For songs that you do know the chords to, try playing them in an unfamiliar key, or see if you can change or add chords to make a new harmony that still fits the melody. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Some of the longer ones had multiple melodies in sequence. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Different bands sang different songs: a melody of wind. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He listened for a few moments to the haunting melody and sighed with relief. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

Some pitches will get more emphasis than others; some will be used one way in an ascending melody and another way in a descending melody; some will be used in certain types of ornaments. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

They let the echoes of melody fade away before they moved again. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before teaching it, ask students to listen carefully to something in the song’s phrasing, repetition, rhythm, melody, timbre, lyrics, dynamics, rests, mood or affect, etc. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

But this time the silence was gentle, like a pause in a piece of beautiful music when one melody has ended and another is yet to begin. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Notice, however, that in other places in the music, the melody establishes the meter very strongly, so that the syncopations are easily heard to be syncopations. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Finally, she stood up and moved lightly to the final strains of the melody. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frozen and shrinking, I stand stunned onstage until the orchestra has finished the piece, Marschner coming to my aid and playing the melody I should be singing. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Syrupy sweet, each word sounding like the melodies I remember from many years of yesterdays. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The prayers aren’t quite songs, but there is kind of a chanting melody to them. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

In other words, the melody can be constructed so that it strongly suggests a harmony that could accompany it. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

While he listened to her shower melody, ‘i’m as Corny as Kansas in August,” Shorty just kept on lying there, puzzled about the strange sensations buffeting his body. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Singing a 3rd or 6th away from the melody is very challenging, as the tendency is for singers to slip from their parts into unison with the melody. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The simplest type of accompaniment is to add a single note drone to a melody. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

A song arrangement typically means adding voices such as making a choral arrangement or adding instruments to the melody such as a piano accompaniment or Orff accompaniment. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The fragments of melody he could make out were strange and tantalizing, but she sang so quietly he could hear next to nothing at all. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The melody transported him, took him beyond himself. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was too angry to close his eyes to hear the sweet, sleepy melody of their last midnight jam. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Then Dvorah sang the same melody Mama sang, the same melody Anya had been singing since she had become a bat mitzvah. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Songs. I get ideas in my head and I write them down. Words, or melodies.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Often the phrases in a melody will run into each other, cut each other short, or overlap. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

He left us in the room and went outside, whistling a melody. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Upon his pipes of reed he played melodies as sweet as the nightingale’s song. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She feels out the melody the way a blind man feels his way forward in an unfamiliar room. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Nearby, a group around the piano were singing folk songs with more volume than melody. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were a practical people and they did not care about “Violet-tressed Muses who inspire song,” or “Lyric Apollo making sweet melodies upon his golden lyre,” or anything of that sort. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

We hear all of the “parts” which we think of as music—rhythm, pitch, melody, form, etc. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

After a last, long-sustained stillness which allowed the great dog to close in on his quarry, the voice would burst forth so fast it overflowed itself and became a melody. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Imagine the melody of a song such as “Row, Row, Row Your Boat.” Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

In terms of the song itself, explore the meaning of the music itself apart from the lyrics—sing the melody of the song on a neutral syllable. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Some others know the melody, a few words, and add harmonies. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Stunned by the power of her words and the haunting melody. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He recognized the song that sprang forth - the same wistful melody Calypso sang for him on Ogygia about homesickness and longing. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The thought of turning my ideas into an actual song, with a melody and harmonies, and the lyrics I’ve been working on, sounds exactly like what I’ve been dreaming about for weeks now. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

The pure fragrance of the water and the melody of the wind in the poplars held our fancies. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned to Mrs. Dreep, whose fingers were playing a little melody on her neck. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

In a spate of loneliness, I felt about inside Bear’s sack, found his recorder, and played a melody. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The brain processes pitch information both locally and globally, where local music refers to the intervals between pitches, while global processing refers to the entire contour of the melody. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The music slowed, transforming into something softer, and to my surprise I detected the melody of his lullaby weaving through the profusion of notes. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Having students hum the melody rather than singing words helps them hear the melody separately from the lyrics. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

For example, listen to the phrases in the melody of "The Riddle Song" and see how they line up with the four sentences in the song. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Pitch information includes the related concepts of intervals, melody, and harmony. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Though there was no money for lessons, Marian and her sisters taught themselves to play some simple melodies. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

The direction of the wind abruptly shifted, and the melody that had been running through the leaves changed. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

A longer section of melody that keeps reappearing in the music — for example, in a "theme and variations" — is often called a theme. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I haven’t been able to get my melodies or my lyrics to work, though, and don’t know if I’ll ever be able to make a listener feel what I do. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Then he sets the beer down, repositions his guitar, and starts playing a melody so intricate, my eyes can’t keep up with his hands. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Some old swing-style jazz melody with a calypso beat chortled from a jukebox in the corner. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

It had a lighter melody but the same flowing rhythm and turned out to be quite easy. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, as I trudge through the snow, I see the mockingjays hopping about on branches as they pick up on other birds’ melodies, replicate them, and then transform them into something new. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

In heterophony, there is only one melody, but different variations of it are being sung or played at the same time. 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

For example, the same melody may sound quite different depending on whether the character is in love, being heroic, or dying. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

That is the reason for the constant appearance, in every movement of the symphony, of the melody that begins the first. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Together, they hummed the melody to warm up and then sang the song. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Without definitive documentary evidence of particular sources we may never know if this research included tribal melodies he later passed off as his own. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Music does not have to have harmony, however, and some music doesn't even have melody. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Would survivors and relatives of the Lakota Sioux Indians butchered at the Wounded Knee Massacre, which took place just three years before the symphony’s first performance, have recognised its melodies as theirs? The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

These themes are often complete melodies with many phrases, but a single phrase can be taken from the melody and used as a motif. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Nearby, a group around the piano were singing folk songs with more volume than melody. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon bebop musicians began dispensing with the blueprints of the standard songs and instead invented their own chord sequences and melodies - highly complex ones at that, sometimes derived from the note combinations of unusual chords. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

He sat down at his mother’s old piano in the front room and plinked at the keys and floated simple melodies through the dark, empty spaces of the house. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

What kind of emotion do you hear in the melody, rhythm and phrasing? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The melody was sweet and sad, but Stanley's favorite part was when his father would howl the word "moon." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I’ve played around on my piano and come up with some original stuff, but mostly simple melodies. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Why, I know that, she thought, listening, smiling, to the faint melody; we used to play that game; I remember that. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Before bebop, the solos bore some resemblance - at least as they began - to the song’s original melody and they also adhered to its key-family and chordal logic. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The melody notes are usually the highest notes, with the harmony supporting underneath. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Schulwerk uses the native language, sounds, timbres, rhythms, melodies, and tonal material surrounding the child, particularly in its folk music repertoire. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The melody instruments in a dixieland band are also generally playing independent parts, giving this genre its "busy" sound. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Her high, trilling voice gave life to a wistful melody. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

And through that silence, like the sweetest melody, I hear my name called out. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Indian classical forms more than make up for an absence of harmony with highly complex and intricate melodies and rhythms. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

He listened, enchanted, forgetting, for the moment, all but the soaring melody. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“I can’t. I don’t know the melody well enough. I sing harmony, remember?” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Nathan began to hum the Move melody and belted out the words as best he could between deep inhales. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Before the war, I'd be able to hear the music from halfway down the block, first a melody played by my mother and then a student's plodding, clunky version a few seconds later. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Do you hear that? It’s your song, child. The magic in your blood, it sings such a strong melody. Can you hear my magic as well?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The fiddler came from this or that plantation, the banjo man from another state: Every day the musicians in the dormitories shared the melodies from their regions and the body of music grew. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I knew the words and melodies of hundreds of songs—a symphony exploding inside my head with no one to hear it but me. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

To her, it sounded like melody and harmony. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Bouncing melodies back and forth between them like brightly colored balls. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He hummed a melody I didn’t recognize; it sounded like a lullaby. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I knew the melody and I joined in, hesitantly at first, then strongly, swaying back and forth. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The port band sent soldiers off with “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy,” “Carolina in My Mind,” “La Marseillaise”—the melodies of a hundred different hearts and hometowns. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Then he played a slow, mournful melody on it, concentrating hard, biting his lip, leaning over the instrument and moving his shoulders with the rhythm. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

What if the spout opened and closed when the steam came out, so it would become a mouth, and it could whistle pretty melodies, or do Shakespeare, or just crack up with me? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He stood still enchanted, while the sweet syllables of the elvish song fell like clear jewels of blended word and melody. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

A fiddler played the latest melodies by the fountain as the children and their friends diverted themselves with hide-and-seek and hunt the ring. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He played a ballad, then a light, quick drinking song, then a slow, sad melody in a language that I didn’t recognize but suspected might be Yllish. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The melodies are good, but the arrangements are not really meant for the piano, but for singing. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Overhead, the electronic track momentarily shifts to a different melody, as if it had hit a glitch. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Haydn taught the world, apparently effortlessly, how to organise and develop melody in such a way that a piece of fifteen or twenty minutes would sound unified. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

First of all, the melodic line of a piece of music is the string of notes that make up the melody. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

And because the need was great and the desire was great, the little secret melody of the pearl that might be was stronger this morning. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out of sheer boredom I have come up with names for the musicians I imagine performing each of the Muzak melodies I am forced to listen to every time I work at Awkworth & Ames. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

One such technique is his use of fragments of melody, or rhythm, or harmony, as calling cards of a character, a place, an idea, an object or a memory. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

A soft, tinkling melody rose from the far end of the room, where a figure in white clothes sat hunched over an old wooden piano. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

One may also speak of "leaps" in the melody. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Millions of people around the world had fallen in love with this musical, but I squirmed in my seat, trying to rise above the inexplicable torment I felt every time the melody repeated. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He drove south from King City over the county road, through the gathering forces of spring, and the meadowlarks flew ahead, bubbling melody from the fence wires. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It would bring me great pleasure to hear those songs yet again. I find their melodies to be the prettiest of all,” said Darkness. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It was impossible to distinguish the words or melody. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sand and its caresses, the conch and its melody would be there forever as well. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Her voice was like a melody, her hair like spun gold. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The haunting melody, with its simple drone, still echoes among the rough wooden benches and tables. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Figure 6.21: In the top line, the melody is written out in concert pitch; on the second line it has been transposed to be read by an alto saxophone. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The point of adding a drone to a chant melody was that new combinations of notes were created as the melody line moved closer or further away from the drone. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Many melodies are an interesting, fairly balanced mixture of conjunct and disjunct motion. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

And now the villagers were choosing partners, forming lines, and moving in time to the cheerful melody. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

String a series of notes together, one after the other, and you have a melody. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“Ah, yes. Fancy the effect upon his melodies, laboring with his muse there so much closer both to Hell and the ruddy forge of Vulcan.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I teach him a bird whistle -not a melody like Rue's but a simple two-note whistle -which we can use to communicate that we're all right. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

One of the other violists plays a solemn melody on Papa's viola. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Then from his sack he took out a music pipe—a recorder, he called it—and began to play the same melody, after which he sang the verse again. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

And to Kino the secret melody of the maybe pearl broke clear and beautiful, rich and warm and lovely, glowing and gloating and triumphant. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

To think of the magic he could have worked in her room with his voice, a voice that gave a different flavor to every word, made every sentence a melody! Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Partner songs are slightly more challenging to sing in that they use different melodies. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Something else emerges in Mozart, though, beyond the sublime melodies, that Haydn’s music does not anticipate. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

When he had heard enough to memorize the melody, Chester joined in. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The choir lurched and stumbled somewhere near the proper melody. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

We really did not need the music, though, because his voice was melody enough. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The real news. evenings, as we lay on our cots, we sometimes tried to sing a few Hasidic melodies. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You sure? My brain’s still gonna remember all my songs, all my music, all my melodies?” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The flute went up into regions beyond the hearing range and even there it carried its unbelievable melody. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

This may explain why Mozart's music is so full of catchy melodies. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

With a mournful melody, it tells of a rabbi teaching the Hebrew alphabet to his young students, just the way I was learning those letters in heder. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Even though he couldn’t understand the song, Nathan enjoyed the melody. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Once I heard her humming a pretty melody in her room, some Korean folk song, but as I walked toward her doorway to hear it better she stopped immediately, and I never heard it again. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lyrics meant nothing to him, either, but the melody was enough. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Rhythms can relate to the melody or text from a piece of music. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Figure 2.2: A melody may show conjuct motion, with small changes in pitch from one note to the next, or disjunct motion, with large leaps. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

A butterfly flitted around one of the chimes, playing a sweet, simple melody. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“Do you have everything that you need, Aisling?” asked the woman, her voice rippling like the notes of a halfforgotten melody. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was humming to himself, some melody I knew but couldn’t quite place, and his hands trembled slightly as he worked. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She launched into some high, squeaky melody and Stick and I glanced at each other. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

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

The music had gone out of Kino’s head, but now, thinly, slowly, the melody of the morning, the music of evil, of the enemy sounded, but it was faint and weak. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan started to hum the melody for the Change song and then sang a few words, but the ice did not respond at all when Nathan instructed the water to melt. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Divide the group in half and have half sing “Ram Sam Sam” while the other half sings the melody. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

It was impossible not to respond to the familiar, soothing melody. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He continued to teach me more melodies, and once, I juggled while he played. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Many melodies are a mixture of conjunct and disjunct motion. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

They sang as they worked, sometimes in harmony, sometimes all singing melody. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She nods my way for me to begin the melody. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Indian classical music, for example, does not contain harmony, but only the three textures of a melody, rhythm, and a drone. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes and began to hum the melody of the Change song. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Kira listened to the Singer’s voice as he sang the serene melody of plentiful harvests and celebratory feasting. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why had he given the showy song to Betty Jean and a strange thin melody to Caroline? Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

We need to grasp a melody and a drum beat or steady pulse in order to make sense of what we are hearing. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Descants are also a type of harmony, but are instead placed above the melody. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The shades of the windows were drawn but light shone through them, and from somewhere in the house a faint melody seeped out and was lost in the wind. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put the beautifully curved instrument on his shoulder, barely touched the strings, and a long, lovely melody filled the air. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Melody is a particularly easy concept to convey to children, since attention to a piece of music is naturally drawn to the melody. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The words didn’t matter, only the melody, only the soothing rhythm. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In tonal music, just about any melody is allowed, as long as it fits into the harmonies as they wander away from and then head back to their home base. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Any familiar song can be used to teach two parts, such as taking a simple melody and adding a vocal ostinato. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

A few feet away snuggled into her bedroll, Koffi slept, and the sounds of the jungle formed a melody he almost liked. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

But some melodies don't imply any harmony; they are not meant to be played with harmony, and don't need it to be legitimate music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Infants can also differentiate between sounds as well as recognize different melodies. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

He started to hum, and she recognized a recurrent melody from part of the Song. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

You can also describe the shape of a melody verbally. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Hearing Rahim Khan speak Ali’s name was like finding an old dusty music box that hadn’t been opened in years; the melody began to play immediately: Who did you eat today, Babalu? The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Chances are that you will hear some interesting lines, even little pieces of melody, that are completely different from the part you normally hear. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

These were all major chords in a revolutionary melody that most Virginians knew by heart. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Using a combined approach, begin by having the melody group sing the melody, while the ostinati groups come in one at a time using speech only. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

They woke to warblers singing, making melody with a red and black woodpecker that tapped a beat on the trunk of a tree. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like a scale, each mode also has a home note, where the melody is expected to end. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“It’s pretty easy. You open the synthesizer and record a melody. Then you add background chords and harmonies. And then you mix in other instruments.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I play the rondeau again, and I am Amelia, fifth-grade trombonist, harmony to Madge’s melody, a mouse with a megaphone, shouting, I AM HERE! Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

It might be made up of rhythm only, or of a melody line with chordal accompaniment, or many interweaving melodies. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

We heard the piano start up in the parlor, a limpid, haunting melody; Harry had been pressed into playing for our visitors. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Daddy just drummed his fingers on the steering wheel, over and over again, tapping out some melody I couldn’t hear. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she tired of these melodies she improvised on the songs of her childhood. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she awoke, there was a melody in her head she could not identify or re6all ever hearing before. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The music sounded impromptu, full of hundreds of interweaving melodies with almost no harmonies. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Molly can hear the voice of the woman on the other end of the line, a tinny melody. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Stamitz’s music is at best agreeable, but he does demonstrate an important first step in the process of creating proportion from basic melodies. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Nixon sat at the piano in the family quarters and played a few melodies, including one he’d written specially for Pat before they were married. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Everything he said seemed to be spoken to an unheard melody. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Modal melodies, revivalist spirituals, the call-and-response or ‘holler’ songs of African slaves: all of these went into the mixing pot of the early Blues. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The first thing that children will want to do is play a steady beat on the drum and create a melody. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Dufay builds an identifiable melody, nestled among harmonious chords that lead along the arc of a phrase towards a satisfying cadence. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The development approach involved taking small cells of melody or rhythm, or both, and making up a whole discourse from them over a twenty- or thirty-minute period of growth. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The melody is sad, but hearing it fills me with hope. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

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

"Simultaneous" means the melodies are happening at the same time. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Mami hummed softly, the yellow and orange flowers of her dress blending into the greenness: a miraculous garden with legs and arms and a melody. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Aural transmission also enhances brain function since memorization is essential, along with mental mapping of melodies and rhythms. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

For more advanced groups, try dividing into three parts, with the melody in one part and sung ostinati in the other groups. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Mostly Madam slept late, wrote letters, and picked out melodies on a badly tuned spinet. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hits play, and a thumping bass with some piano melodies on top fills the room. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

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

She liked the way the melody held its notes and lingered over its phrases. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somewhere inside, I didn’t want the melody to end. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Below are some more concepts that are associated with melody. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Around the grove, every satyr took up the song—an eerie melody, like a creek flowing over stones. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Although you may not always hear the key, and the melody may stray from the key, it always returns back to the key. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

If you have trouble, remove the lyrics and hum the melody. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

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

And the melody was different from anything she had ever heard before. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The flattening of the third and seventh notches on the scale is consistent with centuries-old African melody modes, memories of which had clearly not been lost among the children and grandchildren of slaves. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Margaret sang a pretty, wordless melody in her high voice; her natural squeakiness sounded conveniently like the scratch of a fiddle. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Yet the sound blending with the melody seemed to shape itself in their thought into words which they only partly understood. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

But even without text, the phrases in a melody can be very clear. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

His system was an iteration of an earlier attempt at transcribing melody, and it is worth tracing the journey from the wholly aural approach to the written-down approach. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Composers of the mid- to late-eighteenth century limited themselves to a small choice of chords partly as a reaction to the harmonic style of their predecessors, but also to emphasise the primacy of the melody. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

And this change of attitude and mood is audible in the musical style of the period, particularly within the harmony that supported melody. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

It was precisely the way a clever violinist would have used his bow; and the music came pouring out and filled the whole blue sky around them with magic melodies. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

He heard it and the words were even more enticing than the melody, at least to a Greek. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The melody lifts me even though it is blue and slow, like the mourning dove’s call that Dad and I heard once. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Power chords of love dropped me to my knees, spiraled into rhythm and melody, exploded in a fearless white crescendo. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

And in the end, Harold’s imperfect audio system happened to be the last note in the melody of coincidences that changed my life. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

In a round, everyone sings the same melody, but they start singing it at different times. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Finally, the bearded piano dude finished his melody with wobbly, dying chords. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

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

In one more verse, surely they will have captured the melody, as it’s simple and repeats four times with little variation. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

They were singing some melody that Pilate was leading. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I played around with melodies but never thought anything was worth writing down. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I stopped playing, the half-finished melody still running through my head. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In Cuban son, however, the melody is elastic in the other direction: it anticipates the main beat. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Just being able to recognize whether a melody goes up or down is a big step, and an important auditory-cognitive process for children to undergo. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

A mode often also has a formula that the melody usually uses to arrive at the ending note. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I heard the music and the beats, the chords and the melody. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

But the melody of a piece of music isn't just any string of notes. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

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

“Years ago, there used to be a church within earshot that would play melodies on the bells,” Lena said. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

One can picture a line that goes up steeply when the melody suddenly jumps to a much higher note, or that goes down slowly when the melody gently falls. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

We have already witnessed the early-sixteenth-century shift in the position occupied by the principal melody in a piece of four- or three-part vocal music, moving from the middle of the texture to the top. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

When her father put the receiver down, Mary Anne, whispering a tuneless half-remembered melody, thumbed through the telephone directory, and with her pen, marked the number of the Ravenel Air Station’s Officers’ Club. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

This tends to change the rules for using and developing melodies, so the terms used to talk about contrapuntal melodies are different, too. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

It was a tinkling little melody, and in a few moments it stopped. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

To Taran’s ear, the melody had its own words, weaving a supple thread among the rising notes. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

He cradled the instrument in one arm and, almost before his fingers touched the strings, a gentle melody, as beautiful as the curve of the harp itself, lifted like a voice singing without words. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

The sun slanted low in the sky, and behind her there began a sweet, disturbing melody. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

It is to do with where the melody sits. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Princesse wanted to paint the sound that came out of the shell, a moan like a call to a distant ship, an SOS with a dissonant melody. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Eyes that looked worried grew soft and peaceful, tongues left off chattering, and ears full of the city’s rustling were rested by the cricket’s melody. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scattered noises of gossip and hip-hop rhymes battle it out against the melody Mrs. Waltons playing on the piano. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

