain others lie hunching under their fires, the ladies will be dashing hysterically in and out of fitting rooms. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z As he played on, the energy magnified; the tuning fork going crazy now, firing off vibrations all over, until my entire body was humming, until I was left breathless. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z This ‘Epitaph of Seikilos’ has an accompanying decipherable tune that lasts about ten seconds in all. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Humming a chipper tune, Mr. Curtain shot over to the printer and began sorting through the printouts. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z After the first two or three hours she figured out some sets of chords in the bass that would fit in with the main tune her right hand was playing. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z And when Dutchy showed an interest in the dusty upright piano the widower’s wife used to play, he got it tuned and found a teacher to come to the farm to give him lessons. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z One man, pierced through a dozen tunes, his clothes afire, danced and whirled in the knee-deep water until at last he fell and was swept downstream. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “When everyone is in tune,” Dad says with a grin. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z A song could simply be a nice meandering tune, plain and simple. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The cricket was such a natural musician that he not only chirped the tune—in a few minutes he was making up variations and spinning them out without ever losing the rhythm of the waltz. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “Goooood morning, West Oakland High, and welcome to the start of a brand-new year,” he said, and with that, Moss tuned out. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It was too late to tune up for my performance. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Each time I was over at the ranch, working in the bar, I would tune in to classical music. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as they began discussing sports, I tuned out. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Probably the suspense is killing me, but I will just have to wait a few years till he works out the final answer, tune in for the next thrilling installment, he writes, in block letters. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z For instruments that can tune almost instantly, like voices, violins, and trombones, this is not a problem; but it is unworkable for pianos, harps, and other other instruments that cannot make small tuning adjustments quickly. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z At school she was so good at looking out the window and tuning everything else out. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z There was no tune to it, but it possessed a curious twanging quality as of plucked strings. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Figure 4.41: Although limited by the fact that it can only play one harmonic series, the bugle can still play many well-known tunes. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “Every car in the Shack will be tuned to the Big APE,” she said, singing along with the music. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Slight adjustments are made in tuning and intervals to make them more pleasant to the ear; and the medieval ear had different preferences than our modern ears. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z His most famous tune, I believe, was “Yes, Indeed!” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “She’s the only student who asked. She wants to do one of the tunes I’ve been tinkering with for my musical. You know, ‘Maybe Tomorrow.’ Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z He began cooking eggs, whistling the Laurel and Hardy theme tune, as if the hurricane that was Aunt Gloria had never been. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z The blackbirds whistled it in the hedges, the pigeons cooed it in the elms, it got into the din of the smithies and the tune of the church bells. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Kapu wrinkled his brow and turned an ear to tune in more acutely on her voice. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Ardently, I believed that could I but read these tunes, I would hear her again. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z When a singer came on next, uninterested listeners twirled their dial to find an alternative...and tuned to The Mercury Theatre just as the Martian emerged from the cylinder. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z In the car, George and Emmett sing show tunes along with channel 72, which, as Aunt Nancy likes to put it, is just another reason the two of them were destined to fall in love. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “I guess I could try. I know a few Nirvana tunes that can split rocks. But, Percy, are you sure you want to do this?” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Eleanor, watching, thought wryly that it might sometimes be oppressive to be for long around one so immediately in tune, so perceptive, as Theodora. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z She was seeing a doctor strike a tuning fork and hold it up to the sides of his head. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “Then only the tune, and the first few words.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z And my mind was darting from one thought to another, trying to tune out the whipping. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “You won’t be singing that tune the first time the knife breaks your precious skin.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Everybody is just walking along concerned with his own problems, his own life, his own worries. And we’re all expecting other people to tune into our own agenda. ‘Look at my worry. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Here is an example featuring children simultaneously singing three different children's songs29 that are set to the same tune: "Baa, Baa black sheep," "Twinkle, twinkle, little star," and "The Alphabet Song." Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z With spit, he wipes clean the length of the wire and coils it a hundred times around the base of the pipe, making a new tuning coil. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Many years ago, when I was a little pig, my mother and the other sows used to sing an old song of which they knew only the tune and the first three words. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z But most asked few questions, being content to play what the dancing-master demanded; and most, like me, found pleasure in the old tunes and their enlarging. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She sat alert, her body tuned to that gentle pull on the tiller. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I began to tune it so I would have an excuse to hold it a while longer. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The big stage is set up across from the food vendors, where the Greendale High School jazz band fills the air with classic tunes. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z He leaves it tuned there and goes to his backpack for the road map. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z Despite the steady musical undertone in his speaking voice Finny couldn’t carry a tune, and he couldn’t remember the melody or the words to any song. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The radio’s dial twirled and the lights behind the tuning panel went out. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z In another room someone with a comb and a piece of toilet paper was trying to keep tune with the military music which was still issuing from the telescreen. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The problem now was that the chairs in the private office were neatly grouped around the radio, which was tuned to England. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z But Nick bypasses everything comfortable, opting instead for the floor, where he crosses his legs and starts tuning his guitar. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z The pipe organ wheezed out the opening notes of a familiar tune. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z I raised my arms and howled, but the stoner-metal tunes must have seriously connected with Fang, because he melted into the throbbing mass of bodies and was gone. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Cas closed her eyes so she could tune out everything else. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Oh, along at first I missed being a night owl—the tunes, the jollity. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z He immediately reported this to Pim, who went to the private office, tuned the radio to a German station and locked the door. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z And Elena would remember that look on her mother’s face, that longing to bring the world closer to perfection—like turning the peg of a violin and bringing the string into tune. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It was more like what we should call a tune, but it was also far wilder. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z For example, on any string instrument, nobody can play lower than the note that the lowest string is tuned to. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The tune has often been compared to the spiritual ‘Deep River’, while another of the symphony’s melodies has been likened to ‘Swing Low, Sweet Chariot’. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The men were pounding on big loggedy-looking drums, and women were singing high, quavery tunes like birds gone crazy in the full moon. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The tuning pegs are carved of some butterscotch wood, caressed into smooth rounds. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She was being so un-Twig-like, paying attention to our science experiment, so I tuned them out and started doodling snowflakes and flowers in my notebook. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She picked up the mallet and put all of her anger into a single, powerful strike at the tuning fork. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Others found out—from a friend, family member, police officer, or newspaper office—that they were tuned to a radio drama. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z The tunes whistled through perfect teeth are remembered, picked up later and repeated at the kitchen stove. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z You're accompanying a soprano who feels that this folk tune in C minor is too low for her voice. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Standing up, with his hands behind his back, as if he was at school, he began to sing to an old tune. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Ralph tuned up to cry and she took him off the wagon and put him on the ground. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z ‘He can play the harp, too. Go tell him to get the ice cream ready and play you a tune.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z After a while I tune out the trainer and simply try to copy whatever Mags does. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Merry sang songs—all to the tune of “Jingle Bells”—and took little catnaps on a pink blanket under the pecan tree by the downstairs kitchen door. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z We sing our own nice tune to drown out ugly. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Once the TV is on and tuned to the right channel, Jus finds it hard to breathe for a different reason. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I looked at Mola as I tuned the strings. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z We ran downstairs to the sound of chatter and the tune of "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town." March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Is she playing all the right notes in the right order and in tune? The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z He started singing his number to the tune of "867-5309," which cracked her right up. park Park tried to remember the first time he saw her. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Barrel organists and other itinerant musicians would hang around the theatres, learn the tunes and make a living busking them in the street the next day. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z A good book of this type will give the student a chance to improvise on many familiar tunes, and some also introduce the music theory involved. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z It had a bright and catchy tune, but words that made no sense at all. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z On towers all around the courtyard, bands of musicians played a vast, slow tune on quacking horns, blaring trumpets, and thundering drums, while below, the spiral moved to their beat. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Hermione was lying on her bunk reading, while Ron, after many nervous glances up at her, had taken a small wooden wireless out of his rucksack and started to try and tune it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He taught himself piano by ear in the back room of a speakeasy, plunked out tunes at night for drunken patrons, saw things no twelve-year-old should see. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “You aint the one can play a tune on that saw, is you.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z And we, to avoid offense, played the tune without words. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He stretched out his arms and whistled a tune. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I can play any piece in any key without worrying that the piano, or organ, will sound out of tune when I move from key to key. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z As George walked up the stairs to Room 205, she listened to Kelly’s tune still echoing in her mind. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z “Hey, did you guys hear about the violinist who played in tune?” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Both songs blustered of freedom; but both were sung to the same tune. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I hope some TV news reporters are tuning in. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They sing a show tune: “What are we to do? What are we to do? She’s so blue, we’re just two. What, oh what, are we supposed to do?” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z “That was the one, wasn’t it?” he said, “that was the tune? Do you still like ginger hair, Robert?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “We could mix some tunes,” Beat Box said. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Indeed, all of us alive today have a different impression of what sounds ‘in tune’ or ‘off key’ from those alive in, say, 1600. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I put my clothes into a neat pile, light the candle, and tune the radio to a classical station. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Mig, as you can imagine, wasn’t much of a singer, more of a bellower, really But in her little song, there was, to the rightly tuned ear, a certain kind of music. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z I had known that tune in my infancy, but it had long since passed out of my mind. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z A penny whisde, to this day, has the same limitation: to play tunes in a range of mode families you have to buy several penny whisdes, each calibrated to a different mode. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z She began to clap madly in rhythm until the tune came to an abrupt end. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He laid the things out in a pattern particular to him and hummed a soft, light tune I hadn’t heard before. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Dad is great, but he’s an inventor and he’d probably tune out while he sketched gigantic catapults and estimated the tensile strength required for a bungee cord to send a one-man glider into orbit. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The radio station is tuned to the news, which is unexpected. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z If he composed it, a tune sings like no other. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Maddie found her way through the darkened Cottage with his tune stuck in her head. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z She was set on keeping my arms and legs dancing to her tune and my soul bound in her chains. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Luckily, I picked a good key and turned the shriek into a melody, walking into the nurse’s office humming a tune. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z None of the others follow, although, when we get inside, there are some women in gowns sitting on cushions and a piper playing a little tune. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Her eyes closed as she melted back into the couch, humming along with the soothing tune. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z A band struck up a martial tune, the lines were cast off, and the Manhattan began to back slowly out into the Hudson. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z We were walking again side by side, I still humming my little tune. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Along the fence, the old drunk was moaning a melody that Princesse had never heard him sing before, a sad longing tune that reminded her of the wail of the conch shell. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z It spun to life, humming a joyous tune as I took Abuelitas hand back in mine and started to pray out loud. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I played it through once; it was a simple tune. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z They were such weird songs it took me a while to realize they followed the tunes of Christian hymns, “Onward Christian Soldiers” and “What a Friend I Have in Jesus,” which made my skin crawl. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Each time a tune ended I told myself to go inside, but then another irresistible song would begin, and I would find myself unable to leave. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The violin’s absence of frets, which had been a feature of the viola da gamba family and the lute, also allowed its player greater freedom in the tuning and individuality of phrasing. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z You can also listen to piano performances using this tuning by searching for "CHAS tuning" at YouTube. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The band was playing again, a loud fast tune, like they were breaking up. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I am old and my voice is hoarse, but when I have taught you the tune, you can sing it better for yourselves. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Play your sweet tunes, boy, and stay away from the business of men. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The members of the ensemble that plays odd but melodic and danceable tunes in the ballroom are bedecked in suits of red velvet. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I pulled on my jeans, shirt, and sweater and hurried downstairs to the kitchen, where Mom already had the radio tuned to WELC. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z All the way to wherever we’re going the girls belt out pop tunes and blow at my face or stick their fingers in my ears. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z The control room crew quickly pumped show tunes through all the speakers under the dome to cover the awkward silence. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z These new layered sound effects, built on plainsong tunes, were edging very close to what today we would call ‘harmony’ - that is, the existence and exploitation of simultaneous clusters of notes. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z After a while she knew which houses tuned in for the programs she wanted to hear. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z In the seat in front of me a dark man in a panama hat kept whistling a tune between his teeth. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I think there’s some part of everyone, Psi or not, that’s tuned into the memories of a place. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z It includes many different kinds of music: lullabies and children's singing games, tunes that everyone enjoys singing together or dancing to, songs for celebrations, ceremonies, and holidays. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Isa played a mournful tune on her violin, and the brownstone was devoid of the bustle and laughter typical of the Vanderbeeker household. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z She glanced at Granddad, who’d tuned us out as soon as we started talking about writing. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He’d changed his tune now to one that had just become popular this year. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Faith, having managed to tune in a station, already knew the highway was closed. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z A few shawls and jackets and bags, forgotten amid the swirl of liquor and the lull of the tunes. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Goddard sneered and tapped his blade against the huge tuning fork. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I tune out everything that Mr. Trig is explaining, and I walk through my options. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z But I don’t listen to that part I look at her and I hum along a little with the tune. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z What nobody was tuning into was that there’s a big difference between keeping myself occupied and actually taking care of myself. passed. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The tune was lighter and happier than the others. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z I’m sure Arthur is changing his tune about the universe after that marching band broke us apart. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “My whole family loved him. We all loved music, too. My brother and sister and mother sang really well. My dad just sang really loud, loud and happy, though always out of tune.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z With a deliberate plan, I set each of the strings just a hair out of tune with the others. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Lullabies and work tunes and her own maternal wishes in singsong: Keep the food in your stomach, break the fever, breathe until morning. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The tuning fork intensified—its vibrations growing every time Adam touched me somewhere new. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z At first she invented rhymes about the tundra and sang them to tunes she had learned at school. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z As the orchestra went into a second salsa tune, Lupita noticed that Rafael gazed over her shoulders at the other couples around them. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z When the tune came on, I couldn’t believe it. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z As she launched into the trials and tribulations of watching Little Women with her seventy-two-year-old Dominican grandmother, Dimple allowed herself to tune out. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Finally, the processional march is recalled, this time disjointed, exhausted and spent: the tune announced so confidently at the beginning now unexpectedly disintegrates. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z At first they talked, or hummed a tune softly together, being now far away from inquisitive ears. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He tapped out a one-hand piano tune on the wall, and then he punched the air in silent triumph. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z It was like a dog whistle, the pitch tuned perfectly so only our freak brains could pick it up and process it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z But somehow neither the words nor the tune ever seemed to the animals to come up to Beasts of England. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Then the two of them knocked knuckles and chanted the lyrics to their favorite classic-rock tune: “We are the champions, my friend....” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z A few contestants tried to make conversation with him, but I tuned them out, bouncing on the balls of my feet, battling the cold and my nerves. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He tuned a string or two, even though he’d only just set it down. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She called from her casket, to the tune of “Jingle Bells”: “Get me up! Get me up! Get me up away!” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Shadows to each other, they flowed gently through the velvet air, momentarily at peace, working together, in tune. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z That we might become better acquainted, I inquired of Sip whether his children were as musical as he; for he was prodigiously knowledgeable, acquainted with the tunes of five nations. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Her back was turned away so that Ekon couldn’t see her face, but he was surprised to find her voice almost sounded familiar, like the tune of a song he’d heard before but couldn’t place. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z So he waited, listening for a moment longer to the tuning fork that had been struck upon a star. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Anyone with three fingers could play it, and if you had one ear and a bucket you could carry the tune. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z We don’t know whether it occurred to its strummers to play more than one string simultaneously, like a chord, or whether they only picked out one-note-at-a-time tunes. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The fourteen fugues he did finish all start with the same relatively straightforward tune but then explore different options and techniques. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z A stranger by now busy with the rigging, all of his thoughts tuned to the sea. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z It wouldn’t have been so bad if I could have understood what they were saying, but even my finely tuned eavesdropper’s ears couldn’t quite make out what was being said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z There was a joy about the tune that changed the meaning of its sad lyrics. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z If I’m lucky, I can tune in the Wolfman Jack show on Sunday nights. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He changed a few words to fit the tune and the tune to fit the words, and then we both sang it. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, most people would find the effect very unpleasant and would say that the notes are not "in tune" with each other. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Now that he can walk, we dance together to cumbia tunes on the stereo—which, like the television, I’m not supposed to touch, but could operate blindfolded. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nine train bands we have ready in Hartford county. Nigh unto a thousand men. Let him look into a row of muskets and he’ll change his tune!” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z They just hadn’t been tuned in to what was happening. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I recognized the tune he was playing: the ’88 remix of New Order’s “Blue Monday,” with a lot of Star Wars droid sound samples mixed in. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I try to help Link with the tune, and he struggles to get the hang of it. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z She hummed one of the tunes, and after a while in the hot, empty house by herself she felt the tears come in her eyes. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “Dude, don’t try to tell me you were just going for the coffee or the folk tunes they play on the speakers. I know you better than that.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z At first it just seems like chaos, each person dancing to their own tune, but then I realize they’re just offset by a few seconds. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Jutta makes a log to match a scale that Werner draws on the tuning coil, carefully spelling the name of each city they manage to receive. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The average listener tuned in five hours a day. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Throughout the month of June, the union wooed workers, setting up a band on a flatbed outside the Great Gate of the Union Stock Yard, greeting workers with lively tunes. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z In the club downstairs, the band was tuning their instruments. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Imam Malik asks someone to dim the lights, and he shows us a few slides with charts and graphs of budgets, which I tune out. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z She tuned the radio to a station that played symphonies. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I tuned him out to consider the jumble of inexplicable images churning chaotically in my head. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z George and his trio huddled in the corner, tuning their instruments. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Soon Bobby was playing “Beer Barrel Polka” and other tunes and felt competent enough to give performances at more than one school assembly. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z His feet tapped show tunes at breakfast, and during dinner he often pointed at the mountain, his eyes shining, and described where he would lay the pipes to bring water down to the house. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Was there time to teach Alexander a simple tune on the piano? The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z So Mrs. Popper picked out three different tunes to play on the basement piano, one for each different kind of act. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z But he didn’t sing “everything is everything” like it was a Stevie Wonder tune. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z He tuned to Radio Biafra, to the ending of an announcement about the enemy’s being wedged in Oba, before he turned the radio off. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Mr. Chris was a little bit out of tune, but it didn’t matter. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z It doesn’t work, because players learn to tune out white noise. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z It wasn’t really a tune, but from the first note the beast’s eyes began to droop. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z For my birthday that year, I got one of those plastic keyboard toys done up in cotton-candy pink, the kind with fat keys that played way out of tune and drove grown-ups crazy. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z One of the men was tuning his fiddle. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z My ears automatically tune her out the moment I catch sight of the Best Buy bag. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z All of my childhood memories rush in: I'm standing in the wings, watching Papa take his viola from the case, rosin the bow and begin to tune among the chatter, the dinner plans, the gossip. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It played many tunes through the long night and I slept little, watching the stars change. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “That music box played a very particular tune,” the man in the yellow suit went on. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z She had talked with Frank about it late one night while he lay in bed whistling some ragtag tune and she sat before the mirror and rubbed bleaching cream into her skin. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z For the rest of the afternoon, we work to the tune of a Hebrew chant and Link struggling to repeat it. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z The fans were cheering, but I had to tune out all of the background noise and focus on my opponent. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z As I ate, my finely tuned eavesdropper’s ears picked out pieces of the stories people were telling. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z After I had the piano tuned, I opened the lid and touched the keys. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z His firm nasal voice set the tune and pace, one line at a time, and the congregation repeated it after him. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z That made them change their tune all right. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I even venture a whistle—nothing fancy, just my own tune. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “You can’t make it by following your own tune,” his mother said. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z It did not help that to pass the time Joe plucked incessantly at a ukulele, singing and whistling the campy tunes that he and his father enjoyed so much. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Cool Papa tuned First Guitar and began picking an easy intro to lay out the chord changes. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z But Chess tuned out his brother and sister. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “I see that you have a band of music with you....I have always thought ‘Dixie’ one of the best tunes I have ever heard. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Quincy was never good with tuning out all the noise on the court—all the trash talk,” Brandon said. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z And when I sing to him, I'm not just left of the key or right of the tune He says I sing beautifully. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Werfel immediately was swept up by the ancient tune, as heartbreaking and familiar as his mother’s tears. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The stereo at the far end of the counter blared popular tunes. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Several million people were tuned in to the radio broadcast. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z His tunes were firmly rooted in an easy-to-grasp, enchanting-to-sing Italian vocal style, so that ordinary folk really could leave the theatre humming. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I hoped my parents were also tuned in to the launch and counting along with us—Pa and Mrs. by TV and Cecile by radio. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z But now someone else would call the tune. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z When I tune back in minutes later, Mom’s telling Jude that unlike Grandma Sweetwine, she’d haunt us flamboyantly and persistently, no quick visits in the car for her. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Once you start getting good at this, see how quickly you can get a new tune down. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The tune hung empty over my ears; the words tasted stale in my mouth. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z And for the first time ever, my parents decided to skip the eggnog and the Christmas tunes in the living room. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z His replacement, a man in tune with Palmer’s beliefs, wasted no time in granting him a warrant for the arrest of three thousand aliens, most of whom Palmer suspected of being Communists. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z I’m like Mom—not a big jazz fan; it confuses me because it doesn’t have a tune. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z After a while, I managed to tune out what they were saying and only heard faint voices coming from different parts of the room. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He sat down at the piano and began to pick out the tune for “God Save the King.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In order to emulate a whole band - bass, accompanying chords and tune - the solo pianist had to leap about the keys frantically, resulting in a rather virtuoso left-hand motion from bass to chord and back. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Now I wished there was a radio station to tune in, or that the phonograph would work. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Pa said, “That boy’s trying to sing you a Stevie Wonder tune in a letter.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “That is a king’s ransom. That’s an untold for tune! Do you know how much tuna fish you can buy for one thousand nine hundred and seventy-five dollars?” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z He has the musicians tune and do some basic exercises to establish levels of skill. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The announcer urges German listeners to find others to tune in and reminds them to turn the dial so that they won't give themselves away, if caught. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Miss Lilian’s favorite piece, the Moonlight Sonata, floated through the darkness, eerie, distorted, out of tune. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z It needs to be tuned, but it sounds good. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z On the night of October 30, 1938, only a small percentage of the national radio audience was tuned to CBS’s War of the Worlds broadcast. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z The names and the responses sounded almost like a song, a melody for a classroom, a tune for many voices. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But our mechanics always just patched up the outsides, tuned up the insides, and then repainted them Marine Corps camouflage green. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z When she finally starts, it's a beginner's tune, one she even managed to teach me before admitting I had no musical skill. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Felicia remembers the tune, mouths the words as she cries. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z But he kept the one and three hip-hop beat on the tune. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z The negative aspect is that it means that all intervals except for octaves are slightly out of tune with regard to the actual harmonic series. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The other accommodation with reality that just intonation must make is the fact that a single just-intonation tuning cannot be used to play in multiple keys. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Whenever possible, until you are good at tuning, get someone else to help you tune every time you play. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z He waits again for silence, pulls a harmonica from his robe, and begins playing a soulful tune. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z It sounded as if they had tuned to a news broadcast. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z First, the rage for songs of courtly love gave people an appetite for songs that were memorable - which they were less likely to be if the tune was hidden away. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Never wanted to feel the stares of folks who heard my leg tapping its cotton-picking tune. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z But for many instruments, such as piano, organ, harp, bells, harpsichord, xylophone — any instrument that cannot be fine-tuned quickly — tuning is a big issue. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z "I'll memorize it to the tune of a song, so that I don't forget." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z In the beginning, Shirley only listened politely, hunting for the tune, because all too often each instrument sang its own song and confused her. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z This hurt my feelings and I really did get tuned up. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Early Blues singers moulded tunes with African inflexions in them on to chords borrowed from American hymns, parlour, folk and vaudeville songs. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z With all its imperfections, modern science is a technique that is sufficiently well tuned to nature so that it works—it is a practice that allows us to learn reliable things about the world. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In this case Kathy was humming a tune she couldn’t even remember the name of, and Aisha was sitting, tense but accepting. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I touched the last string and tuned it too, ever so slightly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The fiddlers begin a different tune, the dance picks up around me, and like a fool, I stare into the crush, knowing he won’t come back but hoping anyway. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Pair after pair of perfectly tuned, beautifully timed legs. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Listen to antecedent and consequent phrases in the tune "Auld Lang Syne." Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z It tells the reader how to hum the tune. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z I knew I sounded snotty, but like the first notes of a country-and-western tune, these days the mere mention of Fang gave me an uncomfortable twang. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Robin had learned how to tune it by tightening the strings and could play it a little. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z It should also be noted that some music traditions around the world do not use the type of precision tunings described above, not because they can't, but because of an aesthetic preference for wide tuning. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z I adored his way of always humming a cheerful tune when he wasn’t talking. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Every man played a different beat and a different tune, but the music meshed together into one big happy sound. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z My beloved was interrogated to the tune of a broken rib, taken to Léopoldville, and imprisoned in the rat-infested courtyard of what was once a luxurious embassy. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She hums her usual soothing tune, waiting for the water to boil. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z When he’d finally had his fill, he took Joyce’s hand and pulled her back out onto the deck where the band was again playing loud, brassy dance tunes. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She begins to chat with my parents, and I mostly tune out. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z He grabbed my guitar and began tuning it, holding his head close to the strings. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I have tuned the set to all 4 channels, so just switch it on using the ON switch. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Again, anyone who is accustomed to precise tuning would say they are "out of tune." Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The Leopard and the Lion were so excited for their meal they even started singing a happy tune. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Long-standing traditions allow gamelan craftsmen to reliably produce such impressive feats of tuning. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z So it was deemed highly desirable to find a way of reminding singers what the tune of any given passage might be. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z As I sang the ancient tune quietly to myself, I realized it was the refrain Mamá had sung to us to soothe our nerves on dark, rainy nights when we were very young. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He grabs the guitar and strums out a tune and, just like that, starts singing. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Unlike folk music, it has usually been written recently and belongs to professional musicians, and new popular tunes quickly replace old ones. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “It was a lousy orchestra. All out of tune,” Roger Morris grumbled in his journal. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The rigor mortis of the Prophet whistles a gunslinger tune. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z She had always been able to sing clearly and in tune, but the older she grew, the lovelier the tune became. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Emma gave Charles “a large dose of music every evening,” as she said, and even though he could never remember a tune and was probably tone deaf, he enjoyed her playing very much. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Our trombones are in tune, just like us. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z There were vuvv subscribers, some live, some watching stuff cached, and even some of the kids at school tuned in. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It was almost as if they had exchanged natures, as though she had become the machine, perfectly tuned to the roaring, clattering beasts in her care. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z And ear training is also crucial for those interested in music theory, musicology, or just being able to write down a tune accurately. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z I waited a moment, humming a tune to give me confidence. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He fiddled with the tuning knob, trying to find the station that would air the race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Danny the K got up from the bench and danced to the tune of the Flipper song. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z For those in the audience, Obama’s speech was an old tune sung by an exciting new performer. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z This sameness is a result of equal-tempered tuning, however; other tuning systems have been used which cause enharmonic notes to be tuned slightly differently. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z But before the tune launches into full volume, let me fill you in on what has happened these last eleven years. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They had to carry a tune as they hauled enormous loads of rock up the hill. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z But they all are also affected by the history of their music traditions, as well as by the tuning peculiarities of the instruments used in those traditions. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z As they raced along, the half-conscious Golden Boy mumbled a tune that sounded like “Jingle Bells.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She sings a little tune about a yellow frog and its lily pad and pond. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z And then he put on that retro Lone Ranger tune, something he liked to play every morning because he thought it was a hip way to wake up the world. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z But always his chirping carried her along, keeping her on the right beat and the right tune. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He coloured the second line from the top red, in order to give each tune an absolute bearing in relation to all other times. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z There may have been more—I confess that I started tuning them out—but I had no chance anyway. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z I continued working and, to keep my mind occupied, began whistling rock ’n’ roll tunes and daydreaming about Peggy and the Vets. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z I usually sit in a corner with my headphones on, trying to tune it all out. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z He whistled a bright bird tune and thought about the bridge. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z It was not the violinist tuning this time. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Radios all over the world were tuned to the broadcast from Santa Anita. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s odd to hear; most of the Folk are musically gifted, but I like her tune better for being imperfect. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I learned to pick out tunes, figured out the different tones of each note. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z He turned away and looked out of the window, trying to hum a tune. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z A tune similar to the one from her living room, preaching “lean on the Lord,” filled the car, this one with a creepy organ backdrop. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “Tell me man in dat show kin play a tune on a handsaw. Pick hit like a banjo.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Mostly she had written just little tunes—songs without any words and without even any bass notes to them. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Fred tuned her out and enjoyed the ride north to Connecticut. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I spend a couple hours tuning AM radio to the weird bounces of night. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z I fell onto the nearest couch and listened as the words “STORY IN DEVELOPMENT” scrolled across the screen in Spanish and an ominous tune began to play in the background. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Above all, the tune and even the words of Beasts of England were known everywhere. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z The perfect fifth figures prominently in many tuning systems. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z When Ralph saw her coming he began tuning up to cry again. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z One night Werner and Jurta tune in to a scratchy broadcast in which a young man is talking in feathery, accented French about light. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The remainder of the hour was spent awkwardly watching the clock as we silently pretended to tune our guitars. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Then he plays with his finger against the button, making his throat whistle a tune, which he says is the theme from Star Trek, although you can hardly recognize it. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z I sat there with my leg tapping a tune on the floor of its own accord. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z I wasn’t particularly tuned in to the political events unfolding in the nation that summer. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “They will find whatever button will make you dance, and dance you will, no matter how hideous the tune.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z None of us could get the tune of “I’ll Sex You In” out of our heads. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “But, if we want music we can always send for a few birds. No, all things considered, it would be a nuisance, keeping it in tune and so on.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z She couldn’t seem to tune in the words, just the maddeningly cheerful tone of his high-pitched voice. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z She doesn’t have one of those limitless voices like Nick or Taylor, but she can carry a tune, and she’s funny. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Spying the Navy Yard brass band taking shelter under the White House eaves, he calls out a request: “I always thought that ‘Dixie’ was one of the best tunes I ever heard. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z We blast a few songs they play at Atlantis, and we sing along out of tune. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z But then Jiichan was coming into the room whistling in a sorry fashion—he could hardly whistle, and he couldn’t stay on tune at all! A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She loves to belt out tunes by the Beatles or the Carpenters. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I reached the end of my tune thinking he might take this as an opportunity to applaud or maybe even apologize for underestimating me. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z To improve their chances of tuning in to a good station, inmates draped wires over their bars and across the gallery floor. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Baba’s horribly tone-deaf, and Mama can barely carry a tune. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Don't just tune at the beginning of rehearsals and performances. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Heather says the school board won’t let them perform Christmas carols or Hanukkah songs or Kwanza tunes. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Stood there while the piano man began another wobbly tune. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z There he lived, and watched the western sky often, and kept his wizard’s ear tuned for the sound of scaly wings. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Dad started humming the theme tune of Laurel and Hardy, his favourite thing to watch on TV. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z “And this is where you’re going to want to stay tuned, President Snow, because so very many of them were about you. But let’s begin with some of the others.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I felt certain he was lying when he denied knowing the tune. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “Should I go on with the pop tunes?” he whispered to Tucker Mouse, who was still hidden behind the Kleenex box. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m glad you like it, for I want you to take me to one of the new concerts some night. I really need some music to put me in tune. Will you, please?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Think of a favorite pop or gospel tune that, near the end, has the soloist "ad libbing" while the back-up singers repeat the refrain. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z I should’ve made that part of my gift from the gods: better elevator tunes. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z One a clock come and I make sure I got my ironing all set up in front a Miss Leefolt’s tee-vee, tuned to Channel Three. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The execution strikes us as pedestrian and thus out of tune with the conception of the work. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I was trying to decide what tune I should whistle as I plummeted to my death when my phone rang. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The interweaving, flowing lines of equal voices began to make way for a new and fashionable triumvirate in music: tune, accompanying chords, and supporting bass. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I put a pillow over my head and tried to tune them out. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The storekeeper leaned back, folding his arms, and stared sideways out the front window, faintly whistling a tune. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z My grandmother leans back in her brown chair, her feet still in the Epsom salts water, her fingers tapping out some silent tune. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z I could tune you out, he added in his own head. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z Cold air blew in, whistling a mournful tune like the dead singing. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He kept humming a soft, monotonous little tune. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He tapped his trademark walking stick, striped in Bayside Press colors, to the beat of his tune. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Much Asian and Arabian music has a larger number, as a result of which it often sounds exotic and ‘out of tune’ to Western ears. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I tune out the prancing food and run through my plan. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Down at the bottom, sitting on a block of stone in the middle of the stage, the god Apollo hunched over a ukulele, plucking out a mournful tune. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Speaking the words without the least bit of a tune, he sang for the lady. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z For Trip to pay attention to a conversation that wasn’t about sports, let alone tune in on someone else’s feelings, was nothing short of unusual, and they all knew it. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The tune would not go away, even when I struck at the air with my hand. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He also toyed with the idea of having the words move up and down with the shape of the tune. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Haydn was so adept at sculpting a tune from small beginnings that the younger Mozart and Beethoven simply copied the technique in their own way. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Its biggest tune, ‘Nessun dorma’, was incredibly popular, not just with a few diehard fans but rather with just about everyone who heard it. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z That note is the tonal center of the tune, and without it, there is a feeling that the song has not reached its proper resting place. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Soon all the guests had taken partners, and the musicians struck up the tune. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z My classmates and I listen to American music along with Bollywood tunes back in Mumbai. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Mr. Kiley has been talking and I am tuning in as he says, “I’m sorry, but there’s nothing I can do about it.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z Perfect for those like Roberto Vega who wished to have all eyes, ears, and hearts tuned to their words. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z The radio in the background seemed to sing louder, the cheerful pop tune warring with the sick thwack of baton blows against skin. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z This sounds odd to us, since we take it for granted that the tune of a piece of music sits on top of its chordal accompaniment. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z To pass time, Helmuth fiddles with a radio dial, trying to tune in a station other than the German Reich radio, the RRG. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z She was able to tune out the noise, and she liked being left alone for the last two hours of every day. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t a gospel tune exactly, but it carried all the personality of one. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z If I ever hear either tune being played in some public place I am sure I will immediately start to howl. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Someone was being a DJ and broadcasting tracks on the feed, so we tuned in, because otherwise you just hear the shuffling while people are moving around with no music on the floor. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The remote control didn’t work, so Cade left the television tuned to a sports channel with the sound turned down. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z After he clicked, his mobile phone rang with its James Bond theme tune. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Laika didn’t seem worried at all, but then again the place probably had that pleasant reek of death which so satisfied my dog’s finely tuned sense of smell. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Maybe not to moan, but the tune was so slow and the meter so strange that she could have been moaning. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I tune out and focus on my doodle, a pine tree. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z He was also an accomplished pianist, a devotee of Fats Waller, and capable of pulling off anything from swing tunes to Mendelssohn. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She sang the first two lines over and over to the complete tune. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Figure 6.31: Moving tune up to E minor puts it in a better key for sopranos. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z She started on the same tune and said the same thing over and over—like that was all she knew. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z All of us except for Fern waved furiously as the trumpets, trombones, tubas, flutes, and percussion instruments played the marching tune. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z The guitarist came on and strummed a summoning tune. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z They may have different interval patterns between the "scale" notes, have different expectations for how each note of the raga is to be used, and may even use slightly different tunings. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z But the heady excitement of turning one tune into two at no extra cost had another spin-off: organum where one voice stood still instead. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z It seemed as if the trees whispered the tunes of the songs he had sung. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z On a Wednesday I took off work time, packed a bag, and drove up the turnpike to 1-75I had changed the oil in my car, and had the brake pads replaced and the engine tuned. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Eleven country hits; five rock songs; three hip-hop tunes. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Though it is repetitious and - I am afraid to say - increasingly annoying to listen to, this technique soon accustoms our ears to expect equal weight in a tune’s two halves. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Still, she heard Miss Josie’s rich voice singing a gospel tune. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z On top of this accompanying oompah the rag pianists wove a catchy tune that pulled the rhythm around, a technique called syncopation. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z April nodded and her eyes flicked across Melanie’s in the way they always did when their imaginations were tuned in. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He was playing with the handle on the side of the La-Z-Boy, flipping the footrest up and down, apparently barely tuned in. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “It is something like idleness and luxury unmanning us —the strings have gone slack and out of tune.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mom took it to the music store and they put new strings on and tuned it,” I say. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z If he’s tuned into the deep, what is the deep telling him? Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z She was in too much pain to say anything for a full ten seconds, so she just lay there staring at the ceiling as the merry tunes of “Dil Na Diya” blared into the room. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z When the music ended, Rafael took Lupita by the elbow and steered her away from the other dancers, who were waiting for the next tune. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z You don't have to know anything about music to like a pop tune — it's "catchy." Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Elijah laughed and turned around to tune his guitar. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z But at the time of Granny’s funeral, Miss Effie Belle had sung a different tune entirely. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “You are such a jerk? Whoever told you that the whole world performs according to your instructions? That’s what started this whole mess—you trying to make poor Cap dance to your tune!” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z She would sit on the floor to sew as she had done as a girl, fold her legs up under her or do a little dance that fitted some tune in her head. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Humming a tune beneath his breath, he strode out with a will, almost breaking from the cover of the trees straight out into the flat meadowland. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She heard the laughter over all, coming thin and lunatic, rising in its little crazy tune, and thought, No; it is over for me. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z When the song ended, they hummed the tune quietly, over and over and over. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The teacher twists the knob, tunes in the German Reich station, the RRG. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Tom and Miss Baker sat at either end of the long couch and she read aloud to him from the "Saturday Evening Post"--the words, murmurous and uninflected, running together in a soothing tune. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z A loud creaking sound approaches and somebody whistles a tune. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z A humming like a cicada’s tune whispers on the breeze. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Finally came the moment for “beam hunting,” or the tuning of the system. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He’s forever sitting down at the piano in the pool hall, but it’s a small, boxy thing, always out of tune. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z One of those horn kind of instruments played a sad and silver tune. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z A TV in the corner was tuned to Animal Planet. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z He whistled an old song, and as he descended the narrow stairs the tune left a broken echo behind him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z That man started to ask Moss about something, but Moss had already tuned him out. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It also leads many other music traditions to prefer tunings other than equal temperament, particularly tunings in which some of the important intervals are based on the pure, simple-ratio intervals of physics. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z I tune back in to listen to Emily talking about her best friend at camp, who lives in Lansing, Michigan. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z I basically hung out in my room, listening to tunes and trying to catch some zees after the four A.M. wake-up call. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z He plucked out a tune on his acoustic to accompany her. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Voices out of tune are not the problem. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z |
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