| 单词 | unmusical |
| 例句 | Whatever else Mrs. Clarke intended to say was drowned out by the rising wail of a most unpleasant sound—high-pitched, unhinged, emanating from the vicinity of the piano yet entirely unmusical. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z It had a chaotic, almost unmusical sound, without rhythm or form or progression, like the noise of nature. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Actually, as witness his unmusical opening—“Romans, countrymen and lovers”—it’s Brutus who has the tin ear. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Which is not to say that she is unmusical. Review: Anna Netrebko Sang a Recital. Of Course She Brought Props. 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z But any originality that her version brings consists of unmusical and exaggerated overemphasis, while her most striking ideas all seem derivative. Review: Pick a ‘Nutcracker,’ One From Balanchine, the Other Reimagined 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z But though he did nothing unmusical, he did not manage to solve the problem of reconciling the need for authority over, and collaboration with, the instrumentalists. Robert Tear obituary 2011-03-29T17:26:32Z Next give Alma a hankering for poetry and cathedrals in a town that has none, and a job teaching voice to unmusical girls. Review: Marin Ireland, on Fire in ‘Summer and Smoke’ 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z As a boy, Hans studied piano, impressing his first teacher, the BBC reported, as being “totally unmusical.” James Last, Bandleader Known for ‘Happy Sound,’ Dies at 86 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z Mr. Glass’s piano études have been criticized as unmusical, or even boring. The 25 Best Classical Music Recordings of 2017 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z Born in Philadelphia, Soyer was from an unmusical but distinguished family – his father, Moses, and uncles Raphael and Isaac were Russian-born artists – and was 11 before he took up the cello. David Soyer obituary 2010-05-11T18:05:00Z Some folk traditions are a chore to listen to, simple and unmusical. In praise of ? the Paraguayan harp 2011-04-13T23:32:53Z “Voluntaries” — though by no means universally admired and often considered unmusical and manipulative — has been staged by a wide number of companies worldwide. Dance Review: Underworld Notes, in the Homeric Sense 2014-02-02T22:31:20Z The bass player in the band referred to Cave as "the unmusical one," the guy who couldn't play, so he became the singer by default. SXSW 2013: Nick Cave talks about 'painful births' in songwriting 2013-03-12T19:37:00Z Legs fly into sky-high extensions, the stage is giddy with pirouettes and the pale, romantic poetry of Swan Lake often feels revved into a frantic, unmusical St Vitus dance. Swan Lake | Ballet review 2010-03-31T20:30:00Z Luke Hickey is the flashiest, thrillingly so and never unmusical. Dorrance Dance and a Mythili Prakash Premiere at Jacob’s Pillow 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z His family, he said, was for the most part unmusical: As a boy, Gilbert endured three years of piano lessons and played the guitar a little. Gilbert E. Kaplan, Publisher and Improbable Conductor, Dies at 74 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z This may explain why each new version of the musical has nudged the spotlight ever closer to the tightly wound patriarch with a single-minded crusade to transform his unmusical daughters into rock stars. Sad and Haunted Girls Who Couldn?t Play Worth a Lick 2011-05-22T00:45:25Z A major reason that the summer of 2016 has seemed so broadly unmusical is that we have all spent so much of it listening to Donald Trump. Song of the Summer: “Bawitdaba,” by Kid Rock 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z Running deliberately against composers’ intentions, again and again over the decades, Mr. Taylor has repeatedly run the risk of being called unmusical. Paul Taylor: Return of the Beloved Renegade 2010-02-19T16:07:00Z Though the choreography hits the music’s big climaxes, it is often bizarrely unmusical: big traveling lifts kept recurring to quiet passages in the score, and so on. Dance Review: Pennsylvania Ballet’s Triple Bill 2014-05-11T21:31:32Z With his warm, easy personality, Cohen was popular as a leader, supporting his orchestra in the face of unmusical or technically incorrect requests from a conductor. Raymond Cohen obituary 2011-03-22T18:23:06Z Yet in real life, the shared musical gifts of mother and son appeared to unite them against the father, who for all his poetic genius was largely unmusical. Paul Zukofsky, Virtuoso Violinist and Literary Executor, Dies at 73 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z In one, the diabetic Ivana unhesitatingly devours sweet desserts; in another, though completely unmusical, she performs an unknown violin composition like a virtuoso. Review | In this stellar group of European writers, two worthy of the Nobel 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z Bowed at any other point, the instrument reverts to being a useful, but unmusical, hand tool. You Hear the Musical Saw. These Mathematicians Heard Geometry. 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z To prevent listeners from being disoriented by the otherwise unmusical plot suddenly switching to song, the music is always placed at the end of an episode; the same is true of Coss’ show. Podcasts always had instrumental music — now some have singing, too 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z If, today, you go to YouTube and listen to people who have spoken Esperanto from early childhood, you will hear something that sounds vaguely Eastern European and, though unmusical, perfectly O.K. A Language to Unite Humankind 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z The song of the alpine thrush, Zoothera mollissima, “sounds very unmusical, with a mainly rasping, grating, scratchy, cracked voice and a few squeaky, clearer notes admixed,” according to the researchers. 'Adele' like song leads scientists to identify bird as new species 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z Despite being described as totally unmusical by his first piano teacher, he was offered a place in the Army music school in Frankfurt at the age of 14. James Last: The party king critics loved to hate - BBC News 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z “And he never wrote a song in his life. Why? His family described him as ‘unmusical.’ 5 things to know about ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z Favored by spies, radio hams and secretive political groups, the transmissions in the shortwave frequencies tend to be resolutely noncommercial, not to mention unmusical. How to make music (and money) from shortwave radio 2014-03-31T23:09:00Z The entire week before they faced news media questions on such unmusical topics as war and austerity measures. City Room: New York Today: Water Weather 2013-08-22T10:18:43Z But later Schindler pitched into Liszt for his Beethoven interpretations, hotly swearing that they were the epitome of unmusical taste. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z Michael Lindsay, president of Gordon College, a Christian school near Boston, who has studied the evangelical vote, believes the Republican nominee this year can do better than Mr. McCain — who he says was “religiously unmusical.” Letter From Washington: Firing Up the Swing Groups in U.S. Election 2012-04-22T19:20:08Z They played a sort of tune which, if rather monotonous, was by no means unmusical. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z Certainly never were a graver, gloomier, more sober, sombre, serious and unmusical body of men than the Army of the Potomac at the present time.” Historic Fredericksburg The Story of an Old Town 2012-04-11T02:00:30.517Z The Papal singers even are becoming old; they are almost all unmusical, and do not execute even the most established pieces in tune. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland 2012-04-07T02:00:33.707Z Liszt once had musical and unmusical Europe at his feet. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z Within a few paces of the organ-grinder, a little girl and boy danced indefatigably on the stones, to the unmusical music of his box. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z They formed into small groups of about forty, to the sound of hand-clapping, a not unmusical intoning, and much jumping and stamping of feet. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z The air was wailing, lugubrious, unmusical, but the words were awesome. A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 2012-04-02T02:00:24.090Z I felt thoroughly unmusical, and did nothing but eat and sleep, and that revived me. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland 2012-04-07T02:00:33.707Z "Well?" she asked, interrupting me abruptly, her voice harsh and unmusical. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z He then continued in the same strain, and impressed this point upon the clergy, that they had to deal with as many unmusical people as musical in their congregations. Edward Hoare, M.A. A record of his life based upon a brief autobiography 2012-03-28T02:00:25.040Z To fail in musical quality; as, a singer's voice breaks when it is strained beyond its compass and a tone or note is not completed, but degenerates into an unmusical sound instead. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z For according to the metronome a really musical rhythm is unrhythmical—and, on the other hand, the keeping of absolutely strict time is thoroughly unmusical and deadlike. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z I believe I never in my life passed three such unmusical weeks as these. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland 2012-04-07T02:00:33.707Z I think the most unmusical ear, the most cursory attention, cannot fail to discern immediately how much more flowing and smooth is the movement of this. The English Novel And the Principle of its Development 2012-03-21T02:00:37.123Z The United States had no reason to be proud of her musical—or unmusical—son that dull day in November, 1878. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z By degrees he is sensible of a soft and not unmusical humming in the ears, at every pause of the conversation. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z My objection to this method is that it is both artificial and unmusical. Irradiations; Sand and Spray 2012-02-14T03:00:28.347Z “Look, Bridget,” replied her father, in a still stern, but not unmusical voice — “look o’er yonder grove — dost thou see aught moving?” Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z “Not at all,” she said, in a low voice, that was not unpleasant nor unmusical. Frank Merriwell's New Comedian The Rise of a Star 2012-01-20T03:00:15.013Z An unkind nature has granted him a most unmusical, a most nerve-shattering voice, incapable of the least culture. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z Their laughter is hearty, open-mouthed, and not unmusical, though I fear that it is heartiest when the subject is of a kind of which the missionary would not approve. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z It has been suggested that it rather implies that the spirit of music, like that of poetry and prophecy, visits chiefly the afflicted,—a comfortable doctrine to prosaic and unmusical people. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 97, September 6, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2011-12-30T03:00:24.060Z I recognised the peculiar unmusical laugh I had heart at the gate St. Paul, and glanced at her with some interest. The Honour of Savelli A Romance 2011-12-10T03:00:15.560Z Some of these birds sing exquisitely; others wheeze or croak a few unmusical notes. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Everywhere on the terraced slopes are scattered groups of vintagers, whose not unmusical voices fill the still air. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Without offering any sort of greeting he immediately proceeded to address the inspector, while the maid was still closing the door, in that thin, unmusical, penetrating voice which Rodney had so much disliked. A Master of Deception 2011-11-30T03:00:12.357Z Her hard but not unmusical laugh had given place to a grating cackle, and a leer of affected gaiety had replaced the merry eye. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z The vocal part of the performance consisted of a sort of chant, with responses intensely nasal and unmusical. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z His whole melody is a scream, unmusical but most joyous; a squeak would be a better name, but that, instead of conveying a notion that it results from pain, it is full of rollicking delight. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z They were chants of from one to four lines each, seldom more than two, many times repeated in varying cadence; weird, somber, thrillingly passionate in places, and by no means unmusical, but, of course, monotonous. Aw-Aw-Tam Indian Nights Being the myths and legends of the Pimas of Arizona 2011-11-21T03:00:13.817Z But I believe from the bottom of my heart that, inherently and permanently, the English are an unmusical people. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z Call, chip; song, an unmusical, short, "husky," "gasping" effort, uttered from a perch or on fluttering wings above the reeds. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z It was difficult to illustrate the fact in your unmusical grandmother's house, but you could do a good deal in that direction at the New Plymouth Seminary for Young Ladies. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z They frequently uttered a harsh note in a high key which, though unmusical, harmonized well with the scenery. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z It is difficult for a person unacquainted with Welsh to believe that the sounds represented by such awkward arrangements of consonants as Welsh displays are otherwise than unmusical. Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z There was a shrill twittering of the most unmusical birds, the croak of bullfrogs from a neighbouring lagoon, a more familiar buzz of flies, a tinfoil rustle of brown grass at every step. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z Their notes, as a rule are limited to a few unmusical calls, which, with our Cedar Waxwing, are usually uttered when the bird is about to fly. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z Then he told how much farther a musical sound could travel than could an unmusical one. The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains 2011-09-24T02:00:16.927Z He passed through the little wicket gate into the lane, which led past the schoolhouse to the vicarage, in a preoccupied silence, upon which the unmusical singing of the school-children broke inharmoniously. Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor 2011-08-31T02:01:28.960Z She had never before heard such playing, and though she was quite unmusical, she fully recognized the difference between a good performance and a bad one. The Girls of St. Cyprian's A Tale of School Life 2011-08-24T02:00:19.813Z But since you are running all us Alexandrians down as unmusical, and keep mentioning the monaulos as our only national instrument, listen now to what I can tell you offhand about that. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Tchak and a short unmusical call uttered with spread wings and tail. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z "It is a well known fact that a musical sound can be heard distinctly at a greater distance than an unmusical one." The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains 2011-09-24T02:00:16.927Z It also shows that the purpose for which one sings is an important factor—random vociferations or a display of vocal gymnastics even of the most cultured kind is both inartistic and unmusical. Increasing Personal Efficiency 2011-07-31T02:00:10.480Z One consequence of this secret is that the brain of the long-lost, illiterate, and unmusical ancestor we unthaw is no different in its fundamental design from yours or mine. Do Language and Music Mimic Nature? 2011-07-30T12:15:00.247Z “Are you at home to visitors this morning, Miss Brown?” asked a sharp unmusical voice at the door. Molly Brown's Freshman Days 2011-07-12T02:00:31.110Z Song wooden and unmusical, beginning deliberately and ending in a roll, chick: chick; chick, chick-chick-chick-chick-chick-chick. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z The shrill and unmusical cry of the bluejay, which was the largest bird I saw, reminded me of other latitudes. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z With his brain maddened with hallucination, harsh, unmusical chimes began to sound above the blizzard's roar. The Higher Court 2011-06-27T02:01:00.213Z His voice was unmusical, unlovely, but he sang with fervor, sang as conscientiously as he worked. The Last Straw 2011-06-27T02:00:58.100Z Its voice is one of the voices of the night—most unmusical, yet with a mysterious meaning. The Pictorial Press Its Origin and Progress 2011-06-15T02:00:20.920Z “Yes,” sighed Mamma, and then suddenly suspended her speech as a lively, and not unmusical, whistle sounded near at hand. Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z Some become equivocal by changing their signification, and some fall obsolete, one cannot 148 tell why, for custom or caprice arbitrate, guided by no law, and often with an unmusical ear. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z But it was quite a long time after Willie's mouth opened, to let out some not unmusical snores, that Mrs. Hayling's thoughts were hushed into quiet dreams. Nearly Bedtime Five Short Stories for the Little Ones 2011-06-02T02:00:26.960Z Although the song of the Seaside Sparrow is short and unmusical it is loud, especially when compared with the song of the Sharp-tailed Sparrow. Comparative Breeding Behavior of Ammospiza caudacuta and A. maritima 2011-06-01T02:00:28.030Z The sounds of a powerful and not unmusical voice came along the street; people hastened to their doors, and in a minute or so a young lame man made his appearance. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z The sound of their breaking was not unmusical. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z I cannot consider as music, much less as ‘delicious music,’ a mixture of incompatible sounds—of sounds musical with sounds unmusical. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Indeed there was something in the sunshine of the summer afternoon and in the not unmusical sounds of the winged grasshoppers in the adjacent orchard that was soothing to the excited boys. The Go Ahead Boys and the Mysterious Old House 2011-04-27T02:00:27.420Z From time to time I could hear a murmur of voices; then Mr. Stone's unmusical laugh; and the unfastening and fastening of the door. A Romance of Toronto A Novel 2011-04-23T02:00:04.677Z Nevertheless Mildred liked her voice; it had a pleasant crispness in it, and the abruptness was not unmusical. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z Abounding in thought, this school generally neglected versification, and that of Dr. Donne was peculiarly harsh and unmusical. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z The cowherd modestly urged that he was mute and unmusical:—“Nevertheless thou shalt sing!” retorted the benignant apparition. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Not a sound was to be heard save the noisy flights of the winged grasshoppers or the occasional unmusical sound which proclaimed the presence of locusts. The Go Ahead Boys and the Mysterious Old House 2011-04-27T02:00:27.420Z And she chuckled a low, unmusical laugh which accorded well with the mingled murmurings of the expiring storm without. Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale 2011-04-05T02:00:12.720Z The art of singing," says The Boston Herald, "strange to say, does not include the art of speaking, for some very fine singers have harsh and unmusical voices in conversation. The Man Who Pleases and the Woman Who Charms 2011-04-05T02:00:10.347Z I have never quite understood just what it is in Wagner's music that so fascinates many people whom I know to be unmusical. Memories of a Musical Life 2011-03-10T03:00:45.530Z The rumbling sound was a chorus, not unmusical, of snores. The Dreamers A Club 2011-02-25T03:01:06.720Z Crickets noisily were proclaiming their presence and the not unmusical notes of the tree toads joined in a chorus that arose from every side. The Go Ahead Boys and the Mysterious Old House 2011-04-27T02:00:27.420Z Then a subdued voice began to sing, harsh and unmusical, straining to be sympathetic, and its song was of peace and love in an old-world garden. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z The man on horseback reined up; then he laughed—a cynical, unmusical sneer it was. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z It eradicated much that was mechanical, stilted, and unmusical in my playing, and developed an elasticity of touch which has lasted all my life, and which I have always tried to impart to my pupils. Memories of a Musical Life 2011-03-10T03:00:45.530Z She laughed in a high, not unmusical key, and suddenly dipping her oars, began to propel the boat swiftly through the water. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z He threw a look at that resplendent lady, whose high but not unmusical voice was riding the stream of talk. Abington Abbey A Novel 2011-01-30T03:00:14.557Z Diamond Snake stepped forward from his place in the row of chanters and began to address the tribe in a high, not unmusical voice. The Boy Scouts On The Range 2011-01-27T03:00:45.810Z Bret Harte was sometimes a little careless in his style, careless, that is, in the way of writing obscurely or ungrammatically, but very seldom so careless as to write in a dull or unmusical fashion. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z However, the Raven has lanceolate feathers on the neck, and a rougher, unmusical voice. An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use 2010-12-31T03:00:10.497Z A brown hen, wings outheld from her body and bill agape, strolled dazedly through the shimmering air, singing that dolorous, unmusical, droning song begotten by the temperature. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z And, in his own unmusical way, he sang a line or two from the "Lass o' Gowrie." Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 Their taste would not have been degraded to the point where it is gratified, as in the graphophone, with a complicated succession of flat and strident sounds unmusical in themselves. The Ifs of History "He!" she replied, with a short laugh, which, spite of her beautiful voice, sounded very unmusical. The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History The tones were not unmusical, but deafening, from their loudness. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom But nowadays my chief interest is the recorder, which is best known to the unmusical world from the well-known passage in Hamlet. Springtime and Other Essays The voice was harsh, monotonous, unmusical, and grated strangely upon the ear. Pharos, The Egyptian A Romance The sounds which the Rhesus utters in anger are harsh and unmusical, while their sound for food is soft and sympathetic, and I have made a machine which imitates it quite well. The Speech of Monkeys "What brings you here?" asks Ruth, at length, in a voice hard and unmusical. Faith and Unfaith I must have turned white in my relief, for he threw his head back and laughed in a low unmusical way that at any other time would have affected me unpleasantly. The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life “How unmusical you two are,” she said; “his playing was exquisite.” Bye-Ways But alas! he was unmusical to a degree, and companionship suddenly terminated, on my side, when I found that he was to be neither subjugated by my singing nor thrilled by my acting. Geraldine Farrar The Story of an American Singer Her verse is strong and vigorous, but often unmusical even to harshness; one looks in vain for a touch of sentimentality or melting sweetness in it. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" The far-off grating sound of the corncrake can be heard; the cuckoo's tuneless note, incessant and unmusical, tires the early night. Faith and Unfaith Vanity, pride, avarice—these, and the other external vices, are the strings of his unmusical lyre. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 Soon some very unmusical sounds made themselves heard. Black Diamonds Well, in short, I was vexed and sent him back the ticket with the remark that I was the most unmusical person in the world. Gertrude's Marriage Above their droning note was the shrill cry of the insects that spent their days in idle and ceaseless unmusical scrapings. Brood of the Dark Moon Second, the stilted and unmusical lines furnished by Mr. Lanier must have hampered the composer in every verse. The Standard Cantatas Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers I judged it rather discordant, and although the voices were not harsh, nor unmusical, there was yet neither taste nor harmony in their efforts. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia He accordingly set to work, at the same time singing sometimes a cheerful, sometimes a serious song, to the great annoyance of the unmusical organs of Frau Sabina. The Banished A Swabian Historical Tale. In Three Volumes. The notes thus forced are harsh and unmusical in tone, and generally flat in pitch. The Boy's Voice A Book of Practical Information on The Training of Boys' Voices For Church Choirs, &c. Telepathically both turned toward the moonlit plain awaiting the answering cry; as it rang out in not unmusical cadence through the stilly night she shivered slightly and her hands trembled in his warm grasp. The Song of the Wolf An ill-constructed sentence can hardly have a good choice of words, for it is most probably unmusical, and that fault would make the choice a jumble. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 Their note is generally harsh and unmusical, and although they are readily tamed when taken young, becoming familiar, and in some species showing remarkable intelligence, their powers of vocal imitation are usually limited. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" From these and other observations I am convinced that there is the musical dog as well as the unmusical, just as with human beings. Dog Stories from the "Spectator" being anecdotes of the intelligence, reasoning power, affection and sympathy of dogs, selected from the correspondence columns of "The Spectator" Grasshopper, he is called, because his unmusical little song, pit-túck, zee-e-e-e-e, sung from a low perch, resembles the sound produced by that insect. What Bird is That? A Pocket Museum of the Land Birds of the Eastern United States Arranged According to Season "They can scarcely fail to be appreciated even by the most unmusical reader..." Notes and Queries, Number 238, May 20, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc If this composition of Smetana’s seems rather unmusical, allowance must be made for him, as the poor man was deaf and couldn’t hear how bad his own music was.” The So-called Human Race The fine forms of classic beauty could never be cast in so rough a mould as his prose; and his turgid unmusical verses betrayed qualities of mind incompatible with the delicacy of poetry. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors Mr. McGowan laughed heartily as the Captain brought his song to an unmusical close. Captain Pott's Minister It has the general habits of the Grasshopper Sparrow and its notes are equally unmusical. What Bird is That? A Pocket Museum of the Land Birds of the Eastern United States Arranged According to Season A rhyme occurring only in first and third lines gives an unmusical cast, since it causes the stanza to end unrhymed. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 The dialogue, to which Matravers had devoted his usual fastidious care, was polished and sprightly; there was not anywhere a single dull or unmusical line. Berenice My morning comrade had a thin chirp, unmusical and monotonous, but friendly and pleasant to hear. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) When the bird reached the threshold it stopped, and without warning gave vent to a prolonged series of shrill, unmusical sounds. Carmen Ariza It walks about over the leaves, moving its head like a little hen; then perches on a limb a few feet from the ground and sends forth its shrill, rather prosy, unmusical chant. Ways of Nature And consequently there are Lines that are stiff and forc'd, and harsh and unmusical, tho' Shakespear had naturally an admirable Ear for the Numbers. Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare The young man was to abstain from singing or humming a tune in company "especially if he has an unmusical or rough voice." A History of Giggleswick School From its Foundation, 1499 to 1912 My path led along the course of a mountain torrent, whose sudden descent as it hurried toward the river, formed successive water-falls not unmusical in their cadence. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 4 October 1848 The young woman laughed merrily, and Fouchette gave forth a singular, low, unmusical tinkle. Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life As he came along the garden path, the gravel started all round his unmusical foot. The Rector Some embryo artist was painfully overworking an accordion, while a dog rendered melancholy by the unmusical noise, occasionally 87 accompanied him with prolonged howls. The Plunderer "Therein she differs from most unmusical people," Sally responded, in a swift aside. The Dominant Strain Some of the older American names were not unmusical. Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy “What do you think?” she cried, in a voice that sounded strangely shrill and unmusical in her ears. The Heart of Thunder Mountain “More?” he said, in a deep, not unmusical, tone. The Hound From The North His voice had a peculiar, piercing quality, though it was not unmusical in sound. Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War The nervy, unmusical waking cry of the mocking-bird was often the first daybreak sound. Dr. Sevier The old badger invariably uttered a low but not unmusical greeting when she returned to her family at dawn. Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain That whistle, thin and unmusical; that elusive, indescribable call of prairie male; all these homely sounds that meant so much to him––could he leave them? A Breath of Prairie and other stories Then she questioned her in a hard, unmusical voice. The White Lie They must be an unmusical pair of ears that cannot inform the wearer whither a cannon or a musket played last, but the various notes, emanating from their respective mouths, admit of nice distinctions. Adventures in the Rifle Brigade, in the Peninsula, France, and the Netherlands from 1809 to 1815 Tone is sound considered as having some musical quality or as expressive of some feeling; noise is sound considered without reference to musical quality or as distinctly unmusical or discordant. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions Not a bat dare spread his unclean leathern wings across this charmed place, and the very owls that wink and blink in the hollow trees near by keep their unmusical "hoot toot" to themselves. The Fairy Nightcaps The sonorous melody lifted and crashed, subsiding into countless unmusical overtones. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China He who has heard this rustic sound in the happy days of his childhood, under the shade of the elms, will always love the unmusical and melancholy wailing of the bagpipe. Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches Out of doors there was nothing stirring, unless the owl stirred between his unmusical notes, or Mr. Skip's dog did something but howl. Say and Seal, Volume I Pansy ran up and down uttering queer unmusical noises. A Modern Cinderella Echoed by us, the new-comers, and with interest too, our faithful Gauchos swelling the chorus with their shrill but not unmusical voices. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure A harsh grinding, unmusical as emery upon hollow bronze, rasped stutteringly in the head phones. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China A very unmusical note: This eminent basso, Mr. Frog, Has surely a cold in his throat. The Nursery, March 1877, Vol. XXI. No. 3 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers Even the inexperienced and unmusical listener detects bad time. Great Pianists on Piano Playing Study Talks with Foremost Virtuosos. A Series of Personal Educational Conferences with Renowned Masters of the Keyboard, Presenting the Most Modern Ideas upon the Subjects of Technic, Interpretation, Style and Expression On his part there was not a single faulty phrase or unmusical expression. The New Tenant It is a harsh, metallic, rasping, shrill, unmusical sound. India and the Indians “Lovely creature, Lady Harden,” the unmusical major began, as he lit his cigar. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 What has been done in it—not what these, even the practitioners themselves, have said of it—is the burden of my possibly unmusical song. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century This will effectually give them a tone; and an unmusical instrument has often by this means a fine effect in concerts. Popular Lectures on Zoonomia Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease This is called a Kaluri, and although possessing but five separate notes in a minor key, the tone is not unmusical, though very melancholy. On the Equator It is one of the most horribly unmusical sounds on earth. With Haig on the Somme Similarly it is a common observation that while unmusical Bayreuth-goers often attribute demoralising effects to some of Wagner's music, the genuinely musical listeners are unaware, and usually incredulous, of any such evil possibilities. The Beautiful An Introduction to Psychological Aesthetics Appleton followed the unfeeling, unmusical, penurious old ladies and gentlemen back into the lounge, glaring at them as belligerently and offensively as a gentleman could and maintain his self-respect. Ladies-In-Waiting Certain it is that profound gratitude to God and devotion to duty characterized the lives of most of these men and women who sang the praises of their Maker in this halting and unmusical fashion. The Wizard's Daughter and Other Stories The downy woodpecker has a very unmusical voice, but fortunately he is aware of this deficiency, and his only attempt at music is drumming with his beak upon a hollow limb or tree. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study It is thought a defect to be unmusical. A Color Notation A measured color system, based on the three qualities Hue, Value and Chroma At the far end of the men's line a warrior raised in his right hand a dry gourd which contained beads and pebbles, and began to rattle it in a not unmusical way. The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" While his flight is undulatory, the waviness is not so deeply and distinctly marked; nor does he sing a cheery cradle-song while swinging through the ether, although he often utters a series of unmusical chirps. Birds of the Rockies He talked incessantly in a sharp, high-pitched, and most unmusical voice, the unattractiveness of which was further heightened by a pronounced nasal American accent. The First Mate The Story of a Strange Cruise But he has a veto on any tune he too positively dislikes, and it is well known that the unmusical generally dislike a new tune. The School and the World It was a high, confused sound, not unmusical, but terrifying—a cry of many voices. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life The remarkable and altogether epoch-making article in The Times of the 16th inst., on the stimulating effect of the bath on unmusical people, has already borne notable fruit. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, June 24, 1914 He strode along, his tinkling collection of charms providing him with a not unmusical accompaniment, and came to stand directly before Travis, eying him carefully. The Defiant Agents Every now and then they would stop, sway their heads about and sing a kind of low chant in not unmusical tones. The Great White Queen A Tale of Treasure and Treason "Somebody's eyes have told me so," said Skippy in an unmusical treble. Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From the Urchin to the Complete Man of the World It was three minutes to eleven, and the last stroke of the clanky church-bell had just died away in a series of unmusical vibrations. The Idler Magazine, Volume III., July 1893 An Illustrated Monthly So that you can go to masquerade balls and parties of all kinds, I will try to beat a little music into some twenty-odd unmusical idiots. The Goose Man We had much shunting on reaching Port Said before we got the train alongside the docks, amidst the awful shrieking of our most unmusical engine whistle. The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" Solemn and sonorous enough it all is, and not unmusical, but it lacks its natural accompaniment of shawm and sackbut and the wind-swept harp in the willows by the waters of Babylon. The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 It was a tuneless drone, yet not unmusical. Explorers of the Dawn Neglect of this imparts a brutal and unmusical quality to the tones of chords struck so forcibly. The Masters and their Music A series of illustrative programs with biographical, esthetical, and critical annotations The preacher had little to say, but he roared that little out in a harsh, unmusical voice accompanied by much slapping of his hands and pounding of the table. The Uncalled A Novel "Servant, sir," he squeaked in his shrill unmusical tones, "Oho! this is the philosophy of it—is it?" Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 Her voice was unmusical, vulgar and husky from much weeping. The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights Now, in my own country, my voice had attracted attention by its smoothness and modulation, and I was greatly surprised to hear Wauna speak of its unmusical tone as really annoying. Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch An abrupt pause occurs, and then the song breaks down, finishing with a number of clicking, unmusical sounds, like a piping barrel-organ out of wind and out of tune. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America Because you neither play nor sing, it by no means follows that you are unmusical. The Pianolist A Guide for Pianola Players The name of a Frenchman was unmusical in the ears of any Englishman of that period, and it sounded harshly in the ears of the British soldier. The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 He had nearly completed the heart-breaking work when the villagers returned in a body, singing an unmusical song and decked about with ropes of flowers. Bones Being Further Adventures in Mr. Commissioner Sanders' Country It consists of a number of strings arranged on a board, tightened up and tuned, upon which the player beats with a padded hammer, bringing out sounds by no means unmusical. A Boy's Voyage Round the World What is commonplace, harsh, or unmusical in expression should be avoided, unless such diction is wedded to the thought. Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism As he lay on the ground near by, after his watch, he liked to listen to the wild and not unmusical calls of the cowboys as they rode round the half-slumbering steers. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands Princeton University has given him that unmusical degree, Mus. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions Closer by, the cow-boys' crooning would have sounded harsh and unmusical, but at this distance it shaped itself into a plaintive, minor melody that was very pleasing. Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas Their not unmusical voices ring pleasantly upon the ear. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse A band played wild and not unmusical airs during the interview, and the crowd of attendants who surrounded us were seated in respectful silence. The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy We dodged under the narrow awnings of the shops, and bargained blindly in the most unmusical lingos. Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska One look, and ten musical throats emitted as many unmusical shouts of laughter. Apron-Strings Musicians were astounded at his remarkable knowledge, while musical and unmusical people alike were carried off their feet by the whirlwind-style of his playing. The Standard Oratorios Their Stories, Their Music, And Their Composers His rhythm is rough and unmusical, his style harsh and inverted, his imagery cold, his invective bitter, and his verbiage immense. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The sounds, at first rather confused, gradually separated themselves into two varieties, one the sharp, irregular rattle of a springless cart, the second a hoarse unmusical voice which, like Edgar's, was raised in song. Fair Harbor His voice was harsh and unmusical, but he spoke in a kindly, simple, and unaffected manner. At the Point of the Sword The hatch of the steamer is opened, a most unmusical winch commences operations—and a sewing machine emerges de profundis. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell "You poor girl!" she exclaimed, throwing just the right reflection of sympathy into her not unmusical voice. The Grell Mystery With an unmusical laugh she stood up, shaking the letter to the floor. The Lure of the Mask "Pardon me, madam," said a man's voice behind, calm, cold, but not unmusical; "but it seems to me that a father is the best teacher of his child's faith." Olive A Novel "Home, sweet home, there's no place like home, there's no place like home," played the unmusical notes of a barrel-organ in the top room of a lodging-house in a dreary back street. Christie's Old Organ Or, "Home, Sweet Home" There would not be a service slovenly, unmusical, irreverent, or if not irreverent, at least unworthy of the glory of God. The Village Pulpit, Volume II. Trinity to Advent A Complete Course of 66 Short Sermons, or Full Sermon Outlines for Each Sunday, and Some Chief Holy Days of the Christian Year We have stepped out of the ordinary path of house nomenclature, and have adopted the cherished name of "Stradivari" to the bewilderment of the passer-by, whose unmusical soul fails to be impressed by it. The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators She uttered a cry of half tones, and ended with a deafening shake, which was not unmusical. Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals Harsh and unmusical sounds, produced by the voice, indicate that the throat is in a condition of injurious tension. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern The fourth line of that stanza is unmusical and inharmonious. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 But the Latin language is comparatively weak, scanty, and unmusical; and requires considerable skill and management to render it expressive and graceful. Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity "She is just what I thought," said a voice, thin, but not unmusical. Agatha's Husband A Novel It had been given by one of the sailors to Timoa, who developed a wonderful capacity for drawing unmusical sounds out of it. The Lonely Island The Refuge of the Mutineers "Five finger drills" and studies in broken scales of the types generally used are also utterly unmusical. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern “Nothing new,” I retorted, “to your unmusical ear, but these bells are not our bells—listen!” The Big Otter There is absolutely no reason why any musical person should have an unmusical voice, especially since this bad production of the voice often strains the muscles and inflames the mucous membrane of the throat. Papers on Health A troop of allouattes commenced a concert, their unmusical howlings echoing through the forest. On the Banks of the Amazon Then there was an atrocious trio performed by the three dogs, each of which raised its muzzle and its eyes skyward, and uttered an unmusical protest against being left behind. Three Boys or the Chiefs of the Clan Mackhai Needless to say, these teachers usually recognize that this explosive sound is very harsh and unmusical, and utterly out of place in artistic singing. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern Ike took up the old song, and in a rough, but not unmusical voice roared out the second line: “I’ve been a-travelling all the world over.” Brownsmith's Boy A Romance in a Garden As knowledge of the Hope-Jones methods spreads, these coarse and unmusical stops disappear. The Recent Revolution in Organ Building Being an Account of Modern Developments The one with the violin has a most unmusical face. Tom and Some Other Girls A Public School Story For an unmusical person is a child in music; an illiterate person, a child in learning; and an untaught one, a child in life. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume I (of X) - Greece The father was quite pleased with his Petrea, who, quite electrified, sang too with all her might, although not with a most harmonious voice, which, however, did not annoy her father's somewhat unmusical ear. The Home The farmers were busy out of doors, cattle were lowing, chanticleer rang out his call to work in the early morn, and busy hens were caroling in cheerful if unmusical voices. A Little Girl in Old Detroit Prior to the advent of Willis, organ reeds were poor, thin, buzzy things, with little or no grandeur of effect, and were most unmusical in quality. The Recent Revolution in Organ Building Being an Account of Modern Developments But critics are not all safe guides, and even to-day we find many unmusical men in responsible newspaper positions, so it is not surprising to find an occasional misunderstanding occur. Woman's Work in Music Egeria is an accomplished musician, and though Utopia belongs to one of the unmusical counties of England, she has found it easy to awaken the musical instinct in the hearts of its children. What Is and What Might Be A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular There is rare music now in the unmusical call of the phœbe-bird—it is so suggestive. The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers A far commoner cause, indeed probably the commonest single cause of a poor, squeaky, or drawling, unmusical voice is careless and improper management of the mouth and lips. A Handbook of Health Many French Orchestral reeds are refined and beautiful in quality and the larger Trumpets and Tubas, though assertive and blatant, are not unmusical. The Recent Revolution in Organ Building Being an Account of Modern Developments Mr. Cushing was at that time forty-one years of age, of medium height, with intellectual features, quick-glancing dark eyes, and an unmusical voice. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis Large flocks of wild geese passing northward over our heads assured us, with their unmusical but most welcome notes, that the long winter of '56 and '57 was over and gone. 'Three Score Years and Ten' Life-Long Memories of Fort Snelling, Minnesota, and Other Parts of the West Put those unmusical instruments in your pockets till we're clear of the town. The Jolliest School of All But disturbances in the voice box, or larynx, cause only a very small percentage of husky, poor, or unmusical voices. A Handbook of Health Mr. Quelson hastened to explain that it was intended for an emergency notice, when the night city editor was unmusical. Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques Without a warning of any sort his beautiful alto voice disappeared, leaving in its place only the feeblest and most unmusical of croaks. Caruso and Tetrazzini on the Art of Singing Because of the prevalence of consonants, the German and the English languages are relatively unmusical. Voice Production in Singing and Speaking Based on Scientific Principles (Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged) This is one reason why most song is as yet so intrinsically unmusical. The Joyful Heart Unfortunately, the magnificent passages are interspersed with unmusical ones. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers A singer must reject any unmusical sound and, above all things, rule out any departure from the pitch. Sixty Years of California Song Let it be understood once for all that it is the mentality of the individual, not his body, that is musical or unmusical. The Head Voice and Other Problems Practical Talks on Singing The bel canto is, simply, beautiful singing, the result of perfect technique, and is opposed to effects which are not truly artistic, though no doubt often highly expressive to the unmusical and the inartistic. Voice Production in Singing and Speaking Based on Scientific Principles (Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged) The Admiral was wholly unmusical, but, having married an accomplished violinist, he was inclined to lay down the law about music. The Way of Ambition He could not have called it unmusical and did not resent it, although he did regard it as without the slenderest excuse. Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi Five discordant tones compose their scale, unmusical and untrue chords, or, one might say, discord. Sixty Years of California Song From below two deep, unmusical snores rose comfortingly. Joyce of the North Woods They converse in a very loud, unmusical voice. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America The last note was unmusical and uttered quite staccato. The Seminole Indians of Florida Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 469-532 But not a sound broke the stillness save the remote murmuring, until a solitary sea-gull rose in the air and circled directly over the tower, uttering its mournful and unmusical cry. The Devil Doctor I have still a circumstance to relate which makes his singing the more marvelous and marks an "O.K." on my efforts to make a Chinese with a dull, unmelodious, unmusical voice succeed. Sixty Years of California Song A ballad-singer was this morning singing beneath my window in a strain most unmusical and melancholy. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. An hundred tribes, as gaily dressed as any burnished natives of the south, greeted our eyes in our accustomed walks, and their voices, though unmusical, were the sweetest that ever saluted our ears. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 1 The last note in this, as in the lullaby I noted above, is unmusical and staccato. The Seminole Indians of Florida Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 469-532 The phrasing of music is a mere abstract subtlety to the unmusical; it is a direct sense-apprehension to the initiated. The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 Yet we have two nations that we never expect to hear from in this respect, for it is a known fact that the Japanese and Chinese are wholly unmusical. Sixty Years of California Song "How sweet a pleasant message may make an unmusical tongue!" said Fleda, as she and Hugh made their way up to the house. Queechy, Volume I All the sounds are not unmusical, however, for from the minarets comes the "muezzin's" sweet call to prayer, to mingle with the jingling bells and the tinkling of the cups of the water-sellers. Peeps at Many Lands: Egypt This power of elaborating a musical score in the mind, and hearing it inwardly, is a gift which unmusical people find it difficult to comprehend, and which even puzzles many musical people. Chopin and Other Musical Essays If a pair of these birds have a nest they betray the fact to the world by the unmusical clamour they make from sunrise to sunset. A Bird Calendar for Northern India After listening to "Tannh�user," Schumann declared that Wagner was unmusical! The Loves of Great Composers In a voice loud and high-keyed, yet not unmusical, she cried: "Well, I declare if it isn't little Nina Randolph!" The Title Market Verily, soon enough the laboring day With its necessitous unmusical calls Will force the indolent conscience into life. The Germ Thoughts towards Nature in Poetry, Literature and Art He was one of the most unmusical men I have ever met. The Land of the Black Mountain The Adventures of Two Englishmen in Montenegro For answer, the imperturbable Mathews moved off again, and, in a soft but most unmusical bass, sang the second verse about the amorous coachman and the susceptible turnkey's daughter. The Parts Men Play Endeavor to keep your voice free from such undesirable qualities as the harsh, breathy, sharp, rough, rigid, throaty, guttural, thin, shrill, nasal, unmusical, discordant, muffled, explosive, strained, inaudible, hollow, strident, sepulchral, and tremulous. Talks on Talking He often sang and whistled as he sat among them carving some rough semblance of animals with his pocket-knife, but these unmusical sounds were new to them and seemed to make them uneasy. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, October 1878, No. 12 The green-room was made unmusical with contentions carried out in polite Billingsgate. The Great German Composers He shouldn't talk golf to one who doesn't know the language of the game, nor discourse on music to the unmusical. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada Costermongers trundled their barrows along with strange, unmusical cries. The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood We got a bedroom in the hotel, and tired out, tried to sleep; but the occupants of the café began a set of howling songs, very unmusical, and kept us awake till past twelve. The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia They were singing a hymn, unmusical, unaccompanied, yet something in the unison of those human voices, one quality—the quality of earnestness, of faith—seemed to make an irresistible appeal to the terrified wanderer. The Black Box But the verger's voice awoke us to realities: a very earthly voice, unmusical and pronounced, not at all in harmony with the moment. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 6, June, 1891 Scrape, scrape—the unmusical performance continued with monotonous regularity. Plague Ship Outside in her tiny garden a bee boomed somnolently among the red and yellow flowers, and somewhere near at hand a church bell jerked its unmusical summons to prayer. The Halo He played it without regard to time or rhythm, but with a constant rubato, and unmusical jerks. Piano and Song How to Teach, How to Learn, and How to Form a Judgment of Musical Performances I have always thought that the people born and reared, as Bernard was, among the Mourne Mountains and their surroundings have anything but an unmusical accent. The Life Story of an Old Rebel "I take that, sir, to mean that you find God save King James! not wholly harsh and unmusical—" "Perhaps not wholly so," said the lawyer. Foes There they listen to the music of ghaitah and gimbri, pay a peseta for a cup of indifferent coffee, and buy an unmusical instrument or two for many times the proper price. Morocco It is, it is the gondolieri sure enough; they are at this moment singing to an odd sort of tune, but in no unmusical manner, the flight of Erminia from Tasso's Jerusalem. Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany, Vol. I What would Father Strauss say to this affected, unmusical performance, that bids defiance to all good taste? Piano and Song How to Teach, How to Learn, and How to Form a Judgment of Musical Performances And here—even you, you dear, unmusical boy, are represented. Bluebell A Novel Even a statue was said to have silent rhythm, and pictures were spoken of as being musical or unmusical. Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University But they never tootle now, and never sing, and when they speak, their tongue is that of the unmusical barbarians. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned If Sheil's portraits speak truly he must have closely resembled a starved sweep on a wet day, while Disraeli declares his voice was as unmusical as the sound of a broken tin whistle. The Young Priest's Keepsake This affectation only gives one more proof of our unhealthy, stupid, and unmusical infancy in piano performances. Piano and Song How to Teach, How to Learn, and How to Form a Judgment of Musical Performances Every child, however apparently unmusical, should be given its chance, at any rate up to the age of twelve years. Music As A Language Lectures to Music Students Some rode ahead, and, with loud but not unmusical cries, invited and urged the animals and their drivers to follow. In Indian Mexico (1908) Then the Crow told the Peacock's cousin how his proud relative came to have so unmusical a voice. The Curious Book of Birds Over and over again the not unmusical strains welled out from one of the private rooms, opening off the grill of the Homestead. The Diamond Cross Mystery Being a Somewhat Different Detective Story Away he carolled blithely enough, in a rough but not unmusical voice, and Austin was just able to catch some of the words of the quaint old west-country ballad that he was singing. Austin and His Friends And when he had rung off, he sat down weakly and laughed, his laugh unmusical and sad. Kenny The other then commenced a squall, so tuneless, wild, jarring, and unmusical, that the stranger could not avoid smiling at the monomaniac, for such he at once perceived him to be. The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One While he performed it, his somewhat unmusical voice trembled with inward emotion. Garman and Worse A Norwegian Novel I remembered it well because, in the parade on Decoration Day, I was on horseback riding a somewhat unmusical horse. T. De Witt Talmage As I Knew Him And from every shrub and tree came the mildly unpleasant calling of the grackle, and the blackbirds along the lagoon answered with their own unmusical "Co-ca-chee!—Co-ca-chee-e!" The Firing Line Unless this condition is present in arms, wrist and shoulders, the tone will be hard and the whole performance constrained and unmusical. Piano Mastery Talks with Master Pianists and Teachers Choughs very abundant; wild pigeons, ravens, Laurus; the nuthatch, a noisy but not unmusical bird, Chakor, together with small partridges, but these are rare; several Conirostres. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries It uses pure sound, and sound of the most wholly artificial kind—so artificial that the musical sounds of one race are unmusical, and therefore unintelligible, to another. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series Our furniture consisted of two wooden chairs, a box turned upside down for a toilet-stand, a rickety bedstead, with unmusical creak, a tumble-down lounge, and dismal, but genuine tallow dip. The World As I Have Found It Sequel to Incidents in the Life of a Blind Girl After a momentary pause, a firm and not unmusical voice was heard, pealing forth the words of a song which I had written when a boy, and had procured insertion for in a country newspaper. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 27, 1841 The question has often been raised as to the reason of Paderewski's remarkable hold on an audience; wherein lay his power over the musical and unmusical alike. Piano Mastery Talks with Master Pianists and Teachers Gretchen interpreted these poems with all the color of true feeling, and under her bow they became enchantment to a musical ear and a delight to even as unmusical a soul as Mrs. Woods. The Log School-House on the Columbia In this lovely valley, at the close of a long, odorous, sun-drenched day in early May, the sacred silence was broken by a raucous blast from that most unmusical of instruments, a tin dinner horn. The Redemption of David Corson Yet ultimately all is a symphony and ordered progression, with regular rhythms recurring; it only seems a chaos, and unmusical, because we hear no more than the fragment of a bar. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 The sound of an old familiar melody, chanted in a manly and not unmusical voice, reached the fireside. The Story of the Foss River Ranch A Tale of the Northwest Yet the way some people play Liszt the hearer is forced to exclaim, 'What an unmusical fellow Liszt was, to be sure, to write like that!' Piano Mastery Talks with Master Pianists and Teachers Before retiring to rest, they produced their pipes and foul-smelling Boer tobacco, proceeding to light up just under my windows, meanwhile talking their unmusical language with great volubility. South African Memories Social, Warlike & Sporting from Diaries Written at the Time Rude hands have touched it, and unmusical voices have made it sound almost common in our ears. Reviews But in both cases any unmusical effect was so greatly overbalanced by many rare and beautiful qualities of tone production, that it was easily forgiven and forgotten. Edward MacDowell Its rich and melodious tones would commend themselves even to the most unmusical ear, and formed a subject of constant remark. The Lost Stradivarius We wonder how they ever could have been considered unmusical. Piano Mastery Talks with Master Pianists and Teachers Hearts are different; some, I suppose, are born sound and musical, others are born uncertain and unmusical, and are at best a mere tinkling cymbal. The Authoritative Life of General William Booth The sonnet on Shelley’s room at University College would be admirable but for the unmusical character of the last line. Reviews But the quartette is as unmusical as ever. The Talking Beasts And excuse the Critic who seems to you so unmusical; and say, It is the nature of beast! The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II. I have found little evidence to show that music, except in occasional cases, exerts even the slightest specifically sexual effect on men, whether musical or unmusical. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man As he came near he heard from the interior of the inn a woman's voice, not unmusical so much as shrill with impatience, which perpetually ordered and protested. Clementina We cannot say much in praise of the sixth line: Insomuch that it haps as when some face: it is curiously awkward and unmusical. Reviews Nay, I consider her very frogs have been belied: if it were not for the monotony of their notes, I really consider they are not quite unmusical. The Backwoods of Canada Being Letters From The Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America All these works are more than readable: the translations, though rugged and unmusical, have about them a frank sensuousness and a primitive force that are amusing and attractive. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 A hundred tribes, as gaily dressed as any burnished natives of the south, greeted our eyes in our accustomed walks, and their voices, though unmusical, were the sweetest that ever saluted our ears. The Journey to the Polar Sea He will not attempt to make a musician of an unmusical child, nor a mechanic of an artistic child. Study of Child Life Chess, by Mr. Louis Tylor, is a sort of Christmas masque in which the dramatis personæ consist of some unmusical carollers, a priggish young man called Eric, and the chessmen off the board. Reviews Each city has one theatre, the largest and most magnificent, reserved exclusively for operatic performances, and where the unmusical drama is scarcely ever tolerated. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 Dear Daddy seems to be making up for some of the lost sleep of his youth, and is apt to begin early the unmusical accompaniment to his slumbers. Sweetapple Cove Somehow, her laugh, which was not unmusical, was never pleasant. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876 Each sentence is uttered in a rising scale with a drop on the last few words, forming, as a whole, a not unmusical rhythmical drawl. Grain and Chaff from an English Manor Far down the widening valley, and up the wild, picturesque ravine, rang the strange but not unmusical call. The Lord of Dynevor The lights were turned up, the tenseness relaxed, men made dives for their hats, and the unmusical murmured the usual platitudes. The Great Prince Shan The most unmusical ear can distinguish a high note from a low one, even when the interval is not great. The Brain and the Voice in Speech and Song But his ear was defective: his rhymes are crude, and his verse is often lame and unmusical, a fault which can be countervailed by nothing but force, and force he lacks. Emerson and Other Essays The hard, unmusical voice of the day is a hybrid, unnatural and altogether unnecessary voice. The Renaissance of the Vocal Art The musician had two assistant drummers in his train, whose instruments were far from being unmusical, and likewise several other men, whose part was to keep time by clapping with their hands. Lander's Travels The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa The next day, Eulaly Sykes's boarder had started for the Maine coast where three unmusical, but sympathetic maidens were waiting to help him pass the dreary days of his convalescence. Phebe, Her Profession A Sequel to Teddy: Her Book "You may try it, if you want to," answered the unmusical voice abruptly. California Sketches, Second Series There followed a few moments of silence; then in his careless, unmusical drawl the man spoke. The Knave of Diamonds The result of all this direct manipulation of muscle is ugliness—everywhere hard, unmusical, unsympathetic voices. The Renaissance of the Vocal Art "My voice is altogether unmusical, and resembles the sound caused by the act of rubbing a brick along the panels of a door." Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations How are unmusical people to express themselves when they are glad? Nancy The general poetic merit of the piece is, except for these lines, slight, while the songs and lyrical passages, which are rather freely interspersed, are almost all wooden and unmusical. Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England At intervals from somewhere in the neighbourhood sounded the pleasant bell of the scissors grinder, and the not unmusical call of "Glass put in!" Ailsa Paige The student of the voice who violates Nature's laws must not expect to escape the penalty, which is hard, harsh, unmusical tone or ruined voice. The Renaissance of the Vocal Art Choir practice was choir practice, a mysterious thing he never interfered with, knowing himself to be unmusical. The Three Sisters His voice was rather high and unmusical, but his distinct enunciation and earnestness of manner gave a peculiar attraction to his pulpit oratory. The world's great sermons, Volume 08 Talmage to Knox Little It is rather a surprising circumstance that such an unmusical party should be so keen on singing. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I The Gods have made me most unmusical, 101. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 4 Poems and Plays The pushed-up tone means local, muscular effort, contraction, and a hard, unmusical voice. The Renaissance of the Vocal Art Then there was the endless sound of wooden shoes clattering over the rough pavements, and people talking in that most unmusical of all languages, low Dutch. Views a-foot The afflicted man's voice was jerky and unmusical. Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories Among the Poetry are some pretty verses by Lord Porchester; but it is well that metrical pieces do not predominate, for some of the writers are sadly unmusical sonneteers. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 402, Supplementary Number (1829) The first word is a pun on the title, the second refers to his lordship's oratory, a triangle being the most feeble, monotonous, and unmusical of all musical instruments. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Under these conditions, as before stated, the tone may be brilliant, but it will always be unsympathetic and unmusical. The Renaissance of the Vocal Art They could sing like birds, and, what seemed like witchcraft to the unmusical little Americans about them, they could sing in harmony as easily as they could carry an air. The Bent Twig And Mary," Miss Wollaston observed, "happens to be the one utterly unmusical person in the family. Mary Wollaston An unmusical instrument, played by holding it fast with the teeth and trying to brush it away with the finger. The Devil's Dictionary "Under favour, bold baron," said the friar; but the friar was warm with canary, and in his singing vein; and he could not go on in plain unmusical prose. Maid Marian He roared out the catch in a harsh, unmusical voice, and ended with a shout of laughter. The White Company His voice was clear and not unmusical, with just the suspicion of roguishness behind. The Soul of Nicholas Snyders, or, The Miser of Zandam But three short unmusical Saxon words, yet it was as though a mystical strain of music had passed through the wood. Quest of the Golden Girl, a Romance She sang neither better nor worse than usual—sang in the clear and pleasant soprano which she flattered herself was not unmusical. The Price She Paid The men all listened eagerly, and at whiles took up as a refrain a couplet at the end of a stanza with their strong and rough, but not unmusical voices. A Dream of John Ball; and, a king's lesson But the continued vogue of grand opera, and more especially of Wagner’s long-drawn-out compositions, among our restless, unmusical compatriots, remains unexplained. The Ways of Men But alas! we do like cowbirds and cuckoos, which lay their eggs in nests which other birds have built, and cheer no traveller with their chattering and unmusical notes. Walden They cause his voice to be ``stuffy,'' thick, and unmusical. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 She was invincible, inattentive to the voice of absent man, a hard, hollow goddess, a flute for the piping of heaven—composing and chanting unmusical songs, her inner ear fastened upon another melody. The Happy Foreigner Above the low hum of the engine they could hear Tillie's voice, flat and unmusical, but filled with the harmonies of love as she sang to the child. K When they received our answer, they raised a not unmusical war-cry and, extending their lances, hurried forward with a quick step. Freeland A Social Anticipation Her lessons, one every Tuesday morning, with Leopold Ballman, were tiresome unmusical periods of diaphragm exercises and an entire tearing down and reconstruction process of the previous methods taught her. Star-Dust The musical portion of the party, and the unmusical alike, joined in the chorus. Love at Second Sight Musical and unmusical instruments of every description were in operation—from the Javanese salendon and pelog to the tuneful instruments, masterly handled by the excellent German bands. By Water to the Columbian Exposition He spoke in a very loud voice, and there was a singular repetition of phrases and arrangement of words, which rendered his speech striking and not unmusical. The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources This wailing note is singularly wild, and not unmusical. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 He had a rather gruff but not unmusical voice, with what some might have thought a thread of pathos in it. Weighed and Wanting It made the most material, even the most unmusical, remember some little romance, some tendresse, some sentiment of the past; Landi seemed to get at the soft spot in everybody's heart. Love at Second Sight Of course Browning's theory of poetry does not justify or explain all the unmusical passages in his works. Robert Browning: How to Know Him "How sweet a pleasant message may make an unmusical tongue," said Fleda, as she and Hugh made their way up to the house. Queechy "Oh, you been here before," she said, in a thin voice, not unmusical. The Magnificent Ambersons I hear the bellowing, unmusical screech of the mule. Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy And you mustn't leave me out of your life, dear, though I am so stupid and unmusical. Robert Elsmere Yet I owe that unmusical old organ a charming evening, tinged with the faint soupçon of melancholy which is necessary to and enhances the highest pleasure. The Poems and Prose of Ernest Dowson With a memoir by Arthur Symons The most unmusical voice is tuned to melody by God's great blessings received and appreciated, and they need never want a theme who can tell what the Lord has done for their souls. Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII He was then appalled by the deep, yet not unmusical, voice of Henry Gow, who answered from within: "Who calls at this hour, and what is it that you want?" The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day He spoke in a very loud voice, and there was a singular repetition of phrases and arrangement of words, which rendered his speech striking, and not unmusical. The Life of Kit Carson Hunter, Trapper, Guide, Indian Agent and Colonel U.S.A. The money which has been wasted in trying to teach music to unmusical people would pay our national debt twice over, and leave a competency for every orphan in the land. An Ambitious Man Assuredly any person to whom Wagner's music, especially that of Tristan, appears unmelodious is unmusical, or at least defective in the sense for melody. Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde"; an essay on the Wagnerian drama As no specific lines from the poem are labelled "harsh," one is forced to conclude that the whole poem is unmusical to Johnson's ears—if "harsh" means only "rough to the ear." Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies Seemingly more amiable than her husband, she spoke to me, but in a strange, unmusical language, which I could not understand; and then she, too, left me. Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America It must be admitted, nevertheless, that this change if occasionally adopted in our polished dialect would afford an agreeable variety by no means unmusical. The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire He was like a man who, having an unmusical voice, sings to himself in a bath-room while the water is making a loud, splashing noise. Poor White With increasing knowledge of the language, I learned to enjoy best the unmusical theatre, and went oftener to the comedy than the opera. Venetian Life Some of the loudest voices were the most unmusical, and the warblers at the rear were generally behind in time as well as in space. Prisoner for Blasphemy I had had only one rehearsal with the orchestra, the day before; but the humming accompaniment to my solo, that the unmusical slaves had to learn, had taken a week to teach. In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters Tennyson she loved, and latterly also Browning, with protests against his obscurity and his occasionally most unmusical English. Lady John Russell Before the last quick, unmusical chime died out Black Bart stood in the entrance to the saloon. The Untamed At times it is not an unmusical cry, but when he howls out close to your tent, waking you from your first dreamless sleep, you do not feel it to be so. Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter The result is an indescribable hubbub; a garish human kaleidoscope, accompanied by fiendish clamor and unmusical noises which fairly outstrip a dozen jazz bands. Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru It would be very uphill work for the poor Marquis and I wondered if he would really have the patience to go on with it, after realizing how unmusical the men were. In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters Indeed, it would be impossible to imagine a graver or gloomier, a more sombre or unmusical body of men than the Army of the Potomac a month after the battle. A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee "Me!" said a rather shrill but not unmusical voice from Wingate's side. The Profiteers Critics have uniformly admired Cicero's style as peculiarly suited to the Latin language, which, being scanty and unmusical, requires more redundancy than the Greek. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 The Old Pagan Civilizations "Your lunch!" he exclaimed, and his voice was not unmusical, "how fortunate!" The Outdoor Girls of Deepdale Or, camping and tramping for fun and health It is not surprising that, their author being so inartistic with regard to their object, his verses themselves should be harsh and unmusical beyond the worst that one would imagine fit to be called verse. England's Antiphon By rough he meant what his fellows meant when they spoke of the voice as harsh, grating, jarring, discordant, inharmonious, strident, raucous, or unmusical. The Century Vocabulary Builder To which I would as constantly rejoin, "'Of Bebbington the holy spire,' father!"—being offended by his use of a word so unmusical as peak. Hawthorne and His Circle But you were naughty with the gramophone over those musical chairs—unmusical chairs, as I said to Peppino, didn't I, caro?—taking it off and putting it on again so suddenly. Queen Lucia From farm houses came the barking of dogs and the not unmusical notes of conch or tin horns, summoning the "men folks" to the evening meal. The Outdoor Girls of Deepdale Or, camping and tramping for fun and health He would count it falsehood to write an unmusical verse. England's Antiphon Critics have uniformly admired his style as peculiarly suited to the Latin language, which, being scanty and unmusical, requires more redundancy than the Greek. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. Let argument bear no unmusical sound, Nor jars interpose, sacred friendship to grieve. Inns and Taverns of Old London Though somewhat gutural it is not unmusical, and for the sake of euphony final consonants are often omitted in conversation. Schwatka's Search The voice was low, but every note was strained and unmusical. Man on the Box The unmusical character of prose style is not determined by weakness, but by adaptation to function. The Principles of Aesthetics Where could the English house sparrow have acquired that unmusical voice but amid the sounds of hoofs and wheels, and the discords of the street? Locusts and Wild Honey "Who are these?" he asked in a high voice that yet was not unmusical, "and why do you bring them into my presence?" The Ancient Allan The hum of eager conversation, the popping of corks, the little trills of feminine laughter, all blended into one sensual and not unmusical chorus, seemed to fade from his ears. The Evil Shepherd In the same way many people are unmusical—either wholly, by nature, or partly, for lack of experience. Concerning the Spiritual in Art As Schopenhauer remarked, every good poem is short; long poems always contain stretches either of unmusical verse or unpoetic music. The Principles of Aesthetics Little by little, however, the sound developed itself into a somewhat mournful melody or refrain, chanted by a not unmusical voice. The Broad Highway Her voice, as I have before said, was unmusical though effective; but her laugh was deliciously sweet, especially when it was restrained to a mere ripple, as now. Agatha Webb Her ears had taught themselves to feel that there could be no vitality in speech without it, and that all utterance unsustained by such tone was effeminate, vapid, useless, unpersuasive, unmusical,—and English. He Knew He Was Right He evidently mistakes the picturesque combination of man and machine for his mother, as, on seeing us approach, he assumes a thirsty, anxious expression, raises his unmusical, undignified voice, and endeavors to jump the fence. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran A laugh, short and unmusical but not without a biting humour, broke unexpectedly from the landlady's lips. Dark Hollow It was Sunday evening, and from all the little conventicles and tin churches below, the bells began their unmusical summons. The Tempting of Tavernake "A pleasant evening," observed that young girl in her high, unmusical voice. Agatha Webb There was talk of his settling in London, but the climate, not to speak of the unmusical atmosphere, would have been fatal to him. Chopin : the Man and His Music Being in the way, and also in danger of tumbling upon the floor, some of us removed him to an old settee, where he slept soundly, entertaining us with rather an unmusical serenade. The Lights and Shadows of Real Life He was still proceeding with this amusement—producing some of the most acutely unmusical sounds I ever heard—when the omnibus stopped to give admission to two ladies. Basil But all day, 'mid the clashing of Labour, And the city's unmusical notes, With thoughts that went seeking the hidden, I pondered that Vision of Boats. Friends and Neighbors "Suppose you ask something less leading than that, to begin with," she suggested, in her high, unmusical voice. Agatha Webb At this command every crab began scraping at his fiddle as hard as he could, and the sounds were so shrill and unmusical that Trot wondered when they would begin to play a tune. The Sea Fairies Mrs. Mutimer smiled in a grim way, then laughed—a most unmusical laugh. Demos Feeling herself thus utterly changed, she could not speak in her former natural voice; her utterance was oppressed, unmusical, monotonous. The Nether World She spoke in a high but not unmusical note, very quickly, and with timid glances to either side of her collocutor. Eve's Ransom From the sunny world out-of-doors came a pleasant blending of many noises, passing wagons, the low talk of chickens, the slamming of gates, and now and then the not unmusical note of a fish-horn. The Rich Mrs. Burgoyne Of resuming composition proper I cannot think here; I have suffered too much of late by the musical and unmusical noisiness of my lodging. Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 2 You can scarcely distinguish one harmonious sound amid this unmusical bickering with the follies of men. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers In these no single gift, or virtue, or idea, has an unmusical predominance. Miscellaneous Studies; a series of essays For those who are unmusical, to play on the flute; to read or write, for those who have not yet learned; is no easier than to make birds of women, or women of birds. Marius the Epicurean — Volume 2 I recommend you not to think in your work only of the musical public, but also of the unmusical. Mozart: the man and the artist, as revealed in his own words Indeed, we can get intense emotion from sound which is entirely unmusical. The Psychology of Beauty The unmusical young preacher was helpless and looked from one to another, then was about to raise his hands for the benediction, when a little voice came across the grave. The Road to Providence "Well, perhaps you might try," said Mrs. Strachey, with the ingrained distrust of the unmusical. The Getting of Wisdom Therefore, there are not only sounds which by reason of highness or lowness are unmusical, but, beyond these, others to which the tympanum of the human ear is insensible. Such Is Life His voice was strong, true, and not unmusical, and what he lacked of finer qualities he made up in volume and force. The Foreigner A Tale of Saskatchewan "You unmusical female," he said, "what is that for?" Clever Woman of the Family To complete his utter mystification, a woman's voice, very fresh, very youthful, and by no means unmusical, rose apparently from the circumambient air. A Phyllis of the Sierras There once was a bird that lived up in a tree, And all he could whistle was "Fiddle-dee-dee"— A very provoking, unmusical song For one to be whistling the summer day long! Love-Songs of Childhood She was sobbing all the time and chanting a very mournful but not unmusical kind of song. Wanderings among South Sea Savages and in Borneo and the Philippines Then they had been shrill and piping; now they were like low distant growling; not unmusical, but strangely threatening. Half a Life-Time Ago A native minstrel serenaded us in the evening, playing several quaint tunes on a species of one stringed fiddle, accompanied by wild, but not unmusical songs. A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 The pipe was a reed pierced with four holes, by means of which a few unmusical notes were produced, and the tabor was a broad hoop with a skin stretched over each end. The Naturalist on the River Amazons Some bells are musical and others are unmusical. The Story of my life; with her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, by John Albert Macy The woman burst into a great laugh, a hard, unmusical, but not unmirthful laugh. Sir Gibbie She stopped and rocked backwards and forwards with a laugh that, subdued by the proximity of the roof and the fear of being overheard, was by no means unmusical. Snow-Bound at Eagle's The voice was authoritative, not unmusical; but it was NOT Cherry's. The Heritage of Dedlow Marsh and Other Tales A strange kind of wood-cricket is found in this neighbourhood, the males of which produce a very loud and not unmusical noise by rubbing together the overlapping edges of their wing-cases. The Naturalist on the River Amazons Glad enough, I suppose, to be out of all this unmusical blowing of catcalls and indecent exposure. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 16 The stillness of evening was broken by the monotonous, not unmusical creaking of a Persian wheel at some little distance to the left of the tent. Stories by English Authors: The Orient (Selected by Scribners) As I stepped from the inn door, somebody in the tap-room struck up "Tom Bowling" in a rough but not unmusical voice; and the plaintive melody seemed somehow to become part of the night. My Lady Caprice The noise of the engines is not disliked, nor are its puffings and groanings held to be unmusical. North America — Volume 2 The contrast within the Scripture of the musical and the unmusical is a very marked one. Study of the King James Bible It is a great pity that the English nation is so unmusical. In a German Pension The author has heard his most unmusical voice repeat the celebrated description of Paradise, which he seemed fully to appreciate. The Black Dwarf He sang in a low, not unmusical tone the death-chant of the Hurons. Betty Zane But not a sound broke the stillness save a remote murmuring, until a solitary sea gull rose in the air and circled directly over the tower, uttering its mournful and unmusical cry. The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu The wet pavements were crowded with nondescript humanity, the night was filled with the unmusical voices of Hebrew hucksters, and the air laden with the smoky odor of their lamps. Dope At this moment the cook stepped into view, and, making a trumpet of his two hands, sent across the water a long, weird, and not unmusical cry. The Riverman The wind ceased to blow, and the rain came down straight with an even beat that was not unmusical. The Scouts of the Valley I had a whiff of his strained, unmusical voice, and behold! he was saying something about the "Will of the People...." The New Machiavelli He spoke with a slight and not unmusical accent. Dope |
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