For ten minutes they hummed the melody over and over. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The music begins with its joyful melody, starting soft, getting louder and louder. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Their musicians blew horns, and even from this height, he could hear their elegant melodies. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Even in such a voice, the verses touched me: “I am the words, thou the melody; I the seed, thou the bearer; the heaven I, the earth thou.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

In most well-written homophony, the parts that are not melody may still have a lot of melodic interest. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“Only in your mind. Don’t hum the melody or whisper the verse. You and those around you will live longer,” Wind Being said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

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

I let the melody carry me and move my feet and sway my body. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Music sounded in Doc’s ears, a high thin piercingly sweet flute carrying a melody he could never remember, and against this, a pounding surf-like wood-wind section. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I let the melody bleed into my skin. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

But now, though her voice was still sweet, I found in its melody an indescribable sadness. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

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

Moving in time with the melody, they entered the circle that had opened to admit them as Claire watched from where she and Alys stood at the edge. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The melody was adorned in equal measure by the harshness of tone and a dismal, languorous mistuning with which I plagued all but the uneasy cadences. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Obviously, there is no counterpoint if there is no melody at all. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Her golden dress makes a tiny tinkling melody when she moves. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Like the other slaves, she made up the words and the melody of most of the songs that she sang, never singing them exactly the same way. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hearing my name in his voice, in that melody, made me feel taut inside. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The melody of this song was deeper and much slower than the first song. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

My head bounced along to her upbeat melody as I found my own rhythm to folding and stuffing envelopes. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

This was the music they had all come to hear, a melody that plucked at their feet and fingers. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Even if different people are singing or playing different parts, it is not necessarily considered counterpoint if the parts are not independent enough, or if one of the parts is very clearly a dominating melody. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The air was continuously alive with gay synthetic melodies. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, melodies don't always divide into clear, separated phrases. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the melody, Chacko raised his voice over the chocolate sound. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first half was instrumental, with only a horn playing the melody, and then a woman started singing along in the second half. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

For example, when you sing a melody by itself, you may be able to "hear" in your mind the chords that usually go with it. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

He was three tents down from me and he sometimes hummed melodies of songs I had never heard until he fell asleep. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Once again, the tinkling melody of two bangles filled the hut. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

This is one of the things that keeps a melody interesting. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Gradually, melodies would enter, Kira recalled; some slow, soaring lyrical phrases, followed by other harsher phrases with a quick pulsating beat. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Simple melodies are passed back and forth between the violins in playful repetition, rather like the push and pull of a pendulum. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

There is the buzzing of bees and the melody of songbirds in the trees. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

In a round, everyone contributes equally in terms of melody. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Its first prelude is now very well known - and incidentally made up entirely of a chord sequence, no melody, exactly as Bach’s hero Vivaldi might have done. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The minuet is in C, but the melody is a little too low for a flute46 , and the bassoonist would also be more comfortable playing higher. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

This round, which is about the arrival of summer, actually has two “melodic ostinati,” which are known as “grounds,” at the end, which can be sung along with the melody. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

He felt alone and unprotected, and scraping crickets and shrilling tree frogs and croaking toads seemed to be carrying the melody of evil. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bebop defied these conventions on several layers: solos increasingly drifted away from the chord sequence and even the key-family of the original song, and they habitually veered off from the given song melody, too. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

And then we stopped talking for a while as Adam strummed an unfamiliar melody. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A single bagpipes or accordion player playing a melody with drones or chords. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Out on the platform a street musician played a teary Slavic melody on an accordion. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I remember Mr. Red Leg’s story like a favorite melody. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When singing harmony, one voice usually has the melody and is dominant, while the harmony parts take a “back seat” so to speak. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Figure 2.3: This melody has four phrases, one for each sentence of the text. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

But all of these terms refer to two or more independent, simultaneous melodies. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

When the melody rose, her voice broke up sweetly, following it, in a way contralto voices have, and each change tipped out a little of her warm human magic upon the air. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

The electric melody built up in my fingertips, and when I couldn’t hold it in any longer, I let out a whisper. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Indeed, there was fine melody; indeed, there was counterpoint well worked; the dances were the very type of grace and elegance; but I little relished them. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

To attack the melody without the burden of providing one of the sole comforts of their slave village. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The third time Pond sang, Nathan hummed the melody and picked up more words here and there. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

And as though she too could hear the Song of Evil, she fought it, singing softly the melody of the family, of the safety and warmth and wholeness of the family. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so we would sometimes hum melodies evoking the gentle waters of the Jordan River and the majestic sanctity of Jerusalem. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The music of the pearl was triumphant in Kino’s head, and the quiet melody of the family underlay it, and they wove themselves into the soft padding of sandaled feet in the dust. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's the notes that catch your ear as you listen; the line that sounds most important is the melody. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I run my fingers over hair-paste pots, letting the tiny clicking melody of their lids soothe my fears. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He took the harmonica out of his pocket and played the beginning of a simple melody. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

The melody is sweet and thunderous and intoxicating all at once. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I hear voices in the living room—a chorus of them, in fact, joined by occasional bursts of laughter and a faint melody plucked on an instrument, a banjo or a guitar. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

This time it tinkled its way faintly through the little melody three times before it faded. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

From commercial music—pop and rock to jazz, from folk songs to national songs, religious and holiday songs, and multicultural music—children hear the rhythms, melodies, and harmonies that make up their musical environment. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Tonight the singing had come first, squeaking out of the iron bed, a man singing in Spanish, the melody of a familiar love song, two words again and again, “Y volvere. ” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He shook off his nerves and began by humming the melody. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Their melodies were bland in comparison to those of the colored musicians she’d heard, on Randall and off, but the townspeople enjoyed the denatured rhythms. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Even the simplest melody became a full concert—like a music video—when Angel danced to it. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A melody that rises and falls slowly, with only small pitch changes between one note and the next, is conjunct. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

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

To keep track of the Reich’s racial, social, and political enemies, I had put the Führer’s list to melody. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Divide the class into four equal parts, one group chanting and clapping the “melody” rhythm and the other three chanting and clapping the ostinati. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The Zimbabwean game song “Sorida” contains a melody accompanied by body percussion and hand clapping in pairs of partners. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Examining rhythm and melody processing in young children using fMRI. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

She would answer to her real name, the way her brother Montez said it, the way her long-gone sisters had: Magdalys with that y drawn out long and sharp eeeees, like a melody. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

When a falconer fed his bird, he stroked her with one of her own feathers, often accompanying the feeding and stroking with a scrap of melody: always the same song. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

And before the thunder followed, in a pause while wind and rain held back for one brief moment, she thought she heard, fading in the distance, the tinkling little melody of the music box. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Phrase-by-phrase teaching is best when the song is longer or has a lot of lyrics or complex melodies. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Next time you are listening to your favorite song or your favorite piece of music, don't hum along with the melody. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Similar to a round, everyone contributes a melody. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

As the name implies, atonal music treats all notes and harmonies as equal and in fact tries to avoid melodies and harmonies that will make the piece sound tonal. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

His heart beat out a heavy rhythm and the melody of the maybe pearl shrilled in his ears. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gingerly, with one hand, she tapped out a simple, slow melody on the higher keys. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I would lift my ears to the sounds of the festive melodies playing loudly in the background and the noises of crowds of white people having fun and cheering one another in contests. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

However, “Sir Savien” was a ballad, and the vocal part was a counter melody that ran against the timing of the lute. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A love song for the wife, a joyful melody for the kids, all of it backed up by the steady beat of a man marching to make a living. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The dress folds release a tiny melody each time I move. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

At nine o'clock, one morning late in July Gatsby's gorgeous car lurched up the rocky drive to my door and gave out a burst of melody from its three noted horn. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

In half an hour, he had a whole song pulled together: words, melody, and chords. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

A melodic phrase is a group of notes that make sense together and express a definite melodic "idea," but it takes more than one phrase to make a complete melody. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

In Cuban son it is not just the melody, whether played on a trumpet or sung, that pushes ahead, but also the bass line. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The flattening of these degrees - that is, the slight lowering in pitch - betrays the origin of Blues melodies in older, modal key-families. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

How do you spot a phrase in a melody? Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Their eyes closed, the choir members were chanting compulsively, lost in their melody. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he turned and disappeared down the shadowy road, and as he went he whistled, very softly, the tinkling little melody from the wood. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bayou birds' morning melody, floating through the room. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I work hard at it, always trying to find the right melodies and harmonies. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The melody of preparation hides my footsteps: clinking glass, the jingle of silver cutlery, the clack of porcelain dishes, the grunts and whispers of the servants. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Depending on your interests, you may also want to spend time creating pleasing chord progressions by choosing chords from the correct key that will complement a melody that you know. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Listen to the first strain of Scott Joplin's "The Easy Winners" to see if you can hear four phrases in the melody. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Attention is naturally drawn to high notes, so a part that is higher than the melody is sometimes given a special name such as "descant." Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

For example, the melody for “A Tisket, A Tasket” looks like this, with lines 1, 2, and 4 being basically the same. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

You follow the sound of a flute into a hidden corner, the hypnotic melody beckoning you closer. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A piano fades in with a slow melody. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Another set of useful terms describe how quickly a melody goes up and down. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

On and on until the notes blended into a melody, a melody so compelling that Shirley and the Señora began to sway from side to side and sing along. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

I almost recognized the melody, but I could not be sure; it slipped like a cool and silken wind from my grasp. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Remember, only one or two sounds should be played at a time, with a lots of silence in between, no harmony or melody or steady pulse should emerge. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

At first the beauty of the melodies and of the interwoven words in elven-tongues, even though he understood them little, held him in a spell, as soon as he began to attend to them. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

We would laugh together when we heard him plucking it and whining out old Japanese melodies. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

These small pieces of melody will appear again and again in a piece of music, sometimes exactly the same and sometimes changed. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

In a round, all of the voices are singing the same melody but at slightly different times, and in a partner song each part is singing a different melody. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

To change this, he promoted simplified harmonies that made the melody the most prominent aspect of the music, and downgraded the importance of the other vocal parts to support the melody. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The boys’ voices carried the melody up and down, simply but with the richness that is in no other singing. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mentally sang my melody while performing my other duties. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Notice that the syncopated notes in the melody come on the second and fourth quarters of the beat, essentially alternating with the strong eighth-note pattern laid down in the accompaniment. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The words were like a little melody singing to her off the pages. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The meal was over, and the men began to sway slowly, in unison with the melody. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

After starting his classmates in song, the young man stepped off his chair and joined them in performing a heartbreaking melody with tremendous care and precision. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

A song’s range concerns all of the notes in a song from lowest to highest, while the tessitura concerns the part of the register that contains the most tones of that melody. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

He’d begin to whistle “Begin the Beguine” warbling the melody to evoke a clarinet’s vibrato and fingering the air. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

An ice cream van drove into the street, and with it a tinkling melody. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Children are introduced to key musical elements such as meter, dynamics, rhythms, tempo, duration, melody, form, phrase, and pitch. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

One evening, camped at the edge of a deep wood, Tristran heard something he had never heard before: a beautiful melody, plangent and strange. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The grandfather clock tolled the hour, chiming three times after the introductory melody. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

There were, for example, one hundred and fifty psalms in the standard church repertoire, all of which had their own melodies. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

But his worrying muddied his concentration to the point where he couldn’t even remember the melody. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She heard his words like a melody and she felt herself breathing unevenly, gulping at the air. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

On the first and last repetition, the melody is played or sung, and soloists improvise during the other repetitions. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

These are among the most ear-catching elements, along with rhythm and melody. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Another mockingjay, a young one by the look of it, lands on a branch before me and bursts out Rue's melody. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The thrush in my backyard sings down his nose in meditative, liquid runs of melody, over and over again, and I have the strongest impression that he does this for his own pleasure. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The harsh cicada seemed to take up its melody, and the twittering tree frogs called little phrases of it. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is written in four parts with the melody in the soprano part, in a range slightly too high for untrained singers. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Music lived in the words now, the melody asserting itself as each child took their turn, bold and confident. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

There’s a string quartet on this track that makes my hair stand on end, and some of the melodies and harmonies are so rich, my eyes literally prickle with tears. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

As the melody progresses, the pitches may go up or down slowly or quickly. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

There are some common terms used in discussions of melody that you may find it useful to know. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The melody is very simple, containing only four pitches and a fair amount of repetition. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Yet when he was young he used to play the mandolin, and he knew the words and the melody of every current song. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Instead, I marched through the passageways of the ship chanting my melody. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Rhythm occurs in a melody, in the accompaniment, and uses combinations of short and long durations to create patterns and entire compositions. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Similarly, neumes were there to give some indication of whether the note of the melody went up or down on any given word, and they were certainly a step in the right direction. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

And my music has a new last melody like a bird song in the night.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Chester picked out the different melodies and chirped them along with the orchestra. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

A good example is the song “One Bottle of Pop” in which three separate melodies work well together. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The second section, a variation on the melody of "Home, Sweet Home," was nearly as fine. Cheers for Gruberova as "Anna" at age 64 2011-02-20T13:01:09Z

But because I had just left a show in which the line between song and speech had been thoroughly dissolved, my ears were suddenly tuned into previously unheard melodies lurking in human conversation. ArtsBeat: Nothing Rings True Like Authenticity 2011-07-26T18:21:23Z

In Mr. Clark’s version a solo tenor — the fine Michael Slattery — moves smoothly from graceful melody to recitative, from speech to commanding drama, as the spirit of the Twain text evolves. Music Review: Manhattan Chamber Orchestra at Symphony Space 2012-06-28T21:08:15Z

Though full of lush orchestral writing and alluring, long-spun melodies, this score of nearly an hour can come across as padded and aimless. 2010-01-09T01:00:00Z

With a few exceptions — like one full-fledged anthem in Wednesday’s set, “Let Me Back In,” also from the new album — the pieces are not song structures with melodies and accompaniment, verses and choruses. Music Review: Guitar Rock, Stretched on the Canvas of a Big Stage 2011-04-07T21:56:34Z

Its stepwise melody and fervent strumming was accompanied by the instrumentalists stomping their feet to the beat. Review: Joyce DiDonato’s ‘Eden’ Takes Root at Carnegie Hall 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z

But these are more than just splashes of colour: this is a garden that unfolds its melody in great gestures and allows you to peer up close at its drama. Gardens: a riot of colour on the Emerald Isle 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z

Many of the songs run along similar grooves, relying on laid-back melodies that gradually expand into soaring climaxes. Review: ‘Tuck Everlasting’ Swaps Out the Circle of Life for an Eternally Unspooling Ribbon 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z

Neither cynical nor angry, this song, with its minor-key melody, is a profoundly sad expression of cosmic resignation. Music Review: Ute Lemper in Cabaret at 54 Below 2013-08-16T21:25:50Z

But hearing Dylan prod the melodies and finesse the rhythms allows them to be reanalyzed with the Talmudic scrutiny they deserve. Review: Bob Dylan’s The Cutting Edge Bootleg Series 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

Built around a melody that drags Tubular Bells into a cackling Mittel-European whirlwind, Suspiria is a demonic assault that only the stone deaf could fail to notice. From Goblin to Morricone: the art of horror movie music 2011-08-18T22:00:02Z

I just want to keep my heart open and hope that a nice strong melody and something simple and real will emerge. How Steve Martin and Edie Brickell Forged a Partnership 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z

It was a brisk show, but with many eyes closed in reverie at the familiar melodies and lyrics, it was – as ever – evident how nimble the Stones’ songwriting was. ArtsBeat: Music Review - Rolling Stones 'Hot Rocks' Tribute at Carnegie Hall 2012-03-14T09:34:51Z

“Voicenotes” is a confident, impressive pop album, with ironclad melodies and frisky takes on 1980s funk and 1990s soul. Charlie Puth Got Famous. Then He Got Good. 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z

Far the best thing in it, I thought, was its last movement, a wordless melody matching Morgan Smith’s almost unearthly vocal delicacy with Gray’s magically disembodied cello sound. Heggie and Scheer at their best for Music of Remembrance | Classical review 2013-05-15T17:54:19Z

Later, as his voice plummeted down to a near-monotone bass register, he used the voices of women — as angels, consorts, muses, ghosts — to provide melodies around him. An Appraisal: Leonard Cohen, Master of Meanings and Incantatory Verse 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z

Four loud speakers on a tall pole on a grassy hill broadcast cheerful keyboard melodies. Art Review: ‘Light and Landscape’ at Storm King Art Center 2012-09-20T21:27:58Z

She displayed a lovely tone in the operatic melodies of No. 21. Music Review: Rachel Barton Pine Performs at Rockefeller University 2012-03-22T21:02:22Z

“The most beautiful violin melody soars in the soundtrack” for a wedding scene, Mr. Jackiw writes, but “the ceremony is interrupted by a body falling from an overlooking balcony — an inconveniently timed mob hit.” Review: Russian National Orchestra Plays Borodin and Prokofiev 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z

A melody will strike, the words will come and she’ll repeat the whole thing until it’s ready to be laid down as a demo. Sinead O’Connor is still in one piece 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z

And a dark melody of loss threads its way through this volume. Review: ‘M Train,’ Patti Smith on All the Roads She Has Taken 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z

In one piece, he mimicked the cadences of a stock-market report on Chinese television, tracing its notes and rhythms, then improvising melodies on top of those notes and embellishing the sequence with chords. This Kennedy Center director is making performance art out of jazz. Can he bring fans along? 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z

Mona aren't a studio band, they're a live band whose songs feature pounding drums, ringing guitars, propulsive bass lines and two-part melodies: the teasing verse and the explosive chorus. New band of the day ? No 836: Mona 2010-07-29T16:00:00Z

But the evening belonged to Ms. Buck, who sang beautifully in the plush melodies at the start and adapted expertly to increasing angularity and high-flying acrobatics as Proserpina’s plight grew dire. Music: Emmanuel Villaume to Leave Spoleto Festival USA 2010-06-01T23:00:00Z

The spectrum of color and dynamics from his bow remains a thing of wonder, and the way he vocalizes a melody through a variety of fingering slides is still an instantly recognizable signature. Phillips’s Music Room bursts at the seams for recital by Lynn Harrell 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z

Interesting song though, if lacking in a memorable melody. Readers recommend: Songs about shoes 2010-04-08T23:01:00Z

He keeps the core melody and remakes all the rest. New Music: New Music From Miguel Zen?n and Red Hot Chili Peppers 2011-08-29T22:37:58Z

From the gruesome, sweary brawls to the softer elegies, Transgender Dysphoria Bluescomes wrapped in some of the best melodies Grace has penned to date. Transgender Punk Music from Against Me! Is Honest, Impressive 2014-01-22T16:52:52Z

It happens most frequently in the summer, when we’re outdoors, exposing ourselves to unsolicited melodies at the park, on the beach, in the streets. There is no song of the summer 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z

A lot of the music within the film, and I don't mean the soundtrack, I mean the actual visual melody, is in seeing that footage. Ken Burns on his latest, "Muhammad Ali": "What's so interesting is what an avatar of love he was" 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z

In the piece “All Hail Elasticity,” Mr. Mitchell showed the strengths of this arrangement, with a capricious melody reinforced with thorny cross talk. Music Review: Matt Mitchell, With Trio, at Greenwich House 2012-08-10T21:26:44Z

“Lift” brings an expansive melody to a foreboding consolation — “This is the place it won’t ever hurt again” — with environmental omens: “the smell of air conditioning/the fish are belly up.” On ‘OK Computer,’ Radiohead Saw the Future: Ours 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z

The craggy melody of “Anti Heroes” supersedes a lissome groove; “Lost Song” gathers density as it rolls on. Music: Jazz Records Inspired by Paul Motian 2011-12-04T04:03:06Z

Over spare orchestration, the pipa plays a slow and simple melody inspired by a 1,200-year-old Chinese tune. Review: Yo-Yo Ma and Wu Man Play With Cinematic Sweep 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z

This time, Marshall decided she was in the mood for a melody. Cat Power Shines on Sun 2012-09-07T12:00:25Z

And with “Bombshell,” Cocker and Gonzales re-create Jean Harlow’s portentous honeymoon, beginning with the sound of leaky bathtub spigot, followed by a somber drip-drop piano melody. Perspective | A hotel room more interesting than the cosmos: In praise of the downsized concept album 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z

The clouds opened up and the sun came in through the dirty bus windows as everyone raised their hands and started waving them and singing this melody. We Asked Some Musicians to Pick Their Favorite Songs of All-Time 2011-10-26T13:25:58Z

Yet in “Forgetful Heart,” Mr. Dylan cleared much of the rasp from his voice to croon the song, sustaining the melody as the lyrics detailed deep loneliness. A Review of Bob Dylan at the Beacon Theater 2014-11-29T05:00:00Z

Ms. Harvey’s luminous soprano was well cast in the pastoral passages as well as in the gently lilting melody of “How beautiful are the feet.” Music Review: New York Philharmonic’s ‘Messiah’ at Avery Fisher Hall 2013-12-19T23:38:51Z

He does this on the up-tempo minor swing of “Resolution” and “Pursuance,” blowing the melodies in strong, controlled gusts, in sync with the multilevel machinery of Jones’s swing feel. What a Rare, Live ‘A Love Supreme’ Reveals About John Coltrane 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z

And the climax, in classic Savall style, was a playful, gently swaying improvisation on a Renaissance “canario” dance melody, building into flurries of notes frizzling off Mr. Savall’s tiny treble viol. A Musical Handshake Spanning Centuries: Venice in New York 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z

“Little by little there was a note here, a line here, a melody here that would pop into my head and drive me nuts,” White said. John Paul White finds peace at home after Civil Wars breakup 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z

This motif appears in two of the Chinese melodies on the Guinness box. Classical: Puccini Opera Echoes a Music Box at the Morris Museum 2012-06-17T01:03:03Z

“My deep connection to the voice and melody — which I think a lot of composers are afraid of — is something I can present sincerely.” Rufus Wainwright’s First Opera Was ‘a Nightmare.’ He’s Trying Again. 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z

The slow middle movement was especially alluring, with a violin-and-flute duo playing a contemplative melody over a drone of bass clarinet and cello, with high tinkling piano sounds above. Music Review: MoMA Summergarden Series Opens With Contemporary Works 2013-07-08T20:52:46Z

The always popular Hollywood Night will feature melodies from several Oscar-winning films. In Transit: Prague Festival Promises Classical and Jazz 2011-06-16T10:00:59Z

“Roulette” digs deeper into pulsating synth-pop melodies and “Bye Baby” is built around the funky disco flourishes currently in vogue. Despite murky origins, 'DK3' captures Danity Kane's essence 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z

Klein, an Argentine-born big band leader famous for his interleaved, cyclical melodies, was a teacher and mentor to Sánchez in the 2000s, when he was living in Barcelona; she would travel from Madrid for lessons. Marta Sánchez Finds Beauty in Loss With a Refreshed Quintet 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z

Nothing is resolved in “Let’s Find an Out” — not the chords, not the melody, not the situation. The Playlist: Kanye West’s Breakout Star 070 Shake, and 10 More New Songs 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z

And the choir sang melodies that lay in some part of the dense original work, their words based on the titles and the ideas therein, their voices arranged into simple harmonies. Music Review: Reggie Workman and Eric Reed at Rose Theater - Review 2011-10-30T22:55:47Z

For the program, he tackled works by Beethoven and Debussy that, in their day, turned the musical world 360 degrees in visionary dimensions of harmony, melody and structure. Pianist Brian Ganz’s fresh take on Debussy, Beethoven

“She doesn’t have to fumble over the melody or how she wants to phrase them.” 54 Albums Later, Connie Smith’s Defiant Heart Has Plenty to Say 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z

Sometimes the thrill is in hearing the band waver between melody and noise, such as on Lies Lies Lies, where goth roots ever so slightly peak through and Pizzaro's voice acquires a Siouxsie-ish stridency. New band of the day – No 1,284: Chains of Love 2012-06-08T08:00:03Z

She, angry that he must return to work, takes his melody and mimics every note, strings dripping with black irony until she pushes him to the edge of violence. Daniel Kramer: Carmen, I've cracked you 2011-01-12T21:31:00Z

In the opening andante, a tender, songful melody is spun over a rippling accompaniment. Music Critics? Picks for Chopin Bicentennial 2010-05-27T21:03:00Z

In each new country, Mr. Brubeck mingled with musicians, absorbing local rhythms and melodies. Jazz legend Dave Brubeck dies at 91 2012-12-06T03:26:03Z

To be fair, that was billed as only one of his selling points, the other being his way with a soulful melody, which is actually pretty spot on. New music: James Blake ? I Only Know (What I Know Now) 2010-09-28T14:20:00Z

The songs are eerie and convoluted, with usual melodies and fluctuating meters, meant to capture the patterns in natural phenomena like those of gravity, lunar cycles, DNA and crystals. ArtsBeat Blog: Bjork Bringing 'Biophilia' to New York 2012-01-06T21:36:58Z

Jazz — with its complicated rhythms, surprising harmonies and gear-shifting melodies — was a huge influence on Thompson’s creative process. Review | Bob Thompson died young, but his colorful jazz- and Old Master-inspired paintings speak to the ages 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z

A later congressional librarian believed it was a military tune of obscure origins; others attributed it to Samuel Arnold, who had published a volume of Anacreontic melodies. ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ Has Changed a Lot in 200 Years 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z

For his part Messiaen believed that it was impossible to find “in any human music, however inspired, melodies and rhythms that have the sovereign liberty of bird song.” At Mostly Mozart, a Menagerie of Bird-Related Works 2012-08-03T18:26:47Z

Its musical materials seem almost intentionally ordinary, with a crisp opening theme that leads to a nothing-special melody over a rippling accompaniment. Music Review: Leif Ove Andsnes at Carnegie Hall, Part of a 19-City Tour 2014-03-20T23:37:04Z

The focus is on atmosphere rather than hooks or lead melodies. REVIEW: Kendrick Lamar's 'To Pimp a Butterfly' 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z

Accompanied by a plaintive cello melody, the scene is easily overplayed. An Unassuming Prince Dons the Velvet Cloak at Ballet Theater 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z

“They learn the story, they tell the story, and if they don’t tell the story right, people are not going to like it no matter what the melody is.” Kay Starr, Hillbilly Singer With Crossover Appeal, Dies at 94 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z

On a windy Southern beach Orville and Wilbur Wright pore over physics statistics to a disjointed melody, their progress confounded by problems of equilibrium. | 'Take Flight': Musical About Early Aviators at McCarter Theater 2010-05-23T22:45:00Z

Later, polyphony became increasingly common – when two, three or four voices would each sing different melodies, adding to the complexity of the sound. Who invented music? The search for stone flutes, clay whistles and the dawn of song 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z

They mix Latin grooves with great melody lines, sparkling keyboards and the heritage of early-90s strident indie guitars. February's best music from across the MAP 2013-02-15T09:17:22Z

However, this was only a harmonization of an inputted melody that sounded like Bach. How a team of musicologists and computer scientists completed Beethoven’s unfinished 10th Symphony 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z

The evocation had more to do with the layering of slender, imploring melodies over sparse, zephyrlike rhythms. Music Review: Manu Katch??s Balletic Drumming at Highline Ballroom 2010-07-02T20:39:00Z

Eventually this trembling note "breaks" into a single line, one of those ecstatic, luxuriantly decorated melodies that would become his trademark. Jonathan Harvey obituary 2012-12-05T21:16:32Z

Harrison’s voice, hovering midway between song and prayer chant, oozes over the melody like melted cheese. From the Archives: The Original Review of ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z

It’s very hard to write a simple melody.’ ” Marvin Hamlisch, Composer, Dies at 68 2012-08-07T20:00:07Z

The second half is a friendlier, more familiar Sabzi, one we recognize from previous Blue Scholars songs: sappy major chord progression, ecstatic pitch-tweaked synthesizer melody. Download this: "John DeLorean" by Seattle's Blue Scholars 2011-04-20T17:34:06Z

Surprise: voices sing “ahh!” as if breaking a seal, and the grandest, most emotional melody of the whole record begins in earnest. Review: ‘Dumb Flesh,’ From Blanck Mass 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z

Occasionally, wisps of melody are emitted from the winds, too light to follow. Review: A Guest Conductor Reveals the Philharmonic’s Potential 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z

But the show and its appealing cast are at their best when the focus is on individual artists who feel alone, even among their own, and hear uncommon melodies that no one else hears. Theater Review: ‘February House,’ at the Public Theater 2012-05-23T02:00:01Z

The narratives are mostly little private moments, and the melodies are mostly slow-rolling—arranged acoustically, with quiet, empty spaces everywhere. Tanya Tucker’s New Album Might Be the Best of Her Long, Underrated Career 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z

Bregovic deflects these complaints with a mixture of frankness – "everyone starts from existing melodies ... composing is kleptomaniac work" – and dismissal – "this is just gossip". Goran Bregovic: 'I want to remind people what Gypsy culture's given' 2013-03-08T08:00:04Z

Perhaps the most complicated I ever mechanised was the Indian banjo, a long box with two sets of strings, some for melody, some for a drone. Pierre Bastien: the man who makes Meccano sing 2010-10-18T22:13:00Z

And a melody line almost embarrassingly languorous and lovely and filled with longing. Top 10 Tunes You Think You Know (But Really Don?t) 2011-11-16T10:00:23Z

The result of their effortless efforts is a ten-track album comprised of gentle folksy songs with soaring melodies. "It Was Meant to Happen": Alecia Moore and Dallas Green Team Up for You+Me 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z

But there is a sense that the melody, heard or unheard, never really stops. ‘The Keep Going Song’ Review: The Music of Faith Under Quarantine 2020-08-17T04:00:00Z

The album also reflects Kurstin's increasing sophistication as a record maker, with stronger melodies and more inventive arrangements than on the Bird and the Bee's previous efforts. The Bird and the Bee is here to play with 'Recreational Love' 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z

Nevertheless, the surging quality of Strayhorn's melody lines and the yearning character of his chord changes established "A Christmas Surprise" as a significant piece, conceived as both hymn and prayer. 'A Christmas Surprise' from Tammy McCann, thanks to Billy Strayhorn 2010-12-19T13:24:00Z

Words, concepts and images that pervade his work have become commonplace signifiers in contemporary discourse: Valhalla, Liebestod, Valkyrie, Gesamtkunstwerk, Flying Dutchman, Nibelung, Brünnhilde, Götterdämmerung, Siegfried, Leitmotiv, endless melody, to name just a few. From George Eliot to Neo-Nazi Skinheads: The Chaotic Cult of Richard Wagner 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z

They ask us to release control, to resist the desire to fully understand music — to linger in the experience of melody, feeling and sound, even if we can’t quite grasp its meaning. Tirzah’s Genre-Less Pop Embraces the Beauty of Uncertainty 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z

Instead of scolding her clique for getting wasted on beer and Xanax, Eilish retreated to the loneliest corner of her brain, turning her internal monologue into a trickle of jazzy melody. Review | This is what Billie Eilish sounds like in real life 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z

With their chicken-scratch guitars, sharply etched melodies and upbeat tone, many tracks conflate the best moves from the classic R&B production factories of the '70s and '80s: Motown, Muscle Shoals, Paisley Park. Review: Pharrell Williams keeps it light with 'G I R L' 2014-03-03T16:24:00Z

Inspired by Italo Calvino's "Invisible Cities," it's a meditation on the journey of Marco Polo, filled with gorgeous melodies, strange timbres and lush harmonies. A list of must-hear CDs from Amy Denio 2010-04-02T21:47:00Z

After a short, dramatic silence, the opening melody returns, or so it seems. Anthony Tommasini’s Interactive Quest for Surprises 2014-02-28T15:50:53Z

Though it quotes the ballad in neither melody nor text, it follows the story’s contours with a painterly precision. Post-Minimalism and Folk Ballads Fuel a Composer 2011-02-01T22:00:25Z

Now that Ms. O’Leary has reunited some words and melodies, perhaps these reverent songs can circulate further. For New Holiday Albums, It Takes All Kinds 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z

The first movement, Allegro non troppo, begins with a wistful, ambling melody that leads into episodes of discovery and development. Music Review: Utrecht String Quartet at the Frick Collection 2013-01-22T23:00:32Z

The songful melody of the Beethoven sonata’s second movement unfolded beautifully. Music Review: Intense Communication, via the Piano 2011-02-14T04:43:16Z

The metamorphoses didn’t stop when the melodies began. | The Antlers: Strumming Off This Mortal Coil 2009-12-17T05:48:00Z

A section recalling American folk songs, all pentatonic melody and bare string drones in perfect fifths, referred to the public castigation of Mapplethorpe’s work by then-Sen. Review | In three parts, an artistic reexamination of Robert Mapplethorpe 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z

I was relieved to hear melodies again in songs. Composer Frank Wildhorn bridges pop and Broadway 2013-04-11T12:18:09Z

Crooning melodies and sweet pop hooks were Reznor’s major sonic crimes against 1980s industrial music. Nine Inch Nails: a human scream in Reagan’s postindustrial America 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z

Ruthanna is out of the business and well pleased to be past the “desire to pour her heart out into a melody.” Dolly Parton, James Patterson — in words and music 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z

It wasn’t that I thought of the song upon waking; rather, the melody in my head woke me. 2010-01-15T21:13:00Z

From the coaxing riff of the opening Phase Dance, through a fast account of the romantically wistful James, and on to the timeless synthed-harmonica melody of Are You Going With Me?, Pat Metheny Group 2010-07-14T21:00:00Z

The melodies were unassuming, shaped with restraint, never pointed; sometimes the players dropped any attempt at expression, distilling the music to its harmonic essence almost as if it were a precursor to minimalism. Prom 7: Belcea Quartet ? review 2011-07-20T09:57:37Z

Beginning with a loud purr of press rolls on the snare, rhythmically suggestive of a revving engine, it conveyed momentum without tempo, melody without key. 2010-02-15T01:06:00Z

Every Night I Dress Up As You intimates all manner of private sorrows, and manages the perfect balance of rhythm, melody and vocal. New band of the day ? No 1,067: Outfit 2011-07-21T16:31:39Z

No one really cared enough to listen to how carefully he constructed lyrics, or how he developed counterpoint guitar lines and melodies that shifted throughout a song. Greg Kot: Music behind myths of Bob Dylan, Robert Johnson 2011-05-03T18:47:25Z

As Mr. Olivera suavely handled its melody, the horns played sly modal asides, later bursting into riotous, gleeful polyphony. Music Review: Eddie Palmieri’s Retrospective at Jazz at Lincoln Center 2012-12-17T05:06:51Z

The relentless assault moves from rowboat to unicycle to biplane, each blast timed to the spirited melody of Ponchielli’s “Dance of the Hours.” Bugs Bunny Is Back, and So Is the ‘Looney Tunes’ Mayhem 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z

The typical approach began with a rhythmic pattern or an atmospheric sound, well suited to both piano and koto, then added melody or smooth improvisation or lush harmonies. Piano and koto meet in 'Strings and Serpents' 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z

“We were really able to go off of each other’s melodies and lyrical ideas because he’s just more than capable,” she said. John Legend and the musical superheroes behind his new album 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z

Following a short solo ballad, in which his inflection sounded a lot like Jack White’s, he elevated the proceedings with a raucous call-and-response rock melody. Arcade Fire sideman Will Butler moves to front with solo show 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z

Jerome Kern, who practically invented the 20th century pop ballad, provided the churning, majestic melody to Oscar Hammerstein II’s lyrics. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z

She’s justifying the role of bassist as bandleader, starting the tunes, pushing the band, delivering clean, strong rhythm and melody. New Music: New Albums by John Mayer, Haley Reinhart and Linda Oh 2012-05-21T22:24:29Z

This writing began as songs — grooves, melodies, shouts and moans. Laurie Anderson Needs Your Help Finding an Image From Balzac 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z

Some of the gentler additions to the work are wonderful, like a gorgeous melody, reminiscent of gamelan, that Mr. Young has titled “Blues for Eurydice.” Six Hours and 24 Minutes Later, a Minimalism Classic Is Back 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z

A humble melody gradually coalesced from the vaporous call-and-response of Ms. Springer’s feathery strokes and the guitarist James Moore’s bowed one-note drone. Critic?s Notebook: Robert Ashley?s Legacy Assessed 2011-11-08T23:29:40Z

Clean-cut melodies, too much repetition and restrained vocals lead us into "Old Mad Joy." Lady Antebellum leads fall album releases 2011-09-13T00:40:46Z

He fed simple melodies and rhythms into an oscillator, then listened and responded as the machine turned the phrases into patterns, rich with analog detail and, somehow, the free-flowing feeling of a conversation. Kanye West Dips a Toe in the Moment, and 10 More New Songs 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z

The hooks, the insistent melodies were more abundant on “Nostalgia, Ultra.” Album review: Frank Ocean, 'Channel Orange' 2012-07-13T16:35:00Z

The gorgeous melody, which Waller co-wrote with Harry Brooks, also throbs with pain, a poignant evocation of life in an America still striving to live up to its potential. Fats Waller says he 'Ain't Misbehavin',' but the party's going strong at La Mirada Theatre 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z

All of Berlin was whistling Weill’s melodies, and lines for tickets wound around the block. ‘The Threepenny Opera,’ Without the ‘Cabaret’ Clichés 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z

Prince Siegfried is nowhere to be seen; this Swan Queen is barefoot and bald; and as Tchaikovsky’s plaintive violin melody begins, her movements incorporate balletic sweep and the grounded, hip-shaking, stamping notes of African dance. Dada Masilo Turns Tchaikovsky on His Head in ‘Swan Lake’ 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z

The audio on the clips provides rhythm and melody, following a technique that Steve Reich pioneered. Is it news or entertainment? The fuzziness of modern life gets operatic in JacobTV's 'The News' 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z

Oh, yeah, and it’s all in French — but with melodies as good as Budet’s, who needs to understand what she’s saying? The 7 Most Underrated Pop Albums of 2014 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z

My most visceral response to it is prompted by nothing visual: Many of its melodies affect me so powerfully that it’s hard for me to sit still, even when nobody is moving onstage. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Prince Igor’ Aims to Integrate Movement and Storytelling 2014-03-07T23:01:11Z

Stravinsky used elements from multiple Tchaikovsky scores; this finale dwells on the desolate melody of the song “None but the lonely heart.” How Balanchine Turns a Fairy Story Into Tragedy 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z

I’m always trying to make my melodies as direct as possible. Dev Hynes: New York’s Last Bohemian on the City and His New Album 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z

The work is a tour de force for soprano — in this case, Heather Buck — positively awash in lyricism: for at least half of its 45-minute length, limpid, flowing Straussian melody. Music: Emmanuel Villaume to Leave Spoleto Festival USA 2010-06-01T23:00:00Z

Franklin: I love the melodies, and I find that without even knowing who the composer is, I seem to gravitate to Puccini melodies. Aretha Franklin does "own thing" with new album 2010-03-19T21:54:00Z

The original melody occurs only in the chorus of Katie Moss's version – the 'fiddle, cello, big bass drum' part. Cornish Floral Dance: a fuzzy custom 2011-07-07T21:00:02Z

“There is no question about the melodies,” Evans Mirageas, the Cincinnati Opera’s artistic director, said of “The Wall.” An Opera Inspired by Pink Floyd Will Get Its United States Premiere 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z

And a song that allows you to do that, with a great beat and a great melody, it will always be huge if it’s able to get people to get up and dance. Jason Derulo: Meghan Trainor 'Insisted' on Singing My Name 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z

As we watched from bleachers, a man dressed as a border guard hammered out an eerie melody on an electric xylophone. Each summer, theater fans descend on an unspoiled Dutch island 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z

“I walk around singing some of Bob’s melodies all the time,” he said. A Black Composer’s Intense Opera Gets a Rare Staging 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z

Shaham, one of our sunniest violinists, entered accordingly with a singing melody on his highest string, and brought abundant warmth throughout. Review: An Orchestra Offers a Novel View of Music History 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z

I immersed myself in their music and learned we’re not just talking about pretty melodies and poetical moments. ‘Smokey Joe’s‘ pays tribute to rock classics 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z

The current anthem was adopted in 1981 and replaced a previous version sung to the same melody as Britain's anthem "God Save the Queen", causing confusion at sporting events. Contest to scrap 'too solemn' Swiss anthem gets 200 entries 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z

But the melody in African music is what I loved above all. The Very Best: The Swedish-African connection 2012-08-09T17:15:00Z

Distilled to essences of expression, the two-minute pieces displayed tolling bells, shards of melody and silence. Review | With fleet fingers, pianist Dénes Várjon brings German classics to life 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z

It quickly gained a following – not only for its pop melodies and indie R&B production, but also for its ability to tackle issues not often discussed in pop with such boldness. Frank Ocean and the courage to come out 2012-07-04T17:03:00Z

This was a competent but not entirely persuasive interpretation of the sonata, whose balance of melody and accompaniment represented a new development in Beethoven’s musical language. Music Review: Chamber Music Society Completes a Beethoven Project 2010-05-16T21:44:00Z

The sounds he produces are less about melodies and more about moods. Pull it together, take it apart: How Steve Roden makes a soundscape 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z

Or are these strikes the result of our everyone-is-a-star culture, in which these characters’ world is so saturated with bands and lyrics and melodies that, Xenie reflects, “the music didn’t sound like anything” any longer? A New Novel Asks, What Is More Powerful, a Microphone or a Gun? 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z

Some of them might be quite nice — Kitt’s melodies are never uninteresting — if they could just be sung through. Review: In ‘Almost Famous,’ the Heart of Rock ’n’ Roll Flatlines 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z

The group's finer ballads – Yellow, Fix You – also triumph here, Martin's expert lachrymose melodies and vaguely emotive lyrics enough to spark grand cathartic singalongs, enough to sweep even cynics up in the communal moment. Coldplay – review 2012-06-03T17:00:01Z

She’s setting aside the high notes, trading orchestral backups for layers of electric and synthetic instruments, and relying on what’s in the tracks — melodies, hooks, interpretations — rather than some image campaign or YouTube stunt. Ren?e Fleming, Opera Star, Tries a Rock Album. 2010-05-31T21:58:00Z

At the end, it lingers with unaccompanied voices carrying a keening melody: a mother’s lament, perhaps, for her daughter’s imminent trials. The Playlist: Sade’s Haunting Lullaby, and 11 More New Songs 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z

Perhaps Mr. Bishop was leaving the dissonance to Mr. Dorji, whose guitar solos rejected melody in favor of texture and envelopment. Sir Richard Bishop Offers Solos at the Issue Project Room 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z

For the melody and some of the lyrics, Mr. Dylan borrowed from an early 20th-century folk song called “Down on Penny’s Farm.” Bob Dylan’s New York: A Playlist 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z

Her austere piano ballad, with Mr. West’s voice computer-tuned into a melody, gives way to a dirge driven by repeated hornlike notes. Music Review: ‘Yeezus,’ Kanye West’s Raw and Jolting New Album 2013-06-16T18:25:47Z

No matter how lovely the melodies and gripping the dynamics, their work is destined for minority appeal, which might explain the sparse crowd. The Hidden Cameras | Pop review 2010-03-18T21:30:00Z

It’s an album of ballads, some of them extraordinarily slow, built around Björk’s declamatory melodies; there are verses and choruses in there. Björk’s ‘Vulnicura,’ From Deep Within 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z

String-band instruments and modal Appalachian melodies are at the core of New Reveille’s music, but there’s nothing old-fashioned about the perspective of its songs. The Playlist: Thom Yorke’s Chilling Ballad, and 13 More New Songs 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z

It's just that he tends to couch those melodies in hiss and crackle, the sort of clicks and cuts you might have heard on a Mille Plateaux release from 2002. New band of the day ? No 1,273: Two Inch Punch 2012-05-18T11:27:00Z

Rhythms are delicious, melodies charming, sonorities sensuous, and the structure absurd: it seems to contain about 20 codas. Dance Review: New York City Ballet?s Architecture of Dance 2010-04-30T23:01:00Z

But Shattuck gradually turns the focus on herself as the melody opens up to allow for some old-fashioned rock 'n' roll innocence. Maturity and the Muffs don't seem to mix well 2014-08-02T04:00:00Z

Elsewhere on Patchwork Girlfriend, the melody dissolves into controlled discord before returning, while the Swedish song Flippen is an exercise in rapid-fire mandolin and fiddle work. Punch Brothers: Who's Feeling Young Now? ? review 2012-02-09T22:42:01Z

Modal melodies and intricate guitar-picking linked him to folk songs and blues. New Music: The Dude Sings 2011-08-15T22:07:21Z

It's his fourth and, without doubt, his best, lifting the psychedelic smog of his previous work to reveal magnetic melodies, warm textures and a lyric sheet smeared with dark humor. Rocker Kurt Vile ? yes, that's his real last name 2011-04-23T00:53:26Z

After the initial rising statement, the melodies go in quite different directions: Korngold’s winds downward to the tonic note, while Williams’s insists on the triplet rhythm and leaps up a minor seventh. Listening to “Star Wars” 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z

Soon her breathy girlish voice was filling the vaulted space with surrealist poetry and nocturnal lament, set against melodies that ranged from lounge jazz to acoustic ballads to Latin rhythms to rock to waltzes. The French Alps Sans Skis 2011-02-25T21:55:11Z

So woven into these melodies is a the difficulties of living in a black body in a white society. Dev Hynes: New York’s Last Bohemian on the City and His New Album 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z

He surrounds his loops of glimmering keyboard and guitar with cathedral-size reverberation, and he sings sustained melodies somewhere between plainsong and slow-motion Beach Boys. The Week Ahead: Oct. 2 ? 8 2011-09-30T17:17:58Z

I learned so much about music by playing this little, miniature songwriting machine, especially about melody. Eddie Vedder's ukulele holiday from Pearl Jam 2011-05-11T04:31:08Z

There is something a little suspect about the melody, which seems deceptively simple. Anthony Tommasini’s Interactive Quest for Surprises 2014-02-28T15:50:53Z

Maybe five times in my whole life have I sat down and a song was pretty much there — idea, melody, riff. Joan Jett: ‘My Lot in Life Is to Battle’ 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z

The plot devices are standard issue — the meddling maid, the fainting spell, the complications and happy ending — but Donizetti’s melodies gleam at moments like the first-act duet for Isabella and Camillo, and Isabella’s closing showpiece. Music Review: ‘Olivo e Pasquale,’ From Amore Opera, at Connelly Theater 2012-11-05T22:32:50Z

The tunes stay within stylistic boundaries, neatly placing their hooks and melodies and sometimes, as in “Evidence,” methodically working up its guitars to scrabble and blare. Music Review: Growing Older With Less Empathy 2010-10-15T22:59:00Z

“The analogue timbres and subtleties of the melodies were incredible,” he wrote in an email. ‘Was It a Lost Psych-Funk Classic?’ It’s Khruangbin, Right Now 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z

In “Same Stare, Different Thought,” almost icy, almost classical, there’s no bass or drums at all; after that piece comes “Home,” with the album’s deepest melodies and most soulful performances. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2011-02-14T23:38:13Z

AM 'I'm definitely more of a throwback to melodies and harmonies … I'm an old soul, I suppose.' UK dance music is back – and this time it's going pop 2013-06-20T17:20:06Z

Good call: Scheuer’s melodies may not be quite as irresistible as Simon’s best, but Scheuer’s delivery is equally frank and generous. The one-man musical 'The Lion' leaps to the L.A. stage with songs of regret and hope 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z

“I just started to listen to music differently,” he said, searching beneath the lyrics, “the melody and the energy — there were other things buried in there.” How Zane Lowe Became Pop’s Unofficial Therapist 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z

Then it selects riffs and melodies and starts to fit them together. Metallica, Still Thrashing but Comfortably Adult 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z

Students of all melody instruments, and particularly those who play the tin whistle and uilleann pipes, will learn slides, scoops and more in this three-hour session. Spare Times for Dec. 2-8 2011-12-01T22:14:03Z

Mr. Thielemans was also an accomplished guitarist and a first-rate jazz whistler — he often played his most famous composition, “Bluesette,” on the guitar while whistling the melody one octave higher. ‘Toots’ Thielemans, master of the jazz harmonica, dies at 94 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z

He did several things at once, singing in grunts and high precise wails, working bits of melody and middle-register guitar cries into the music without breaking the flow of the chord riffs. Music Review: The Truths That Only Repetition Reveals 2011-07-13T21:39:49Z

In the Tetzlaff’s vivid performance this music was passionately lyrical, with echoes of medieval marches, courtly dances and folk melodies. Music Review: Yesterday?s Shocks, Sounding Lyrical Today 2011-04-12T23:56:11Z

The idea is for a show that strings Lee’s existing melodies together, as in Twyla Tharp’s handling of Billy Joel’s songs for “Movin’ Out.” Does the road to Broadway pass through Beijing?  2017-09-19T04:00:00Z

One of Philadelphia’s brightest new hip-hop stars, this 28-year-old artist comes from a city steeped in a battle rap tradition that rewards sharp rhymes and quick wit, but he is just as nimble with melody. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z

I'm Ginger Rogers - he leads the dance and I write lyrics, I write melodies. A Minute With: Lin-Manuel Miranda on 'Moana' and 'Mary Poppins' 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z

After a chiming fanfare, it captures perfectly, in hesitant melody, the delicate balance of a high-wire act. Toy-Box Trio creates a lilting, lurching soundtrack to a carnivalesque world 2010-06-11T19:45:00Z

The melody lands on unexpected notes, and the cluster chords that support it are spiked with piercing dissonance. Music Review | Yannick N?zet-S?guin: Youthful Intensity, Onstage and in the Program 2010-02-19T04:51:00Z

The opening title track sets the tone with a melody reminiscent of Wainwright’s classic “California”, easy, comparatively languid vocals lulling the listener back to a familiar place. Rufus Wainwright's Out of the Game: The Experimental Singer-Songwriter Goes Mainstream 2012-05-02T10:45:07Z

Yet between these passages is also astonishing beauty, even the sublime: rending melodies fit for lullabies, ethereal humming that hovers delicately, like a visiting spirit. The Unsingable Music That Stumped a Diva 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z

The resulting compositions are full of knotty rhythms and disjunct melodies, sounding at times entirely alien. Making Milton Babbitt’s Legacy Less Fearsome 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z

In the early 1970s, Frito-Lay hijacked a beloved mariachi melody to sell corn chips, while mariachi music and pageantry are threaded through the recent Pixar movie “Coco,” which was nominated for two Academy Awards. Why mariachi music matters in the age of Trump 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z

“My only recourse was to seek out those who could still recall the vocal traditions from which the instrumental flute melodies are derived.” Kevin Locke, Who Worked to Preserve Lakota Culture, Dies at 68 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z

There were elastic time signatures and flowing keyboard melodies, but there were also plenty of meandering flute solos. Greg Kot: Gil Scott-Heron, the essential recordings 2011-05-29T16:14:00Z

What it didn’t offer was lyrical melodies, classic song forms or easy-to-grasp solos. 50 Years On, the Art Ensemble of Chicago Is Still Transforming 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z

His current LP The Secret makes the union explicit: he's getting into a swamp rock groove, but keeping his fabulous vocal melodies in the foreground. This week's new live music 2012-02-11T00:05:00Z

The grain of his voice and his folky sense of melody still hold together all of the songs’ odd machinations. Bruce Hornsby’s New Album Is Complex and Untrendy. That’s Why It’s So Good. 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z

On M∆tilda the melody creeps up on you, "creepy" being the operative word for such oddly unnerving music. New band of the day – Alt-J (No 1,275) 2012-05-24T15:26:10Z

His influence is explicit in Ligeti's early Concerto Românesc, a playful homage that emulates Bartók's use of folk melodies and playing styles. SCO/Elts 2010-05-05T21:00:00Z

Inside the space of each line, each melody, they persevere. Perspective | Album of the year is the Grammy that nobody deserves to win 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z

“The King Is Dead,” instead, is a collection of self-contained songs, and they rely on acoustic guitars and rootsy, neo-Celtic melodies. The Week Ahead: Jan. 23 ? 29 2011-01-21T16:42:50Z

But even over the chiming melody of the latter, she sounds like she’s ready to defend her turf at all costs. Lydia Loveless 'Somewhere Else' review 2014-02-25T18:57:00Z

Though the British guitar band called it quits in 1996, the thick layers of distortion and washes of melodies it made during its mid-1990s prime are likely still echoing somewhere in the galaxy. Ride's 'OX4,' Erol Alkan's 'Fabriclive 77' in Coachella groove 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z

The result is an exhilarating sound that incorporates intricate Indian melodies into a disorientating wall of noise. Scene and heard: Indie in India 2010-10-05T11:53:00Z

I’d believe that, like George Harrison, Smith copied the melody unconsciously. The 2015 Grammys and Keeping It Real 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z

Debuted in Munich last month, the promising Feel California opens with a warm vocal melody about ease and sunshine, and an unassuming backing. Frank Ocean – review 2013-07-13T23:05:30Z

From the overture — the harmonies for the brass instruments playing quietly, the sweeping, rainbowlike melody for the strings — it was evident that this would be a singularly vivid account. New York City Ballet Is in Limbo, but in Bloom 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z

He played expressive lyric melodies with creamy ease. It's an old-school night at the Hollywood Bowl with Stravinsky and Joshua Bell 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z

Often he seems to embody several layers of the music at once: meter, melody, harmony. Too Many Cooks at American Ballet Theater? 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z

The California native will bring her tour, The Acoustic Sessions, to the Paramount stage for a night of soothing, relatable pop melodies. Seattle-area music and nightlife events, March 8-14: Noname, Tori Kelly and more 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z

“I’m gonna get back in that bag, talk about my feelings,” he said, then closed his eyes and found the melody. A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie Modernizes New York Hip-Hop 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z

Cabell’s honeyed soprano proved better suited to Bellini’s rich melodies than to even middle-period Verdi, and she and Lindsey were well scaled to each other, although she sometimes seemed a touch mannered in comparison. Lindsey, Portillo shine in Washington Concert Opera’s “I Capuleti e i Montecchi”

But music will always appeal to a dumber part of us than politics do—rhythms and melodies sound the same to nihilist immigrants in New York and to Tea Party precursors in Los Angeles. Polarized Punks 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z

“Bridges” sinks quickly with any nick to its delicate souls and exquisite melodies. Review | Susan Derry brings polish to Keegan’s ‘Bridges of Madison County’ 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z

Their chief concern was groove, often in a deep, gluey cadence that opened plenty of space for melody. Music Review: Derrick Hodge and Aaron Parks at 92YTriBeCa - Review 2011-10-28T23:42:57Z

The “sand dance” is performed to a synthesized rendition of Van Morrison’s “Moondance,” with the melody played on what sounds like the pan flute setting of a cheap Casio keyboard. Dancing is Tapman’s strength, but production values are his Kryptonite

Hailing a group of mathematically-precise young explorers of tricky contemporary beats, who like making polyphonic in which the melodies simultaneously move to different grooves, hardly warrants holding the front page. Dave Manington's Riff Raff: Hullabaloo – review 2013-01-24T23:30:01Z

Some of the melodies — played by a four-man band on Joseph B. Musumeci Jr.’s set of a shabby cabaret — are quite pleasing, such as the tune for the ensemble number, “Pluck Down the Stars.” ‘Nero/Pseudo’ by WSC Avant Bard fiddles away its glam-rock musical potential

The flutist augmented her melodies with a dramatic sweep in her dynamics and a powerful rhythmic lilt. Flutes are for ‘cloud and angel music’? Jamie Baum doesn’t think so. 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z

Most of the eight selected melodies were fairly easy to sight-read. Make Music Winter Brings Music Outdoors 2011-12-22T23:27:08Z

“The words being vaguely dark was kind of cutting the sweetness of the melody,” he said. Red snow? A most unexpected modern standard for the holidays 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z

The band’s true commitment is to counterpoint: to putting interlocking melody at every level of a song. On ‘The New Abnormal,’ the Strokes Flip Nostalgia Toward the Future 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z

And there is another undiscussed problem, having to do with the way meter shapes melody. ‘Don Carlo’ or ‘Don Carlos’? Verdi Comes to the Met in French 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z

DiDonato’s vibrato, which oscillates so quickly it seems to effervesce, is built for highly ornamented Baroque melodies. Review: Joyce DiDonato’s ‘Eden’ Takes Root at Carnegie Hall 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z

“Heave, oh, heave away, heave,” they chant near the beginning of the opera, to a haunting melody that echoes throughout Ms. Denis’s “Beau Travail.” Critic’s Notebook: Britten’s ‘Billy Budd’ Has the Gay Closet as Its Subtext 2012-07-03T21:36:04Z

At the end of “Infra,” a gentle pas de deux to Mr. Richter’s plaintive string melodies, the piece seems to offer some kind of resolve through its tender, fragile human connections. Dance: Joffrey Ballet Takes on Wayne McGregor?s ?Infra? 2012-02-12T15:31:06Z

He still devises songs with melodies that hop around all over the place, meshed with precisely picked guitar counterpoint that also ricochets across the stereo channels. Dirty Projectors Find Love in Dystopian Times on ‘Lamp Lit Prose’ 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z

In their arrangement of music from the surrealist “Dodes’ka-den,” Coba spun out a melody before his colleagues joined him in a more exuberant section. Music Review: Movies as a Form of Music 2010-12-19T22:31:25Z

Sundfør's biog says her new album, The Silicone, is not as dark and cold, but has "melodies that hint of warmth and fullness". There's more music like The Bridge theme lurking in the Norwegian woods 2012-05-24T12:55:27Z

The melody is woven through the body of the musical, and the full hymn is sung during the epilogue and reprised at the curtain call, at which point audiences often stand and join in. The Cast of ‘Amazing Grace’ Grapples With Slavery 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z

Meanwhile, “Audium,” a sonic experience held in a specially built theater in the Lower Pacific Heights, engages differently with the melody of water. Arts: ?Audium? and ?The Wave Organ?: The Sounds of Art 2010-03-28T02:41:00Z

“It’s like I’m crying through the melody for people who are already in heaven,” she said. Ukrainian opera singer in Japan prays for peace in melody 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z

He shaped the languid, meandering melodies with patience and prodigious breath control. Martin Frost at the Mostly Mozart Festival 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z

There’s a point where the melody blossoms into something new, like a clearing in the clouds, and the timing of that moment just happened naturally while we were jamming it down. A Word With: Boards of Canada: ‘Tomorrow’s Harvest,’ by Boards of Canada 2013-06-11T21:13:07Z

These later bands were, and remain, easily parodied, offering a combination of flamboyant melodies, furious percussion, and teen-age screams. The Rise of Emo Nostalgia 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z

“I looked at the lyric and, before I could stifle the thought, the melody appeared in my head,” Mr. Costello wrote in an email. Johnny Cash’s Poems Get a Second Life as Songs 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z

Ms. O’Connor didn’t improvise much with phrasing or melody, and she tended to find the single note she could hold fast to and repeat many times in a single line, with various degrees of force. Music Review: Sinead O’Connor in ‘Gospel Sessions’ at Lincoln Center 2013-07-28T21:36:14Z

You began to long for some crunching chords or a really emphatic melody. Music Review: David Fray and Lionel Bringuier at Mostly Mozart 2010-08-08T22:08:00Z

The melody of the line intensifies with the angle of vision. Poem of the week: Departed by Grahame Davies 2012-07-09T13:24:37Z

She can't recall many details of the day – she was on a highway in Virginia, and this was some time in 2004, maybe 2005 – but she remembers the words and melody exactly. Anais Mitchell: Greece is the word 2011-01-13T22:22:01Z

Of course, this is referring to the melody and dance routines, not the lyrics themselves. Will "The Book of Mormon" save Broadway's soul? 2011-03-25T14:26:00Z

It didn’t have a melody yet, and he started improvising one in a crisp falsetto, his eyes closed. The Teen-Age Hitmaker from Westchester County 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z

“In a way, the subject matter is writing the melody.” Catch Gregory Porter at the Moore on June 17 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z

"I usually write a melody first," she says. Esperanza Spalding plays Paramount Theatre Tuesday 2012-04-23T21:42:04Z

Then and now Mr. Tweedy puts melody first, while his lyrics flicker between the oblique and the candid. Music Review: Wilco at Central Park SummerStage - Review 2011-09-25T22:40:39Z

Perhaps even more than his 90s fare, though, it's delicate and precise, supremely detailed and guided by beautiful, yearning melodies that evolve in slow motion. Some people are on the glitch, they think it's all Oval ? 2010-07-14T15:39:00Z

Then he shaped the melody that unfolds in sighing, descending phrases with elegance and refinement. Review: ‘La Traviata’ Opens a New Era at the Met Opera 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z

Long stretches of her set used just two chords in leisurely alternation and a phrase or two of sustained melody, recurring as the lyrics changed. CMJ 2014: S's Resentment, Odessa's Tranquility 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z

Bissell is cerebral and ruthlessly meticulous, skilled at melding disparate elements — catchy melodies, jagged guitars, complex lyrics, multiple modulations and tempo changes — into infectious rock songs that disguise his torturous process. The 18-Year Wait for New Wrens Music Is Over. Sort Of. 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z

The second movement was gracefully phrased, with first violinist Alexander Pavlovsky ornamenting the melody like an operatic soprano. Despite some weather delays, the Jerusalem Quartet lights up Shriver 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z

Yorke, who was 23 when unknown English band Radiohead released “Creep”, a song that set the template for their tendency to combine gentle melodies with furious rock, turns 50 next month. Thom Yorke follows Radiohead bandmate Greenwood with first film... 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z

In his head he could come up with some great melodies. Robin Gibb dies aged 62 2012-05-21T00:27:34Z

On that track, he manages, almost impossibly, to vary the cadences and subtle melodies in each steadily intensifying song­section. Kendrick Lamar’s Latest Restless Innovation 2016-03-05T05:00:00Z

Lauderdale writes strong melodies, but the songs are often transformed by Hunter's lyrics. Jim Lauderdale: Reason and Rhyme ? review 2011-08-11T21:25:00Z

Copland’s “Fanfare for the Common Man” does not stint on stentorian brasses, but its pealing melody is expansive, even pensive, rather than driving. New York Philharmonic’s Fourth of July Celebration 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z

Bach drew those wildly imaginative and fanciful but spare lines of melody and counterpoint, leaving it to the player to add color. From Christian Tetzlaff, Violin Sonatas and Partitas 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z

On this hallowed ground, they were told, Foster penned the beloved melody. The corrupt nostalgia of “My Old Kentucky Home” 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z

There were delicate wisps of melody, slow passages of deep grief, and a third movement of furious, dangerous-sounding energy as each player attacked the phrases like a swarm of angry bees. Quartet skillfully navigates haunting Shostakovich 2013-07-25T19:23:04Z

The tense formula would falter without her clever melodies anchoring it; her third studio album, “Visions,” is both skittish and stalwart. Pop & Rock Listings for Nov. 13-19 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z

What do you write about?We write about anything with a soaring melody, catchy synths, and obviously, a grand amount of handclaps. Blog jam: Hand Clap Movement 2012-10-01T17:12:22Z

It includes a version of the standard “All the Things You Are”; she comes at it in her all-lines fashion, implying melody and harmony and finally making the tune clear at the end. Critic?s Notebook: Four Young Pianists on the Rise in the Jazz Scene 2011-10-06T22:37:04Z

She plays tolling chords and hesitantly phrased melodies on the piano, while the words hover at the edge of intelligibility. The Playlist: Willie Nelson Is Still Standing, and 10 More New Songs 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z

On break from college, he pulled an all-nighter to whip up a finger-snapping beat and circular bass melody straight from Motown. Booker T. Jones, Soul’s Ultimate Sideman, Takes the Lead at Last 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z

The audience kept applauding until the lilting, sinuous melody was repeated. Review: James Levine and Plácido Domingo, Storming the Met Anew 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z

Over a slow, chiming simple guitar melody, itself atop a secondary arpeggio riff that serves subtly to remind of R.E.M.’s similarly themed “Everybody Hurts,” Garvey likewise urges his subject to stay in there. The genius of Elbow, the band Coldplay wishes it could be 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z

Traditionally performed to the melodies of Indian folk instruments — and to lyrics of love, strength and patriotism — Bhangra is an expression of jubilation. Travel the World Through These Dance Tutorials 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z

They almost go out of their way to avoid the obvious, but eventually the melodies – and the meanings – emerge. New band of the day – Alt-J (No 1,275) 2012-05-24T15:26:10Z

The melodies came eventually, especially in the more compressed encore. Music Review: Abstract and Fluid Jazz 2011-02-10T23:29:00Z

The chorus of one song suddenly pops up in another, or a familiar melody is stripped of its lyrics, transforming it into something haunting — mysterious and intimately known at the same time. Theater Review: ‘What’s It All About?’ at New York Theater Workshop 2013-12-06T03:00:11Z

Superficial boundaries between rhythm and melody cease to exist. Review | Yasmin Williams, a new kind of guitar hero, is listening to the world around her 2021-08-15T04:00:00Z

Mr. Lindberg favors what he calls zigzag melodies, which allow the soloist to cover two layers of harmony at a time. Review: The New York Philharmonic Offers Works by Modern Masters 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z

“I had no idea how the music or the melody should go,” she told The Guardian. Mable John, Soul Singer With a Star-Studded Résumé, Dies at 91 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z

In a nod to Diamond, she said he was "a Brooklyn lad with a gift of melody who grew into a solitary man, `reaching out, touching me.'" Ma, Diamond, Streep receive Kennedy Center Honors 2011-12-05T14:27:10Z

Now they’re back with a new album – “We Can Do Anything”—with the same mix of folky instruments, catchy melodies, and adenoidal vocals as the debut. Gordon Gano defends Lou Reed: “He was the exact opposite of everything that he probably deservedly has a reputation for” 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z

Guthrie could not write musical notation, so the melodies have been lost. Woody Guthrie Gets a Belated Honor in Oklahoma 2011-12-27T23:39:33Z

That is so much deeper than, ‘Oh, that melody is catchy.’ Camilo’s Hemisphere-Spanning Pop 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z

He rejects Chomsky’s theory of a “language organ” in the brain and instead takes up Darwin’s emphasis on prosody — the notion that the melody and rhythms of speech are what move us toward language. Get to Know Your Larynx. Then Make Some Noise. 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z

The harmonically rich “Intermezzo,” an elegiac violin melody, elegantly played here by Mr. Lin, unfolds over low, dissonant rumblings in the piano. Music Review: The Chamber Music Society Presents a Program at Alice Tully Hall 2010-05-05T21:45:00Z

And as music without compositions, improvised melodies and shapes that form slowly, recede and float — one of Mr. Kikuchi’s favorite words — it represents the first public chapter in the new era of his music. Masabumi Kikuchi Finds New Direction With ?Sunrise? 2012-03-25T01:43:04Z

Once again, Celtic-rooted melody carries outsize emotion for Florence Welch in her band’s Record Store Day single, “Sky Full of Song.” The Playlist: Nicki Minaj Is Ready to Rumble, and 11 More New Songs 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z

Not much by way of melody or hook, but it has the punch you expect from this band. Readers recommend: Songs about flowers 2010-06-03T23:01:00Z

Her most commanding songs doubled as tutorials on perseverance in the face of incalculable pain, and even her brightest melodies seemed bruised. American soul survivors: Maxwell and Mary J. Blige in concert 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z

On Friday, the lustrous counterpoint vocal melodies that first established the band’s reputation were once again at the forefront. Concert review: Fleet Foxes at Chicago Theatre 2011-10-01T05:31:00Z

More recent concerns about the story may be more difficult to dismiss with mere melody. When ‘A Little Touch of Star Quality’ Is a Little Too Much 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z

Her powerfully gruff vocals on this track, from their debut album, add just the right amount of melodrama to offset a sparkling melody reminiscent of the Kinks’ “Tired of Waiting for You.” 12 Forgotten Classics by Women-Led New Wave Bands 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z

The rapid, agitated arpeggios and elegant melodies played by violinist Tim Fain, who also performed on the recorded score, justified the endeavor. ‘Moonlight’ screens to live music, packed crowd at downtown L.A.’s Million Dollar Theatre 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z

“Better ideas of mixing, better ideas of melodies — it’s like, get on the train or get off.” John Cale’s Musical Journey Knows No Limits 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z

A track called “Why She Loves” opens with a saxophone prologue in free tempo, slips into a melody played as if on tiptoe and opens up to a trumpet solo with no visible horizon. Review: The Trumpeter Adam O’Farrill Shines in ‘Stranger Days’ 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z

Kapilow, an infectious explainer of how music works, offers close analyses of 16 classics of popular song, dissecting not only what makes the melodies great but why they move us so. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z

Vincenzo Bellini, master of the endless melody, was born on Nov. 3, 1801. Classical Music This Week: ‘Lulu’ and a Museum’s Taste of Schubert 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z

She began picking out melodies on the piano at 4, and a year later her parents, impressed, arranged for her to study classical piano at Vincennes University. 2010-01-30T06:09:00Z

The array of Wilco side projects suggested a study of its component parts: some hazy melody, some shrewd improvisation, a lot of careful texture. Music: Jeff Tweedy and Wilco Build a Festival at Mass MoCA 2010-08-16T22:44:00Z

In this loose-limbed, three-chords-and-a-cloud-of-feedback track, Reed’s voice runs up and down and all around the melody: “One fine mornin’ she puts on a New York station/ She doesn’t believe what she heard at all.” The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z

Her melodies often have the lilt of Celtic ballads and waltzes along with their potential for incantation, carrying a narrative in a repeated phrase. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-02-22T13:57:00Z

The melody starts with a lighthearted effervescence and shifts into a more brooding passage before bouncing back to a lilting sense of resigned surrender. Perspective | There will never be another Stephen Sondheim 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z

It's an eclectic lineup from four musicians who clearly prize melody, transparency, beauty, vigor and/or fun in any music they deliver. Carpe Diem String Quartet takes its music to the people 2010-11-18T02:52:00Z

The feeling of hearing a familiar melody in different surroundings was less like having a religious experience and more like listening to an awful radio station while waiting for the dentist. The Passion review – Jesus Christ turns superstar in live broadcast 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z

His compositions are full of demanding, musicianly convolutions: leaping melodies, meter shifts, mutating chromatic harmonies and dissonances. Music Review: Michael Rother and Hermeto Pascoal at Damrosch Park 2010-08-08T22:13:00Z

Elsewhere on the EP there are gunshots and swear words, rock guitar riffs and melodies that sound as much like emo as they do "soul". New band of the day ? No 1,205: Angel 2012-02-10T09:00:00Z

"Packing your bags at the grocery store gets much more fun if you hum the melody from Tetris." Heard the one about the invasion of the Danish comedians? 2013-02-22T09:55:58Z

A small statue of Po the panda sat on a grand piano, and Lang exhibited his usual showmanship moving from a solemn melody to a high-spirited action cue. China's Lang Lang and Germany's Hans Zimmer come together in America to score 'Ku Fu Panda 3' 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z

The quiet, understated elegance of the piano melodies on this last track are moving; the phrasing is graceful, managing to be understated and specific. Keane Takes a Step Backwards with Strangeland 2012-05-08T10:45:19Z

“When Aretha sings ‘Amazing Grace’ in that church, it’s suddenly not a song anymore, or not really—the melody, the lyrics, they’re rendered mostly meaningless. “The Queen of Soul” (After Charles White’s “Folksinger”), by Kadir Nelson 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z

Eventually more dancers join in; as they take small, mincing steps in unison — spreading out and converging back together — a lyric pokes through the melody: “You are one of those creatures.” Review: Exposing the Heart in a Brutal Dance of Love 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z

"Kama Sutra II" is on some druggy Neptunes vibes — futuristic R&B with distorted melodies and grainy textures. Download this: "Kama Sutra II" by Stevie and Sam 2011-07-28T13:33:07Z

Warwick: I have complete respect for composers who write the melody and want to hear the melody. Dionne Warwick on her new documentary and enduring career: "I am and will always be relevant" 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z

"The ruling appears to go beyond the elements of a song that may be a copyright — primarily melodies and lyrics — and extends to tempo, feel and instrumentation." Brian Wilson, Bonnie McKee and others react to 'Blurred Lines' verdict 2015-03-14T04:00:00Z

Their lush arrangements of guitar, keyboard, viola, other assorted instruments and random sound samples often eschew reliable melodies and vocal harmonies in favor of occasional passages of minimal drone or maximal sonic layerings. November's best music from across the MAP 2012-11-15T09:00:00Z

Mr. Friedman’s limber melodies are the perfect match for his often droll lyrics. Theater Review: ‘The Great Immensity’ Gives Environmentalism Its Own Lyrics 2014-04-25T02:00:01Z

For the rest of the track, the trio-mates sit back heavily in their saddles, jostling and provoking each other and savoring the marriage of backbeat and melody. The Playlist: Ashley McBryde’s Loner’s Lament, and 10 More New Songs 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z

Yet in setting these dark elements to sunny melodies, “The Book of Mormon” achieves something like a miracle. | 'The Book of Mormon' : Missionary Men With Confidence in Sunshine 2011-03-25T02:30:32Z

The songs have Mann’s signature sardonic humor, wry lyrics, moody melodies and powerful emotional resonance. New this week: ‘Finch,’ ABBA and ‘The Harder They Fall’ 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z

Li Huanzhi’s “Spring Festival Overture” sparked off the festivities with a dapper blend of Viennese exuberance and Chinese folk melodies. Review: New York Philharmonic’s Chinese New Year, From Breezy to Languid 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z

The first movement, performed without the exposition repeat, began promisingly, with Wunder’s hesitant reading of the pastoral melody and the famous shuddering trill expressing disquiet and unease. Pianist Ingolf Wunder gets carried away with his fearless approach 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z

Still, the final trio, with its descending melody that includes a Wagner-like musical turn, is a beauty. Opera Review: Caught Between Two Men 2011-02-15T12:00:07Z

But her songs replace the genre’s usual rapping with inviting pop melodies, delivered in her clear, teasing voice. Karol G’s Songs Conquered the World. On a New LP, She Reveals Herself. 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z

“Crack the melody, and it doesn’t matter whether you play it on solo piano, it’ll work.” James Horner, Whose Soaring Film Scores Included ‘Titanic,’ Dies at 61 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z

But details of this fine performance ultimately added up to little more than a glittering parade of cool sound effects and suave melodies. New York Philharmonic With Guest Violinist and Conductor 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z

The acoustic treatment of the song revealed Perry's limitations as a vocalist as she strained to deliver the ascending melody that builds to the chorus. Katy Perry closes iTunes Festival 2013-10-01T11:05:40Z

The lyrics, melody, soul and spirit of his music includes what we know as African and what we know as Nigerian. John Boyega Won’t Let Go of ‘Star Wars’ or ‘Coming to America’ 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z

They have beautiful harmonies, pleasant melodies, and anodyne lyrics. Glenn Frey and That Peaceful, Queasy Feeling 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z

But Johnson has a more explicitly modern jazz side, too — dark, modal, intricate — that comes through on her pulsing, agitated arrangement of Leonard Bernstein’s dramatic melody, “Some Other Time.” Review: Album releases by Greta Matassa and Kelley Johnson show two Seattle jazz singers at the top of their game 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z

The second movement, “A Song for My Father,” features a poignant violin melody, which Mr. Ehnes played with great tenderness. Review: Chamber Music Society, From Mirth to Mortality 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z

But where did he get that bewitching loop of a female vocal melody for the chorus of "Recollections of the wraith"? Album of the year: "Black Up" by Seattle's Shabazz Palaces 2011-06-24T15:54:07Z

So he did just that, much to the delight of onlookers, as the friend recorded the melody. | Lo-Fang’s Globetrotting, Left-of-Center Pop 2014-02-14T21:31:13Z

And yet, the askew, jazzy, playful melodies lead the way to songs of gripping candour and emotion. Fiona Apple: The Idler Wheel … – review 2012-12-20T21:30:06Z

Petty spent about 10 minutes supplying the words and melody, and initially didn't think much of the song. Tom Petty relaunches "Torpedoes" in documentary 2010-08-11T21:13:00Z

Detractors questioned the Americanness of the melodies, claiming that they were African or actually derived from white sources heard on plantations. Did Dvorak’s ‘New World’ Symphony Transform American Music? 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z

It is his most “jazzy” group, to be sure, given to muscular swing and strong melodies as well as the shimmering, atmospheric moods for which he is well-known. Jazz guitarist Bill Frisell returns to Seattle for a Jazz Alley gig with his trio 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z

Ibeyi means “twins” in Yoruba, and the sisters’ own songs often hark back to the modal melodies and voice-and-percussion interplay of the Yoruba chants. Review: Ibeyi, Twin Sisters and a Duo, Uses Songs to Show Roots 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z

The hybrid piece, with its vigorous melodies and soaring choruses, has often been compared to Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. ArtsBeat: Classical Playlist: Stravinsky, Mendelssohn, Harrison Birtwistle and More 2014-04-30T18:49:23Z

The publishing company that holds the copyright on the song sued in 2009, arguing that the Men at Work riff copied much of the melody. ArtsBeat Blog: Kookaburra Sitting Pretty in That Old Gum Tree as Court Upholds Copyright Ruling 2011-10-07T16:30:22Z

A haunting, wistful melody wafts up from the orchestra pit, and a beautiful creature appears on stage — part woman, part bird, all mystery. A gorgeous, gliding ‘Swan Lake’ at PNB 2013-04-15T21:42:06Z

"We had the hook, chorus and the title, but he hated my melody for the verse," says Chambers. Behind the music: What's the secret to writing a hit? 2010-10-07T14:00:00Z

While each violinist — and each one-bit chip — had an individual line of melody to follow, the results were rarely as chaotic as a 100-part score might suggest. Review: 50 Violins, 50 Computer Chips, a Secular Prayer 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z

It also deliberately places the artists on an equal footing – it was part of a project that set Jay-Z's rhymes from The Black Album with the Beatles' melodies from the White Album. Readers recommend songs about the Beatles: The results 2010-10-07T22:30:00Z

As you keep listening, the melody starts to feel familiar. Randy Rainbow, singing truth to power 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z

Often when I work with a vocalist, I like to focus on the melodies first. Music Producers Explain How They Created a Hit 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z

By oversimplifying the well-worn melody, and then overstating it, Green tested at least one listener's patience. The maturing pianism of Benny Green 2011-05-20T14:27:56Z

In a literal sense, Lilley says, he's right – but those melodies are now chiefly played on piano, french horn and harp. Michel Legrand puts his Umbrellas up indoors 2011-03-17T22:10:01Z

"Midnight Marauders" is my favorite, somewhat whimsical but extremely rigorous about layering and arranging samples, a very melodic album but without much vocal melody. The new A Tribe Called Quest documentary, and their "worst" album 2011-07-30T01:46:04Z

Especially during “It Just Doesn’t Happen,” a new song with a bright, beaming synthesizer melody that shot into the room like alien sunlight. Review | Dan Bejar is not here to comfort you 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z

He's got the bringing back of melody, you got the tolerability of masculinity, you got all that, and I think Drake is an enormously influential and productive figure who deserves to be executively critiqued. Cancel culture is emulated from “an ethic of white supremacy,” says Jay-Z scholar 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z

Many great numbers were lost in the process; the climactic “My Heart Is So Full of You,” for instance, emerged as a few wisps of melody dispersing in the night air. Review: ‘The Most Happy Fella,’ Sliced, Diced and None Too Pleased 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z

His job was to jot down the lyrics and internalize the melodies as soon as they hit him. The night Ryan Adams said “f**k you” to the Fillmore 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z

I’m really proud of it — I’m proud of the words, I’m proud of the melodies, I’m proud of the instrumentation and the music. Matisyahu: The Former ‘Hasidic Reggae Superstar’ Talks to TIME 2012-07-16T12:00:17Z

On “All of You,” his repeated motifs and incantatory helixes of melody are exercises, aimed at perfecting a method of inclusive prayer. In 1960, John Coltrane went on one last tour with Miles Davis. European audiences weren’t prepared for what he would play.

It’s the lyric, it’s the melodies, it’s the production, it’s the guy that goes onstage in a black PFG shirt every night,” Williford said of Combs’s signature performance fishing gear apparel. How country singer Luke Combs took his own path and became Nashville’s fastest-rising star 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z

Both the swooning romantic melody and the military march of the second movement were powerful and full-throated. Review | Baltimore Symphony Orchestra plays on, and with gusto, despite no new contract 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z

I found that by combining fingerpicking with these freaky chords, it was opening my mind to melodies and different rhythms and syllables. Staying true to Lianne La Havas 2013-03-28T19:35:00Z

An astounding, expansive take on "St. Stephen" moved from epiphany to epiphany, a wild roller coaster of rhythms, signatures and melodies. The Grateful Dead jam in mostly perfect harmony in Santa Clara 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z

His Mozartian homage — performed here by the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra conducted by Louis Langrée — begins with the lights dimmed, a fun house atmosphere punctuated by ghostly, unnerving fragments over which snippets of melody unfold. Work by Schnittke and Haydn at Mostly Mozart 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z

Though voiced by a human, FN Meka and his music — “lyrical content, chords, melody, tempo, sounds” — was derived in part from artificial intelligence, the industry publication Music Business Worldwide reported last year. Capitol Drops ‘Virtual Rapper’ FN Meka After Backlash Over Stereotypes 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z

You should read them together because Levy permits a number of resonant themes and images, melodies and countermelodies, to course through all four of these books. Stepping Out of Character and Starting a New Story 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z

In the Dutchman ballad, Root’s high G was not always clear and quite on pitch at the start of the melody. ‘Flying Dutchman’ features one-night casting change 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z

For instance, tablas—drums with heads usually fashioned from goat skin—are more commonly used in Hindustani music; Carnatic melodies tend to contain more flourishes. Voyages of discovery 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z

Donizetti reserves some of the most beautiful melodies for the King, who, sung by the marvelous baritone Stephen Powell, took on more dignity and vulnerability than the character strictly deserves. Review: Donizetti’s ‘La Favorite,’ a Rare Concert Performance in French at Caramoor 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z

At the start, the eerie, high-range solo melody in the bassoon seemed not just haunting but unearthly and seductive. How I Spent My Summer: With Bernstein and Stravinsky 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z

Gordon’s rushing, exuberant melodies suit a supple voice that soars, but Austin’s swings like a hammer. Review: A Big Baritone Sound at Play in an Intimate Setting 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z

His graceful knack for rhythm, melody and lyrics - that rare triple threat in rock -- have made his catalog essential, but his concerts go far beyond mere recitals. Paul Simon takes graying fans on world tour 2011-04-25T05:21:26Z

“Erwartung” lasts just half an hour, but it is a brutal workout for a singer: intense and exposed, without clear melodies to latch onto. Music Review: She Can Be Tender, but She May Be a Killer, Too 2011-06-10T23:00:13Z

Can you hear the shape of the original theme, the way its melody drops suddenly in the middle of a phrase, the supporting tread of its bass line? A celebration of ‘theme and variations’ 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z

Never less than agreeable, it has plenty of color and melody. Dance Review: Paul McCartney?s ?Ocean?s Kingdom? - Review 2011-09-23T23:00:16Z

The group’s 2015 release, “Time River,” was both grandiose and immediately rewarding, guided by melody. ‘They’re Doing It Out of Love’: The Big Band Rises Again 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z

Her expansive, episodic melodies felt lulling until a coiled bass line and fluttering brush stroke on the snare drum suddenly galvanized a rubato section, pushing the piece in an unexpected direction. Portland Jazz fest wraps Friday-Sunday with Regina Carter and others 2011-02-24T21:50:14Z

Going into the drumless ambiance of "Fantasy," he constructed a field of scratch/tweak sounds that blended with the melody of the previous song and eventually dissolved into fading, swollen bass. Concert review: The xx at the Paramount 09/25/10 2010-09-27T00:54:00Z

On “Party,” there’s still some goth-folk in Ms. Harding’s guitar picking — onstage, she plays an electrified nylon-string guitar — and in some of her melodies. Aldous Harding’s Songs Won’t Be Pinned Down. Nor Will Her Voice. 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z

Ms. Aizawa’s refined playing proved an ideal match for the men’s poised interpretation, the first movement’s melody, wistful and robust by turns, unfolding with characterful vigor. Music Review: Metropolitan Museum Artists in Concert at the Met 2013-01-14T22:11:48Z

At the core of his songs are folky melodies, just two or three phrases that can turn into incantations as his words unfurl. Music Review: Bells and Whistles Turn Up the Volume 2011-01-30T22:55:08Z

She ends by humming the melody, giving us room to meditate on what’s been said. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Sun Ra 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z

They all bounce cross-rhythms against Ms. Garbus’s voice as it leaps around her melodies, assembles itself into chorales or yodels, yips and ululates. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2011-04-18T23:45:23Z

Full of clever sounds, with melodies butting up against countermelodies and more laughs than you might think, Comedown Machine is by no means a bad record. The Strokes: Comedown Machine – review 2013-03-24T00:06:38Z

Mozart wrote one of his most sublime melodies for the Quintet’s second movement, Larghetto, performed here with glowing tone by Mr. Shifrin. Music Review: Clarinets and Orion String Quartet at Alice Tully Hall 2012-04-01T20:47:40Z

He opened it with skeletal acoustic-guitar songs: brief melodies that he sang in a thoughtful, private voice, threaded through austere patterns of plucked and trilled notes, backed by a percussionist tapping a calabash. Music Review: Bombino at Le Poisson Rouge - Review 2011-11-30T23:18:27Z

“In theory when a musician improvises over a chord progression, they should be hearing the main melody even though they are playing something else,” he said. Coltrane by De Keersmaeker, Freewheeling but Structure Intact 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z

Their tracks feature riffs but there is a weightlessness to them and they're lifted further by soaring melodies. Cheatahs (No 1,463) 2013-03-01T08:00:04Z

She’s singing “Reaching Through to the Other Side,” from My Brightest Diamond’s new album, her melody shadowed by a blush of woodwinds and strings. New Music From Real Estate, My Brightest Diamond, Harold O?Neal 2011-10-17T22:37:44Z

Moving through the melody like a lone figure through a fog, Ms. Ndegeocello lends a reticent dignity to the song’s lament. The Playlist: Pearl Jam Kicks Up a Fury, and 9 More New Songs 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z

But more often, Mr. Mendoza let the beat melt into washes of harmony, trusting Ms. Chapin’s sturdy melodies to hold the songs together. Music Review: Mary Chapin Carpenter Performs Her Latest Songs in Concert 2014-03-02T23:26:25Z

They always sat in the same bare room, unfolding newspapers while melodies flowed incessantly from the player piano, which was always stuck on the same tune. “Skylight” 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z

But in some scenes the melody speaks directly to the action. LISTEN: “Marvel’s Luke Cage” and “Westworld” composers break down their shows’ signature sounds 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z

“Loving You is Easy” is a lightweight cut with an irresistible melody and “Without a Woman,” featuring Hammond, is a romantic keepsake with overpowering lyrics filled with meaning. Review: First-class selection from Maxi Priest 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z

The light-rock melodies, along with the glammier histrionics of “Jesus Christ Superstar,” helped to mainstream a new kind of religious music, totally divorced from Gregorian chant, Bach’s liturgical music and the anodyne American hymnals. Broadway Revival of ?Godspell? 2011-11-04T14:59:10Z

They’re songs mostly about grown-up love, about courtship, yearning and fulfillment, with elegant rhymes and ingenious melodies that invite a little improvisation. The Amiable, Unswerving Tony Bennett 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z

The lilting melody is interrupted by the clacking of a typewriter, as Dylan hammers out lyrics, smokes a cigarette and chats with manager Albert Grossman. Review | ‘The Double Life of Bob Dylan’ is the definitive account of a shape-shifting genius’s early years 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z

Percussive interjections and unpredictable collisions of melody are the exception, rather than the rule. Review: A Sublime New Direction for Andrew Norman in Los Angeles 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z

I think what was special was that you were able to hear the melody with which I read the story. Man Booker Winners Agree: Translating Jokes Is Hard 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z

Rather than wrestling the melodies to the ground, these singers adhere closely to them. Music: Trilling Songbirds Clip Their Wings 2010-12-26T02:23:54Z

But with his distinctive touch, his inviting sound and his finely developed sense of melody, Mr. Hall made it clear early in his career that he was an important musician in his own right. Jim Hall, Jazz Guitarist, Dies at 83 2013-12-11T03:50:57Z

And Miles loves the tang of melody, the cut of a good song: which justifies the caresses bestowed on Time After Time. Miles Davis: 'Coltrane was a very greedy man. Bird was, too. He was a big hog' – a classic interview from the vaults 2012-11-06T13:26:00Z

Mr. Iconis likes to write in public spaces — coffee shops and bars — away from the piano, focusing on lyric and drama, and letting that drive melody. The Guy Behind ‘Be More Chill’ Is Keeping It in the Family 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z

His instrument needed a companion, a harmony to his melody. Travel: Mountain View, Ark., Folk Music Capital of the World

Theme: a particular melody that is repeated or echoed in various ways throughout a piece. Seattle Symphony is up for 3 Grammys. Here’s a beginners guide to enjoying the Symphony. 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z

Tap your feet and make some melodies while you’re, you know, occupied with other matters. Style Invitational: As the word turns — ‘discover’ new words in a grid 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z

His sound is drawn not from the Caucasus or Russia but from a rich well of Western European Romantic melody, and his ariosos are the opera’s best-known excerpts. It Was Russia’s Most Popular Opera. Then It Disappeared. 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z

Among Dudamel’s finest recordings with the Los Angeles Philharmonic is a cycle of Ives’s four symphonies, works of pioneering American sound that freely dabble in the melodies of popular and traditional songs. Gustavo Dudamel: An Introduction in 10 Recordings 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z

Above all this barely contained grief and rage rises a mournful melody of old-time country music. Book review: ‘Black River,’ by S.M. Hulse 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z

But where Newman barbs his old-timey melodies with satirical lyrics, Mills sang mostly about the usual concerns of lovelorn troubadours, albeit in a conversational, almost stream-of-consciousness style that generally renounced or downplayed choruses. A casual blend of art-Americana from Blake Mills at the Hamilton

Mr. Adès gives each of his characters distinctive musical melodies but ensures that their music relates and resonates with one another’s. Thomas Adès Conducts the Met’s Premiere of ‘The Tempest’ 2012-10-21T03:23:03Z

Her voice travels easily and widely; she can make a pop melody lilt, she can rap with casual precision, and she can brandish fury and sorrow. Neneh Cherry at the Highline Ballroom 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z

His speech is followed by a sung heavy rock melody. Next Up From Pope Francis? An Album, of Course 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z

She layers her vocals with a loop machine, singing underlying motifs before adding the melody and then a harmony line above. Kimbra?s Road From New Zealand Leads to a U.S. Tour 2012-05-21T16:29:26Z

His approach set up the Adagio’s true theme, a wistful, elegiac melody for solo clarinet, played gorgeously by Anthony McGill, the Philharmonic’s principal clarinet. Review: The Philharmonic Reveals the Rhetoric of Rachmaninoff 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z

Like many old folk hymns, the earliest version of “God Is Seen” was based on an existing popular song, which provided its simple, hypnotic melody. Transcendent Spirits: Lift 40 Voices and Dance 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z

With the help of an expert in Arabic music, Mr. Chiu identified particular Gurdjieff melodies as, for example, Egyptian or Syrian, and created custom tunings for each. Bringing the Colors Back to a Mystic’s Music 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z

In the first round of the Prix, competitors were asked to compose a vocal fugue based on a melody written by one of the jurors. She Was Music’s Greatest Teacher. And Much More. 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z

The evening concluded with “Poems” and “Someone in a Tree,” both from “Pacific Overtures,” which with its fragmented lyrics and pentatonic melodies is as close to outright Minimalism as Mr. Sondheim has gotten. Sondheim and Reich at Lincoln Center 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z

“Every one of us writes melodies and writes rhythm, but in the language we grew up on and that we evolved out of.” One Opera Opening Would Make Any Composer Happy. He Has Two. 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z

“Reputation” contains 15 meticulously constructed ditties about living in the romantic simmer of your late 20s, where the melodies are easy to listen to and the lyrics are even easier to understand. Review | It’s Taylor Swift’s world. The rest of us just go insane in it. 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z

The melody ascends to a peak then tumbles down, much like the song’s character, Michael, falls in the snow. Red snow? A most unexpected modern standard for the holidays 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z

“I asked Gregg if I could try to come up with some vocal melodies or ideas with whatever he had composed — even though I didn’t live in Florida,” she said. Golden Gardens’ ethereal tunes come Thursday to High Dive 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z

Ocean's sound looks further back – you catch hints of early-70s Stevie Wonder in the melodies and the preponderance of electric piano – but there's nothing reverential about his approach. Frank Ocean: Channel Orange – review 2012-07-11T16:58:28Z

Elegantly voiced chords morphed into sharp snippets of melody, glistening scales climaxed with sudden silences, whispered figures up in the stratosphere of the piano were answered with rumbling double octaves down below. Ahmad Jamal is still surprising at 84 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z

The rousing choruses, lustily sung, have a four-square quality and the melodies offer a safe, if dull musical landing. The Pearl Fishers, Le Nozze de Figaro 2010-06-05T23:05:00Z

One, with a melody that would have suited the Carter Family, captured the moment in a breakup when the thought of freedom balances a sense of loss. Review: Joan Shelley Offers Celtic-Tinged Melodies 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z

The group opens its sixth full-length release with a disarming 12-string acoustic melody before swelling into a crushing storm. Mastodon explores the heavy side of life in 'Once More Around the Sun' 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z

As it shuttles between stories, “Take Flight” keeps returning to similar sentiments, as all of the pioneers being depicted sing of their dreams of surfing the wind, and the melodies soar upward with them. | 'Take Flight': Musical About Early Aviators at McCarter Theater 2010-05-23T22:45:00Z

Though the opera’s trappings may be out of this world, Mozart’s memorable melodies remain intact.  Captain Kirk, Klingons and an aria: How the Pacific Opera Project remade Mozart, 'Star Trek'-style 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z

But his shaping of the cello and viola melodies in the Andante was full of yearning, and in the symphony’s softest moments his intensity kept the interest taut. Eschenbach takes the NSO back to one of his favorites, Bruckner 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z

Imbued with lilting melodies, the pieces often sound like wordless songs or operatic arias. CD reviews: Two piano recordings worth attention 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z

And “Shacked Up” is a slow-drag country waltz that milks the half-step dissonance in its melody, as if Bob Wills were tipping his hat to Thelonious Monk. Critic’s Notebook: California Dreaming Adds Sweep to Bill Frisell’s ‘Big Sur’ 2013-06-23T21:08:56Z

At first the melody’s long lines seemed not to suit her; she interrupted the phrases for a couple of awkward breaths. Dance Review: New York City Ballet Season Gala, With Robbins and Balanchine 2013-05-09T21:10:33Z

Tastes change, I suppose, but I found the rhythms, energies and melodies of Latin American and African music far more beguiling than anything the west was serving up. William Boyd: Why I love Keane 2012-06-14T20:29:00Z

The short phrases of Anderson’s melody include sinking two-note gestures that evoke the meowing of cats. Not Bach or Beethoven, but Leroy Anderson Is the Composer for Now 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z

“The bitterness is hidden inside of these really soaring, joyful melodies.” Music: Even Offstage, Lady Gaga?s Ready for the Stage 2011-05-18T13:02:40Z

The title track is a hard-struck, enigmatic melody, prodded at and danced around by Bisio, that becomes a purposeful walk, a lighter contemplation, and then a flood of sound before the bassist's tumbling solo. Matthew Shipp/Michael Bisio: Floating Ice – review 2012-12-13T22:06:01Z

He populates his lyric sheet with people who don’t normally appear in country songs, gilding their unfamiliar dramas in deeply familiar melodies. Brad Paisley’s country continues to expand its borders

Just keyboard chords, gently, unenergetically moving through a vague melody that sounds like an offhanded Stevie Wonder sketch tossed into the trash for obvious reasons. Kanye West's 'Only One' featuring Paul McCartney: His worst-ever track? 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z

He’s fearless, a quality that frequently manifests itself in the sound and effect of his voice: it cracks and spits, carries feeble melodies, bears the weight of rich stories. REVIEW: Kendrick Lamar's 'To Pimp a Butterfly' 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z

It’s a model of taste and reserve, right up until the end, which lands with, of all things, a penny-whistle melody that recalls the “Titanic” soundtrack. Critic?s Notebook: Lady Antebellum?s ?Own the Night? 2011-09-14T22:15:11Z

And toward the end of the final movement, “Thoreau,” Tom Ottar Andreassen played the distant flute melody that lends an ethereal touch to this dreamy passage. Music Review: John Luther Adams’s ‘Inuksuit’ at Ojai Music Festival 2012-06-08T21:08:54Z

The melody is somehow both straightforward and elusive. Not Bach or Beethoven, but Leroy Anderson Is the Composer for Now 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z

The melody in the song pokes through the grey clouds and offers a little hope for the sunnier months ahead. Portland playlist from Justin Ringle 2013-05-24T23:10:32Z

All these lines are given simple melodies, the kind you could learn easily by ear. Review: ‘The Mutes’ Gives Voice to Musical Outsiders 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z

The one-time chest-beating hedonists are more about ballads and melody on “I’m With You.” Album review: Red Hot Chili Peppers, 'I'm With You' 2011-08-26T16:04:00Z

Mr. Marks’s score has its high points, with its synth-driven melodies evoking various strains of pop. Theater Review: ‘The House of Von Macramé’ at Bushwick Starr 2013-01-27T22:48:18Z

Jason Wade, Lifehouse’s lead singer, has always been a sturdy purveyor of melody, though rarely a distinctive one; when his voice conveys strain, it tends to feel like a calculated risk. New Music: Big Boi’s ‘Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors,’ and Lifehouse 2012-12-10T23:17:11Z

It was near the start of Calixto Bieito’s production of Rameau’s “Platée” at the Stuttgart Opera, and the orchestra was playing the sharp, seductive melodies of this comic standard of the French Baroque. Baroque Operas, Under Reconstruction 2012-07-27T14:43:55Z

The melody and everything is just right, and every time you hear it you want to hear it some more. Miles Davis: 'Coltrane was a very greedy man. Bird was, too. He was a big hog' – a classic interview from the vaults 2012-11-06T13:26:00Z

The quartet’s blend of poppy melodies, lush harmonies and slick arrangements helped them sell more than 400 million records around the world. Feel old yet? 40 years since ABBA’s ‘Waterloo’ 2014-04-08T18:51:49Z

She writes melodies with long, held notes, and her songs usually linger between slow and mid-tempo. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z

His vocals turn from beautiful melody to back-of-the-throat screaming that blends seamlessly into the rest of the members’ vocal line. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z

Sometimes elegiac, sometimes bounding forward, the tunes on “Jesup Wagon” are some of the loveliest compositions of his career, built around overlapping ribbons of melody. James Brandon Lewis, a Saxophonist Who Embodies and Transcends Tradition 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z

But along with a blatant gift for melding melancholy melodies with industrial beats, the guarantee of grandiosity has kept the band a serious concert attraction more than 30 years into its career. The Flaming Lips bring the whole bag of props to 9:30 Club 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z

The melody is sweetly ornamented, with bright rivulets of harpsichord, as Hope narrates the plangent letters, full of existential angst, she writes to pop divas like Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey. Review: In ‘You Us We All,’ a Symbolic Hope Writes to Pop Divas 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z

Her appeal is entirely rooted in her ability to write about her own privileged life with flair and insight, like a 21st century Nancy Mitford, and to set the lyrics to irresistible melodies. Why the fury at Lily Allen's Ivor Novello awards? 2010-05-21T17:12:00Z

No. 13 mesmerizes with the melody in block chords in the left hand, while the right ladles on a repeated theme above. CD reviews: Two piano recordings worth attention 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z

Sure, the titanic 82-year-old composer, arranger and pianist writes unorthodox, complicated stuff, but her melodies and harmonies are rich, consonant and exquisite. Jazz legend Carla Bley delivers a night of beauty and magic at the Atlas 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z

He knows when to luxuriate in a melody and when to move along. Music Review: Emancipator Plays at Highline Ballroom 2012-02-03T23:23:15Z

Tunes such as “To Tide Us Over” and “Now Know” were presented like pop songs, but with complex, chromatic harmonies and convoluted melodies not easily accessed. Esperanza Spalding says goodbye to song-driven shows 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z

That 1993 show bubbled with infectious melodies, but the time when Broadway songs became hit singles had long passed. Nobody Did It Better: Memories of Marvin Hamlisch, 1944-2012 2012-08-07T21:50:31Z

Mr. Zukerman played the sunny melodies with a burnished tone, his collaboration with Mr. Bronfman particularly impressive in the Adagio, one of Beethoven’s most beautifully lyrical slow movements. Music Review: Some Artist Favorites for Violin and Piano 2010-11-22T22:47:00Z

Beats like these — soft shuffles with chirpy melodies — suit him the most neatly. Drake and DaBaby Join Lil Yachty’s Shtick, and 8 More New Songs 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z

“I always liked the concept of swinging and melody,” he said. Tristano School, Back in Session 2011-01-09T02:34:14Z

For the last two minutes, these different elements weave around each other in a joyous exploration of pure melody. Jon Savage on song: Roy Harper serves up Hors D'Oeuvres 2011-01-26T12:58:35Z

Drones resonated across the venue, interrupted by shards of noise and fragments of melody, this time to images of desert lanscapes where the US military have tested nuclear weapons. Unsound Adelaide: Tim Hecker and Daniel Lopatin; Robin Fox; Raime; Trinity 2013-03-15T04:57:00Z

The melodies may be obvious and their development rudimentary, but the sheer élan, which Dudamel enthusiastically emphasized, is stunning. L.A. Phil throws a Mozart gala with Dudamel, Wang, Thibaudet and fly chocolate balls 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z

His biggest hit, “Lucid Dreams,” is soothing and intuitive, with a heartbroken melody and a sample of Sting’s “Shape of My Heart” — it’s the “Set Adrift on Memory Bliss” of 2018. The Chart-Topping Deep Feelings of Juice WRLD 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z

The four-piece's best gel was "Baby Got A Haircut," with its heavy backbeat and everyone singing the catchy melody at once. Capitol Hill Block Party 2011 day two notables: Hausu, Witch Gardens, Best Coast 2011-07-25T01:01:05Z

The group mixed barking guitars and tumultuous drumming with Greg Graffin's lilting melodies and added sweet harmonies to broadsides including "Let Them Eat War." Rise Against, Bad Religion still defiant for their fans 2011-05-14T14:03:00Z

Yet, paradoxically, these words and melodies of the Golden Age seem likely to endure forever. What Makes a Popular Song Great? 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z

The emotions expressed in them tend to be as generic as their titles, unfortunately, and heard one after another, they begin to blend together into a soup of soaring melody. Review: ‘The Bodyguard’ Is Shadowed by a Stalker, and a Superstar 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z

The score is spiced with unusual orchestral colorings, beguiling melodies and, above all, feisty Spanish flourishes — which is where Seattle dancer-choreographer Sara de Luis, a longtime champion of Spain's dance traditions, comes into the picture. Sara de Luis garnishes Seattle Opera's 'Don Quixote' with classic Spanish dance 2011-02-18T22:03:30Z

The other major school of contemporary chart-pop songwriting—although they sometimes overlap—starts with an instrumental groove and arrangement, then adds hooks, “top line” melodies and lyrics, often each by a specialist. One Direction’s Songwriters: They’re What Make the Boy Band Beautiful 2012-11-13T15:10:25Z

Thanks to that giant echo chamber, tonight the melody of I Would sounds ever so slightly like a melody from Drake and Rihanna's Take Care. One Direction – review 2013-04-06T23:06:21Z

He also uses elements of the Notre-Dame choir school of the 12th century, Hungarian folk melodies and complex Bulgarian rhythms. The Rest is Noise festival: what's your favourite piece of 20th-century music? 2012-11-29T20:00:02Z

But it’s the melodies that matter, those moments when Ackie opens her mouth to channel Houston’s previously recorded songs. ‘I Wanna Dance With Somebody’ Review: Her Lonely Heart Calls 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z

I listened to "West Side Story" and Sly & the Family Stone -- really listening to their arrangements and how they laid all the melodies. Trey Anastasio and the art of improvisation 2011-09-05T20:01:00Z

The 75-voice ensemble celebrates the season with its fifth "A Cathedral Christmas" program, which this year includes "Gaudete," modern settings of Renaissance melodies, and Mechem's "Seven Joys of Christmas," comprising carols familiar and new. Arts and entertainment highlights for the week beginning Nov. 25 2012-11-20T21:40:06Z

But the sweet kick of the music, with its sweeping strings and icing-sugar melodies, was enormously seductive. Saint Etienne ? review 2010-12-19T22:30:02Z

Its clear melodies, economical songwriting style and affinity for the occasional West African-inspired guitar line are somewhat reminiscent of Vampire Weekend. Surfer Blood Is Between Buzz and Break at South by Southwest 2010-03-20T00:05:00Z

“Opera,” with its low thrum and clattering drum programming, hints at 1990s drum and bass; “Iceland,” with its reflective, slow-moving melody, suggests the brooding side of indie-rock. Albums From Jerry Lee Lewis and Daniel Lanois 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z

If the choruses of these songs recalled the girlish unison chants of the B-52s and the Tom Tom Club, pungent lyrics laced the bubble-gum melodies. Artsy mimimalism of Tune-Yards is maximum fun live

Two beats later the lower strings enter, creating an uneasy, shifting suspension as the melody begins a stepwise motion, like the hesitant climbing of stairs. An Adagio for Strings, and for the Ages 2010-03-05T19:18:00Z

The goosebumps part of the song arrives when the audience, as Greek chorus, begins to chant through the melody, “He’s dead / He’s dead.” Karl Ove Knausgaard’s Essays Struggle With Big Ideas 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z

A startlingly clear melody floats past on the breeze, and we spot a white bus in the valley far below, radio blaring. Hiking the authentic Great Wall of China, without the crush 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z

Every so often a virtual melody converged from multiple locations. The Art of Summer: The Contrapuntal Sounds of Gridlock 2011-08-09T23:37:12Z

It must be said that he has only a touch-and-go relationship with a melody line. Review: A Con Man Without a Sting in ‘High Button Shoes’ 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z

While Jackson's voice is enchanting, the songs are mired by weak lyrics and melodies and themes that sound too similar to some of his key hits. Review: Box sets from Cash, Kiss, Jackson, others 2012-11-20T19:58:14Z

Tan Dun’s “Feige/Antiphonal Song” brought together soulful cello lines with prerecorded video of a Chinese vocalist singing a tangy ancient Hunan melody. Maya Beiser and Bang on a Can at the Jewish Museum 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z

Santino DeAngelo wrote the book, music and lyrics, and his gift for engaging melodies hit a high point with “Only in My Dreams.” The New York Musical Theater Festival Features Joy and Purpose 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z

Even on a recent Wednesday, the line stretched from door to counter amid the scent of yeast, a quiet bebop melody and palpable anticipation. | Choice Tables: A Trail of Sweets to Guide You Across Seattle Area 2010-05-12T18:39:00Z

The range and melody and the feeling that goes with his songs, when you hear it, it's very unique and identifiable with Claude King. Country singer Claude King dies at 90 2013-03-07T19:37:10Z

There was Little Dragon, featuring the singer Yukimi Nagano, which touched down in crowd-pleasing four-on-the-floor dance beats just often enough to spring away into odder, more angular melodies and electronic excursions. Review: Governors Ball Is Ruled by Women 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z

The project tries to demonstrate the durability of his songs, to set them off as timeless melodies that remain buoyant in any context, even without his distinctive vocals. Album review: Bryan Ferry Orchestra, 'The Jazz Age' 2013-02-12T16:15:00Z

Mr. Galliano gives the melodies their prominence: what stays in your head after they’re over are Rota’s huge, beautiful, whistleable themes. New Music: Grace Woodroofe, Tim McGraw, Richard Galliano - Review 2012-01-23T23:00:11Z

Karas's distinctive leitmotif for Orson Welles' Harry Lime character was based on a melody in a tutorial book. Readers recommend: songs about fairgrounds ? results 2012-02-09T15:01:12Z

That opulence was readily apparent in the ceaseless flow of cantabile melodies in Rachmaninoff’s Second Symphony. The Boston Symphony Finds Surprises and Strengths in New Music 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z

The “Yentl” hymn “Papa, Can You Hear Me,” on the other hand, got a splendidly soulful reading to wind up the first act, with Streisand easily navigating the melody’s rising and falling steps. Streisand at Verizon, still in one-of-a-kind voice 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z

On "The Very Thought of You," Jordan improvises a recitative rebuttal, midsong, of a review that complained she didn't sing the melody last time she was in town. Sheila Jordan's 'Yesterdays' a treasure 2012-01-30T22:34:05Z

More moving, though, is the melody associated with Hilda’s changeling past: it’s a lullaby that suggests a lost joy and a source of buried emotion. Dance Review: Dancing Danes (No Holy Water) 2011-06-10T22:28:23Z

On four previous albums, Clogs — a quartet completed by Rachael Elliott, a bassoonist, and Thomas Kozumplik, a percussionist — blended a chamber music transparency and poise with rustic melodies, ethnic allusions and nimble improvisation. Hybrid Sounds by Clogs, Slow Six and Redhooker 2010-04-16T19:52:00Z

On the third day at the cabin, Starlite tested out his new piano, playing an ethereal melody for a song he was working on called “Witness.” Francis and the Lights, Pop Star Interrupted 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z

Later, Ellington’s piano solo summons and then dissolves its own hints of 1930s swing, and Coltrane just teases at his own sheets-of-sound approach before returning to the grace of the original melody. Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z

Real tension was created in the middle section of the Presto, and both Finckel and viola player Lawrence Dutton saved their biggest, richest tone for their brief melodies in the "desolato" final movement. Emerson Quartet – review 2013-02-28T17:46:22Z

He’s fond of mellow harmonies, a steady beat and catchy melodies, and everyone — the five band members and the dancers Megan Byrne and Jessica Cook — is part of the choreographic fabric. Dance Review: Song-and-Dance Man Shows His Two Sides 2011-04-01T22:57:44Z

Endowed with sweetly spun melodies and a bravura finale, the concerto is an unapologetic showpiece for a virtuoso performer. Music Review: An Exuberant Conductor and a Starry Violinist 2011-08-07T21:48:50Z

“If everyone is complaining about the social studies test and one girl says it was easy, it’s like a sour note in the melody of the conversation,” Kennedy-Moore says. Seven steps parents can take to ensure kids work for the right kind of popularity 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z

It’s not that lead singer Tom Chaplin isn’t a capable and skilled vocalist, or that—when isolated—the piano melodies aren’t beautiful and uplifting. Keane Takes a Step Backwards with Strangeland 2012-05-08T10:45:19Z

Jack is hailed as a musical genius who can fashion “timeless melodies.” What "Yesterday" — and everyone else — forgets about the Beatles 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z

"Cigar Galaxy" is synthesizer overload, for sure, but the kid's melodies and drums keep me interested because there's just so much texture going on: buzzing, dripping, echoing, clacking, thumping. Download this: Keyboard Kid's "Adventures from the Cigar Galaxy" mixtape 2010-12-21T19:13:06Z

There were approachable melodies, warmer sounds, spatial depth and distinct vocals. Complete Eric B. & Rakim, a Fresh Look at Wire and a Whole Lotta Guns N’ Roses 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z

Mr. Shanbehzadeh plays traditional melodies on his bagpipes but also uses the instrument in more abstract ways. Music Review: Basel Rajoub and Saeid Shanbehzadeh at Asia Society 2013-12-08T21:42:02Z

Over an understated groove, persistent melody and warped vocal samples, she anticipates heartbreak, singing, “So if you’re gonna hurt me, why don’t you hurt me a little bit more?” Catch this rising vocal star: Singer-songwriter Lapsley grooves beyond her years 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z

Over the last few decades, the Raspberries, Shoes, Green and Material Issue all put a spin on the Beatles’ multi-faceted pop-rock song legacy with lustrous harmonies, intertwining guitars and pleading melodies. Review: Smith Westerns tap into their inner child on second album 2011-01-14T16:53:06Z

Even if their music didn't already aspire to some of the melody and nostalgia of the Beach Boys, this Tennessee group offer the tragedy of their geography: they're all waxed up with nowhere to go. This week's new live music 2010-10-15T23:06:00Z

It’s got so many layers; because of the melody and the feel, it’s saying, ‘You know what?’ Meet the Next Generation of Cabaret Showstoppers 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z

He keeps his iPhone ready to record, because lyrics and melodies still come to him out of the blue. James Taylor’s strength was melancholy. Now he must cope with contentment. 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z

The first movement, “Ondine,” had a “wonderful sense of singing melody while the waves never stopped with such grace — effortless,” he said. Hear the Martha Argerich Recordings That Inspired 8 Young Pianists 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z

The harmonies are labyrinthine, the melodies uplifting, the production both chameleonic and playful — endless possibility with the musicianship to back it up. The Playlist: Desiigner and Fergie Aren’t Done Just Yet 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z

Sly and the Family Stone has managed to combine a happy-sounding melody line with an infectious and very danceable soul beat. Woodstock 1969: A Story Vastly Bigger Than Editors Realized 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z

Their voices are just as important; sounds and words stretch into lingering, resonant melodies. Review: The Body, Vibrating, Is ‘What Remains’ 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z

With Mary Stolper and Frank playing a version of "Suenos" for soprano flute, alto flute and piano, the earthy sounds of Peruvian folk instruments were transformed into wistful melodies, jazzily jaunty rhythms and pungent harmonies. Frank's energetic chamber works reveal multi-cultural roots 2011-01-19T16:19:49Z

Then there’s “11386,” a shimmying melody that begins with a wide-flung first section — pulpy chords resounding from Garrison’s bass — then a passage of beaming swing. Lost John Coltrane Recording From 1963 Will Be Released at Last 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z

Jubilant melodies from the Tijuana side wafted through the air, a defiant coda as the steel gates on the United States snapped shut. Sharing Music Across the U.S.-Mexico Border’s Metal Fence 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z

You also need to master those readings’ particular melodies. Bar and bat mitzvah dates have been locked in for years. When the pandemic changed everything, families got creative. 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z

But I recorded Joe singing and then I played a little melody on a keyboard, making a little loop that became the song. Music Producers Explain How They Created a Hit 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z

This album also happens to echo with Bollywood melodies, thanks to a trip front man Jack Steadman took to Mumbai, from psychedelic opener Overdone to woozy dance track Feel. Mercury Prize 2014: The nominees 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z

I think the music is good, production and melodies are good, but sometimes the lyrics don’t say anything. | Harel Skaat 2011-03-30T19:20:17Z

And this was where the concert hit its stride: songs with huge melodies and many parts. McCartney Plays Apollo, His ?Holy Grail? 2010-12-14T13:05:08Z

On “The Tunnel,” Sigurd Hole’s bass is way up in the mix, sometimes pooling like spilled glue, elsewhere making melodies with long, mournful shapes. The Playlist: Eminem’s Surprise ‘Venom,’ and 10 More New Songs 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z

They abound in real melodies — melodies with musical shapeliness, a capacity to soar and the potential to move the listener. Opera Review: Pablo Neruda and His Mailman, This Time Sung 2010-12-14T13:59:19Z

Each madrigal, moreover, begins with a serene, straightforward melody but gradually becomes contrapuntally intricate and agitated and multidimensional. Why music from 1594 still moves us in 2016: The deep meaning of 'Tears of St. Peter' 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z

In the third movement, a melody based on the Beethoven figure changes from something down-home and soothing to noble and heartfelt. Marc-André Hamelin – review 2013-06-28T15:45:01Z

“It’s very tonal,” Ms. de la Martinez said, “and it has these beautiful melodies. It’s so approachable.” Juilliard Celebrates 32 Female Composers of the 20th Century 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z

We knew Cardi as a blabbermouth first and foremost — so hearing her rap gives us a rare opportunity to rediscover all of the melody, rhythm and timbre embedded in our talk. Review | Everything Cardi B says is music 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z

Ending the day with the eighth quartet formed a natural high point — the piece roils with Shostakovich’s name rendered as a melody, as well as with quotations from his own music. Carducci Quartet takes on Shostakovich’s quartets at the Phillips 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z

I launched into the song but still hadn’t remembered the note sequence and ended up repeating the opening line again and again, in the hope of landing on the correct melody. Alan Partridge on Noel Edmonds – ‘He is a total wazzock and I cannot stand him’ 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z

He deconstructs Thelonious Monk's "Epistrophy," gradually unfolding and weaving the familiar melody into his improvised runs. 9 of the year's best overlooked albums 2011-01-07T22:04:04Z

Excited by the techno and dance scenes, he met DJ and producer Adam "Adamski" Tinley, and teamed up with him to put lyrics and melody to one of Tinley's more ruminative backing tracks. Seal: The reluctant pop star 2010-09-16T22:00:00Z

The first point of contact with a song is the sound of it, or the melody. Jarvis Cocker Keeps Hearing That Voice 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z

Their life-affirming melodies will remind you why you fell in love with pop. First sight: Goldheart Assembly 2010-03-18T23:30:00Z

The slow movement, a theme and variations form, began with a solo clarinet playing a melancholic melody against a mellow choir of strings. A Star Pianist Brings Soft-Spoken Virtuosity to Scriabin 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z

Children play notes by placing pegs in holes on the rotating drum's surface - much like a music box - but one that allows children to play any melody they like. Rotating wooden drum aims to help child development 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z

His voice cracking with emotion against a mournful banjo melody, it's a performance full of potential, and justly rewarded by rapt attention from the audience. Dylan LeBlanc 2010-09-17T20:47:00Z

Kids will like the fast-moving catchy melody, which suggests the feeling of riding on horseback. 10 Pieces of Classical Music Your Toddler will Love 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z

Two years ago, he says he woke up with the "Despacito" melody--a slinky acoustic guitar riff that rises and falls with anticipation--playing in his head. The New Science of the Truly Unstoppable, Impossible-to-Resist Summer Jam 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

Click on the title of the real song to get a clip of the melody to listen to while you read. Style Invitational Week 1239: MASH 3 — combine two movie titles 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z

Running like a dark melody through these pieces is Ahern’s relationship with her mother. Review | A popular blogger ponders a simpler life in ‘Enough’ 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z

The record is filled with booming electronic drums, bittersweet Carnatic violin melodies, hushed gospel choirs and swarms of feedback. Rafiq Bhatia Is Writing His Own Musical Language 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z

These statistics sparked an idea: What if he harnessed a quarter-century of industry connections into a fund-raiser for bird conservation, integrating the melodies he heard? A Boxed Set for the Birds Hopes to Save Them, Too 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z

Dancers show not just the music’s changing rhythms and energies but also its melodies and harmonies. Review: Sarasota Ballet Blends Oddity and Englishness in a Double Bill 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z

Attention is paid to wan melody as well as to the minutiae of constructing a record on computers and keyboards. New band of the day – Sohn (No 1,401) 2012-11-22T12:57:31Z

“Broadway Boogie Woogie,” inspired by the Mondrian painting, is a breakneck bop slalom worthy of Bud Powell; “Santa Maria” is a plunge into post-bop modality, with a melody that briefly quotes Chick Corea’s “Matrix.” Review: Aaron Diehl’s ‘Space Time Continuum’ Is a Jubilant New Album 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z

NIN’s lyrics explore the repressions of religion, family, and society, but only as they pertain to one life, sung in almost too-human melodies and without perceivable irony. Nine Inch Nails: a human scream in Reagan’s postindustrial America 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z

Several of her pieces, including “Green Point” and “One Girl’s Story,” are built around melodies that vaguely evoke British and American folk songs, and a hint of Debussy wafted briefly through “Takeda,” a lullaby. Music Review: Going Out on a Limb With a Koto and an Oud 2010-12-23T20:57:25Z

For one thing, the familiar stentorian piano chords that accompany the opening soaring melody in the violins are not so loud in the second version and are played as arpeggios, or rolled chords. Classical CDs: Gerstein, Gaffigan do justice to Tchaikovsky’s Concerto No. 1 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z

Her beats pushed with syncopation rather than bombast; her voice was both elfin and strong, flicking her zigzagging melody lines across the music. ArtsBeat: A Range of Styles in 3 Performances 2011-03-19T21:31:31Z

Take “Feather Report:” The alto saxophonist and bandleader Caleb Wheeler Curtis started with the sunny melody to “Confirmation,” one of Parker’s best-known tunes, then made drastic alterations to its rhythm. The Playlist: Unreleased Chris Cornell, and 12 More New Songs 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z

Such contrasting moods dominated both works; gentle melodies often yielded to tempestuous passages, like a sudden breeze whipping up fallen leaves. Review | Zoltan Fejervari shows off his technique with a program of gems 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z

In all, The Argument released 11 songs: Spils writing the melody and Davis the lyrics. A husband and wife’s ‘family music nights’ in their basement become an album 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z

I needed to hear one line of one melody and I just know. Lana Del Rey on Trump, Kanye and the Right Time for a Protest Song 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z

The symphony died away without incident, as though melody were lingering on, unheard but unstoppable, something to stay with, puzzle and affect its listeners for long after the concert ended. London Philharmonic Orchestra's Jurowski a hypnotic force 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z

One song, titled “Bells of St. Augustine,” includes a one-octave interval in the melody. New collaboration has Burt Bacharach still working at 92 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z

The overture begins with restless exuberance and darting counterpoint, then segues into a restrained second theme that shows the young composer already able to ensnare you with a soulful melody, a skill he would perfect. Music Review: A Third Season Begins After a Busy Preseason 2011-09-22T13:22:45Z

Occasionally, the florid melodies combine with a hint of waywardness in Parks's vocals to leave you feeling as confused as Beach Boys' vocalist Mike Love apparently was by Parks's contributions to Smile. Van Dyke Parks 2010-06-21T21:01:00Z

Its deeper lyrics and more elaborate melodies reflect the musical maturity of the band. December's best music from across the MAP 2012-12-19T10:00:00Z

The band used to simply propel Mr. Darnielle’s succinct melodies and his friendly but insistent voice; now it has finer calibrations. New Music: New Albums by Mountain Goats, Kurt Elling and Trash Talk 2012-10-09T01:10:07Z

Its sound is like that of the theremin — high-pitched and eerie, its melodies floated rather than articulated. Music Review: The M.C.O. Chamber Artists Play Symphony Space 2010-07-30T22:47:00Z

Melody is my ultimate passion - if it's a song from any genre and it's got a good melody then I'm probably going to like it. Talking Shop 2010-05-12T08:16:00Z

Alone at the piano tracing a minor key melody, the artist seemed to stare into the abyss, not with fear as before, but with resolve. Perfume Genius sashays as he devastates a sold-out Roxy 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z

Seattle Times freelance writer Andrew Matson praised her vocal ability: “Vocally, her show was strong. She sold every melody and leaned hard into notes with no backup assistance.” Pop singer Ariana Grande coming to KeyArena 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z

For Kurbas, music was the linchpin for his synthetic art, which used rhythm and melody as a sort of pace-keeper for the action onstage. When Ukrainian Music Wasn’t Under Threat, It Thrived 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z

And listen to how the melody dips when she yearns for “skyscraper love.” Perspective | A hotel room more interesting than the cosmos: In praise of the downsized concept album 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z

Mr. Kremer plays the solitary theme from the film “Don Quixote” in Variation 1; Mr. Saluzzi performs the same melody, with beautiful shadings, in Variations 2 and 3. Music: Classical Recordings : GIYA KANCHELI: THEMES FROM THE SONGBOOK 2011-02-20T02:01:59Z

Mr. Shepherd’s engrossing 12-minute work begins with the oboe playing a fidgety, twisting melody, prodded along by plunked sounds and curt chords in the strings. Music Review: Santa Fe Celebration Includes New York 2011-08-12T22:22:50Z

She sang over a spare arrangement, one of the most skeletal of the night, and barely moved from her microphone, letting the melody do the work. Concert Review: Kelly Clarkson at Radio City Music Hall - Review 2012-01-22T18:02:05Z

At the symphony’s end, melody decays into a couple of hesitant individual notes in the violas. Mahler lives! Dudamel gives his most impressive performance yet with L.A. Phil 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z

It’s not a simple melody but it’s not super-complicated, either: You can actually sing along with it. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Bebop 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z

It would still be a powerful song if it was just those two guitars, that melody line. Talkin’ Fifty Years of Bob Dylan’s “Blonde on Blonde” 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z

By now, Mr. McCartney’s graceful melodies are a shared cultural heritage. Paul McCartney Offers Guileless Romance at Irving Plaza 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z

Koenig’s delicate, lighter-than-air vocals float through stirring melodies like feathers in a breeze. Vampire Weekend album celebrates urban life 2013-05-13T21:24:13Z

One track reworks “Love You Down,” an eighties hit by Ready for the World, retaining the intimacy of the original but deconstructing the melody to create something new and abstract. In 2016, How to Dress Well Gets Happy 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z

He uses the big saxophone to run bass lines as well as to improvise melodies. Emily Asher's throwing a Garden Party | Concert preview 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z

I fell in love with the work’s endless variety of melody and mood, the earthshaking bass arias, the airy calm of the later soprano solos. A Critic Gives Prizes for 5 ‘Messiah’ Concerts in New York 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z

For more than five decades he led prayers there, including those that were shaped by his melodies. Ben Zion Shenker, Rabbi Who Wrote Prayer Melodies, Dies at 91 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z

Judging by Gosling’s melancholy melody in the trailer, the film appears to depict a Los Angeles that is part whimsical La La Land, part crushing City of Broken Dreams. Ryan Gosling Serenades Emma Stone in 'La La Land' Trailer 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z

“He was a supremely musical person, and his understanding of how to sing a melody, color it and ornament it was just incredible.” Ben Zion Shenker, Rabbi Who Wrote Prayer Melodies, Dies at 91 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z

Antlers/Electric Eye goes thud thud thud but it's got a lovely mournful melody. New band of the day ? No 791: Apparatjik 2010-05-20T15:41:00Z

The mood is what is rendered most effectively: delicate synth tones are set to echoing percussion and low-key distortion, and the melodies are melancholy. Mount Kimbie: Cold Spring Fault Less Youth – review 2013-05-23T20:40:02Z

Its harp writing is tactile, its flute lines rich in melody. Music Review: June in Buffalo at the University at Buffalo 2012-06-10T21:30:06Z

The melody and vocal cadences of "Shakermaker" are lifted wholesale from the Coke jingle, and its final verse originally included the verbatim line "I’d like to buy the world a Coke." Pop music’s elitism problem: Why Oasis never got the respect they deserved 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z

The players pay reverential attention to Shostakovich’s lifting, plunging, doubt-riddled melodies and create a ghostly hazy sound in Schnittke’s dense harmonies. ArtsBeat: Classical Playlist: Thomas Adès, Benjamin Hochman, Angela Hewitt and More 2013-12-25T17:00:30Z

The Russian melody, which rose and fell, rose and fell, suggested the phrase “sunrise, sunset” to me. Sheldon Harnick, 'Fiddler' and 'She Loves Me' lyricist, sails back into the Tony spotlight at 92 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z

Always On is somehow mournful but manic, with a mad synth noise – sheer sonic graffiti – completely at odds with the vocal melody. Silver Columns (No 746) 2010-03-16T17:25:00Z

Three guitarists took the place of Waters’ old sidekick, David Gilmour, who wrote some of the most indelible melodies on “The Wall.” Concert review: Roger Waters, 'The Wall' at Wrigley Field 2012-06-09T06:30:00Z

The album’s title track began as a slow incantation, with Mr. Cline’s untutored voice adding a layer of vulnerability to the halting melody he fingerpicked on guitar. The Nels Cline Singers Play New Music at Le Poisson Rouge 2014-05-05T16:43:42Z

In his work with the actors, Mr. Leon emphasizes the moments when that melody and countermelody intersect in questions of privilege and prejudice, even among lovers. In a Summer Theater Weekend, Odd Couples and Immigrants on the Make 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z

Instead, it reworks the songs into five movements, drawing on their harmonies but rarely giving you a hint of their actual melodies. Steve Reich, London Sinfonietta; Mitsuko Uchida; Tallis Scholars – review 2013-03-10T00:06:07Z

These pieces are technically demanding but hardly ever explosive, and though pianists are fascinated by their difficult figuration and their constant hand-crossing, their real charm is in their gracefully winding melodies. Music Review: Nikolai Lugansky Performs at the Metropolitan Museum 2010-05-24T22:55:00Z

The music does that, with consolation in its melodies and a life force in its rhythms. Dave Matthews Sings to the Next Generation on ‘Come Tomorrow’ 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z

Digga D is a leading voice in Britain’s drill scene, a subgenre of hip-hop featuring eerie piano melodies layered over droning bass lines, and lyrics portraying life in some of the country’s most deprived neighborhoods. For British Drill Stars, the Police Are Listening Closely 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z

I also became interested in niggunim, this idea of universal melody. A Composer Not Afraid to Mash Things Up 2011-04-10T02:00:17Z

Clinging to a doleful melody over a descending piano line, the Weeknd name-drops luxury cars, dismisses any competition and brags about wealth, women and drugs. The Playlist: The Weeknd, Leonard Cohen and Dirty Projectors All Want It Darker 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z

Whether Apple is mumbling a melody under her breath or peeling a snarl off the back of her throat, we are never stealing glimpses into her mind. Perspective | Fiona Apple’s new album is a physical jolt in a digital world 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z

The performance closed with “Will Never Be Forgotten,” a lament with a descending bass line and a melody that winds downward like a teardrop. Beyoncé’s Dance-Floor Salvation, and 12 More New Songs 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z

And though “Little Lies” hinted at the romantic deception that famously runs through Fleetwood Mac’s history, the tune’s sweet melody neutralized any sense of real desperation. Fleetwood Mac at the Forum: A band reunited, team spirit intact 2014-11-30T05:00:00Z

There are also bits of melody that either hark back to the Adagio or look forward to the known conclusion. A Beethoven Aria Was Lost. I Filled In the Missing Pages. 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z

At over five minutes, it’s the band’s most epic track to date, one that patiently and with great grace explores the melody and the emotion. Best Coast unveils video for new song 'California Nights' 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z

A joyous Act I dance for Zina and six other women beautifully draws the listener into both pulse and melody in changing ways. Dance Review: Peasants Having Fun Down on the Old Soviet Farm 2011-06-12T22:38:30Z

Still, part of the delight of the Auden/Kallman version comes from the way it so snugly hugs the familiar melody. Critic?s Notebook: How Opera Challenges Translators 2010-12-24T21:45:45Z

For the past three decades, Lalah has been recognized for such talents as her frankly astonishing ability to sing chords and also her subtler gifts: her sensual, inventive approach to melodies and her smoldering tone. Eulaulah Hathaway on Her Musical Marriage to Donny Hathaway 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z

On stage it soon became clear that their originality did not stop at their taste in fashion, combining drum computers with reverberant guitar melodies, groovy basslines and intricate, contrasting vocals. February's best music from across the MAP 2013-02-15T09:17:22Z

Actually she jointly writes her songs, supplying the lyrics and most of the vocal melodies. Music: Kesha Tilts Closer to a Rock Sound With ‘Warrior’ 2012-11-25T00:10:06Z

The gently embellished original melody, with its turns and trills, becomes an animated lower line. A Jazz Pianist Flips Bach Upside-Down 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z

A concert next Saturday at the Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium at the Met features Chahrokh Elahi, his son, and pieces for double bass and lute that fuse Eastern and Western melodies. Ostad Elahi, a Tanbur Master, Is Celebrated at Met Museum 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z

“Little ghosts of other chords just keep ringing out and you’re like, ‘Oh, that speaks of another melody, and that speaks of another feeling.’” How a Sooty Old Piano Helped Beth Orton Reach a New Creative Peak 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z

He taught me a lot about the benefits of approaching communication, performance, composition, solos, melodies and lyrics without an agenda. Esperanza Spalding As a Real-Time Innovator 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

Moments later he played an abstraction of the melody, his embellishments swirling in fast little eddies, elusive by design. Music Review: Band?s Rapport Runs Deep, and the Undertow Swings 2011-02-23T22:59:31Z

The lowest notes represent the “crudest mass” of inorganic nature, while melodies above spoke of the “intellectually enlightened will.” Review | It was at the Paris Opéra that Degas found the whole world — and his own tormented self 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z

Yet the middle section turns mysterious, with a hushed, breathless melody unfolding over an obstinate bass pattern. A Pianist Loses Himself in a Musical ‘Labyrinth’ 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z

They play long notes in the chorus emphasising the melody, then reinforce the rhythmic figure at the crest of resolution. Dissecting Stevie Wonder’s "Superstition," 50 years after we first heard its infectious grooves 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z

Sardjoe's arsenal of pounding rolls and bossy, peremptory cymbal crashes sounds a shade graceless at first, and the staccato interlockings of angular melodies make the theory sound more dominant than the practice for a while. MSG: Tasty! ? review 2010-12-23T22:00:03Z

I was neck-deep in western rock, but "eastern"-sounding melodies always got to me. Musician Khyam Allami on how the 'ud changed his life 2010-08-05T21:30:00Z

Six songs are collaborations with Miranda, who said the problem with writing lyrics for Kander is “just keeping up” as the melodies pour out, sometimes via voice memo at 3 in the morning. John Kander’s Major Chord, Undiminished 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z

The score by Harold Rome is rich in melody and employs a sophisticated fabric of musical motifs to weave together the destinies of its characters. 2010-02-06T06:35:00Z

The lyrics were poetic, of course, but his musical settings were ingenious, with shifting chords and deceptively simple melodies. Leonard Cohen, singer-songwriter of love, death and philosophical longing, dies at 82 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z

The gently cascading song was spiked with synthesizer squawks, and the aching, sensuous melody seemed like an afterthought. Perfume Genius, intensely personal and enthralling

The songs were often abstracted, but “Maybe,” which closed the set, unfolded on deceptively simple terms: a quarter-note melody, played by Mr. Speed with sighing restraint, before an eventual onrush of distortion. Music Review: Three Bands, Floating Their Music on a Cool Breeze 2011-06-12T22:53:07Z

This time around, black midi’s music often moves so fast that Greep doesn’t bother with melody. black midi Bristles at a Bleak World With ‘Hellfire’ 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z

The Cavaliers' It's a Beautiful Game simply wants us to love the sport of cricket, encasing the names of dozens of its most famous exponents within a gorgeous melody. Readers recommend: songs about cricket – results 2013-07-25T14:52:05Z

The melody — a series of tandem maneuvers for trumpet and saxophone — pushed against that foundation, setting up a spiky tension. Music Review: Steve Coleman and Five Elements at the Stone 2013-04-24T22:09:59Z

Not long after, that vintage melody slips underneath new Composition No. 220 motifs. Anthony Braxton Composes Together Past, Present and Future 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z

It was unclear exactly which elements of “Heart on My Sleeve” — the lyrics, the instrumental beat, the melody, the vocals — were created by A.I. An A.I. Hit of Fake ‘Drake’ and ‘The Weeknd’ Rattles the Music World 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z

Starting with his minimal early albums and tracks issued by labels Plug Research, deFocus and Palette, the producer has built synthesized sounds, melodies and movements typified by a kind of aerodynamic sheen. Essential tracks: John Carpenter's 'Lost Themes' gives off eerie, futuristic sounds 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z

The jaunty melody contrasts with the rising indignation and frustration in the lyrics. Music that declared an era 2013-08-23T16:38:51Z

Though the British guitar band Ride called it quits in 1996, the thick guitar layers and washes of melodies it made during its mid-1990s prime are likely still echoing somewhere in the galaxy.  Coachella 2015: Ride announces Roxy gig, talks reunion, guitar pedals 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z

Sometimes a melody I’m writing is in my head, but more often than not, it’s on a guitar. All Seal Needs Is Love 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z

He insists that because they have clear, "friendly" melodies, audiences will like them. Anthony Newman ready to 'wow' on Disney Hall's 'Hurricane Mama' organ 2015-01-10T05:00:00Z

No segment lasts for more than a few seconds, so just when you’re starting to settle into the shape of a familiar melody, it’s pulled out from under you. Theater Review | 'All About Me': Michael Feinstein and Dame Edna, at Henry Miller?s Theater 2010-03-19T03:32:00Z

“Luckily, the sound that we associate with the Piedmont guitar style comes from stride piano, where the left hand plays a bass note then a chord and the right hand plays the melody,” Clayton said. Celebrating a subdued kind of blues 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z

Last year, summer anthem Ravin' was the first of a string of smashes for the 23-year-old with the adolescent vocal style and gift for melody. Sounds of Jamaica: eight acts you need to know about now 2012-06-28T19:00:00Z

Now start Sea Song and just let the gorgeous vocal harmonies and beautiful folky melodies wash over you. Putting the world's music blogs on the MAP 2010-10-15T11:52:00Z

Find it, and highlight it, with arrangements that capitalize on the chord structure, the rhythms, the arc of the melody. On 'American Idol': How to tell the singer from the song? 2010-04-02T16:16:00Z

And Runestad had fun going over the top, piling melody upon melody in a celebration of camp. At Washington National Opera, 20-minute operas are on the right track

This is Uzi rapping at his most sturdy, using pacing and cadence as much as melody. Lil Uzi Vert, a Hip-Hop Star Beyond Gatekeepers 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z

Four compositions from Redhooker’s second CD, “Vespers,” showed Mr. Griesgraber’s style: the steady arpeggios, slow harmonic motion and simple melodies of Minimalism wielded with a pop-inspired concision, and a dreamy looseness emphasized with electronic effects. Music Review: New Kids: One Behaved, One, Eh 2011-05-27T20:51:08Z

The songs are structured like a musical in reverse, with reprises preceding instead of following fuller versions, and bits of accompaniment later revealing themselves as new melodies. Review: ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ Returns, the Way It Never Was 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z

Sasha Cooke sang the song of the finale beautifully, but the weight of her mezzo-soprano voice in a part written for soprano pulled the ethereal arcs of melody referring to “heavenly life” earthward. Critic’s Notebook: Aspen Music Festival Embarks on New Era 2013-07-29T21:49:03Z

Their differences belie a shared taste for juxtaposed extremes of volume and pitch; jittery, unsettled melodies; and flirtations with noise that never entirely forestall the possibility of what might be called old-fashioned lyrical beauty. Review: International Contemporary Ensemble and Others Play in Brooklyn 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z

“Swimming Blind,” a new piece, opened with mysterious, gloomy rumbles and restless jitters before eventually cohering around a twinkling keyboard figure into a stately seven-beat melody. Music Review: New Kids: One Behaved, One, Eh 2011-05-27T20:51:08Z

Ten Storey Love Song's melody reminds you how touching this music could be. The Stone Roses – review 2012-06-15T18:00:00Z

Ms. Dessay sings the melodies ravishingly, with beguiling tone, supple phrasing and lovely vocal colors. 2010-02-10T05:31:00Z

Tucked inside lurk hooks and melodies that sink in over time. Kanye West's 'Yeezus' an uneasy listen 2013-06-16T20:37:00Z

Somewhere, a Bluetooth speaker was stashed away and playing the kind of soft, dulcet melodies heard in expensive spas. The Topanga Tea Ceremony 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z

Unlike the claustrophobic, totally weird "I Thought I Was an Alien," "My Dreams" is a fully hi-fi work that buzzes with beatbox rhythms and memorable post-punk melodies. Soko mines '80s new wave on 'My Dreams Dictate My Reality' 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z

Snippets of familiar melodies from Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 and an eclectic range of other works are woven through it. Music Review: JACK Quartet at Rite of Summer Music Festival 2012-08-05T21:51:17Z

First, a hint of melody, syncopated against a hidden beat, ascending to some unknown goal. Robert Schumann: A Hopeless, Brilliant Romantic 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z

The group immediately started singing hymns set to popular melodies and marching through lower Manhattan. How Salvation Army’s red kettles became a Christmas tradition 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z

Mr. Finlayson’s music is all about waiting: for pieces to fit into place, for a melody to gain lift, for the ship to dock. March in Live Jazz: 5 Standout Shows 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z

The main melody of the first movement arrives, several times, hauntingly out of nowhere, like the intoxicating continuation of something else; each time Mr. Tomasson catches that in some new way for Vanessa Zahorian. Dance Review: Nerve and Verve On a Grand Scale 2011-03-07T22:49:07Z

Primarily playing acoustic guitar and using effects pedals sparingly, he exposed a sophisticated architecture of bridges, hooks and melodies rooted in country, jazz and pop. Concert review: The many faces of Elvis Costello 2010-12-21T12:13:00Z

The melody is strung so gracefully that it convinces you that, even if the man talking grew up to rob widows and orphans, he has lived a blessed life. Greil Marcus on “Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions” 2012-07-16T14:06:00Z

“So I just started humming that melody, and I think Randa’s the one who sang, ‘Baby, we were just a masterpiece.’ Watch out, country bros. The Pistol Annies are back. 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z

On Monday, he threw himself into his songs with renewed vigor, but the voice was unerring in piercing all the notes, his melodies swooping and soaring. Neutral Milk Hotel's Jeff Mangum returns with his songs and their durability intact 2012-02-08T06:00:00Z

“Now you’ve stolen all the magic,” he sang at one point, “Took my melody.” Music Review: Radiohead at the Roseland Ballroom ? Music Review 2011-09-29T09:36:33Z

It's soulful and enveloping; lulling patterns and skywriting melodies vie with sheets of anxious noise and electronic burbles. Mark McGuire: the antithesis of the axeman 2010-09-29T14:02:00Z

The songs deal with lost loves and shattered dreams, but also redemption and eternal youth – appropriate themes for a collection bursting with timeless melodies. Band of Horses: Infinite Arms 2010-05-13T22:30:00Z

He doesn’t just send a chord progression, he sends a melody with a lot of personality, and you can’t help but be inspired by it and let the story flow through. How Steve Martin and Edie Brickell Forged a Partnership 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z

The synth-pop skeletons here are alluring: “Singles” succeeds in accessing the unconscious pleasures associated with the cold percussion and computer melodies of the early-mid-1980s. New Music: New Music by the Hold Steady, Future Islands, Caetano Veloso 2014-03-24T22:45:20Z

The visceral, full-blooded and richly scored work, which opens with stately passages, reflects his increasing interest in melody, with the aleatoric elements creating in a hazy sonic canvas. Music Review: A Composer Who Rolled the Dice 2011-01-30T22:07:57Z

This might happen best in “Slow,” which starts with tolling piano chords, like a dirge, until Mr. Richardson unspools his complex, circular melody in tandem with Mr. Metheny and Mr. Waits. Review: Logan Richardson’s ‘Shift’ Serves as a Challenge 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z

He composed the gentle composition from traditional percussion and flute melodies used by Nigeria's Igbo people during masked performances. Identity transformed in the Fowler's 'Disguise: Masks and Global African Art' 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z

Richard D James, crouched under a bank of digital equipment, performs unseen midi manipulations, and the piano-pendulum responds with mutating variations on a melody that hangs over the muffled creaking of this hallucinatory metronome. Aphex Twin – review 2012-10-11T16:29:00Z

I don't like plays sentimentalised by melody, or cockneys singing with arms akimbo, or women being charmed by bullies. My Fair Lady; The Dance of Death; Midnight's Pumpkin – review 2012-12-23T00:09:26Z

“But also I think the music. There’s something about melodies that can really change the molecules, change the emotions. Songs like ‘Somewhere’ or ‘Who Will Buy?’ Sheryl Crow expands her range, writing the songs for stage’s ‘Diner’ 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z

It begins as such a trivial piece, it has this very simple melody, serenading a loved one, with a guitar accompaniment. ‘The Great Czech Piano Cycle’ Arrives at Carnegie Hall 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z

At their furthest from their essential grooves and melodies, the slinky “Cantaloupe Island” and the funky “Actual Proof” were essentially the same. Herbie Hancock stretches out and enjoys the jams at Kennedy Center 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z

His son answered with an improvisation that processed the melody into a digestible, light-FM-ready tune that resembled nothing so much as “My Heart Will Go On.” Music Review: Jordi and Ferran Savall at Morgan Library & Museum - Review 2011-10-14T23:05:59Z

Mr. Shelton is a reassuring singer, with deep Southern contours to his voice, and he relies on them more than he does his melodies — he’s more of a convincer than a crooner. For Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton, You Can’t Teach an Old Country Bro New Tricks 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z

Puff Daddy learning to rap in public! — feels like 10 lifetimes ago, but therein lay almost all the blueprints for what came next: melody’s full absorption into hip-hop, followed by hip-hop’s full absorption into pop. Pop Music Gifts, All Bundled Up 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z

Though the long-limbed melody needs a deeper-pile string sound than the Bournemouth orchestra brought to the work, it was played with a great deal of finesse and the closing symphony was equally impressive. Bournemouth SO/Litton - review 2011-03-17T18:01:35Z

The melodies are plucked ever so lightly over accompaniments that are often skeletal counterpoint, exquisitely understated. If Friends Play Your Songs, They Just May Change Your Tune 2014-08-09T04:00:00Z

Was there one moment when he can remember turning away from conventional melody? Scott Walker: Brother beyond 2012-11-23T19:28:49Z

As in all our parody contests, songs that run in the print paper tend to be very well-known melodies, while ones that run just online can link to a clip of the tune in question. Style Invitational: It’s birthday-parody time! Plus fake D.C. trivia. 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z

What really got highlighted during the set was the fact that Misty writes in two tempos, slow and a little bit faster than slow, and one kind of melody — not much. With humor, but not much melody, Father John Misty comes to 9:30 Club 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z

A similar feeling of sung melody permeated the soulful Largo in an imaginatively molded account of Dvorak’s “New World” Symphony. Music Review: A Jacques Lacombe Preview With , New Jersey Symphony 2010-04-23T22:38:00Z

A rumpled troubadour, he sings pessimistic lyrics in sweet melodies sometimes reminiscent of Brian Wilson. Review: ‘Pandaemonium’ Gives Unhappiness a Light Touch 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z

This does allow the album's stunning title track to kick off the concert, and its menacing melody to dart, whip and whirr around the Turbine Hall. Kraftwerk at Tate Modern, night three: Trans-Europe Express 2013-02-10T11:36:08Z

Trilogy does remove some of the Weeknd's mystique – lyrical formulae become apparent, and examples of engaging melody recede as the collection advances. The Weeknd: Trilogy – review 2012-11-15T21:00:01Z

"I like as a listener to find some little percussive elements or some little throwaway melodies in there that you only really catch if you're listening on the headphones," Beam said. There's no pinning down Iron & Wine's Sam Beam 2013-04-16T16:46:03Z

The album sounds equally proud of its melodies — steeped in the Beatles and the Byrds — and of the aural detritus it puts in their way. New Music: New Music by Kevin Hufnagel, Jimmy Owens and Guided by Voices 2012-01-03T00:53:03Z

There’s more than a hint of Crosby’s lifelong admiration for Mitchell in “Holding On to Nothing,” with its calmly strummed, eccentric chords and asymmetrical melody. David Crosby’s 15 Essential Songs 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z

It wasn’t the most transparent playing, but, supported by the orchestra’s outgoing accompaniment, it foregrounded the spine of Chopin’s melodies to an uncommon and persuasive extent. Review | Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony live — and work — for the present 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z

When it comes to melody instruments, complex linear sequences are meant to create the illusion of polyphony. The L.A. music scene as seen through Berio's Sequenzas 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z

Sondheim's musicals were the beginning of the end of melody. ‘Into the Woods,’ Disney’s Take on the Sondheim-Lapine Classic 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z

He describes the Beatles' sound as having "great melodies, great lyrics; fresh and a little raw. I try to do the same thing with my music." Dave Mason on “Sgt. Pepper,” hanging with Harrison and Hendrix, and “Feelin’ Alright” 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z

Individually, all the singers were captivating; in ensembles their interactions were terrific, and they were enlivened further when Gianluigi Trovesi, the clarinetist, wove improvisations around the vocal melodies. Music Review: L?Arpeggiata?s Period Instruments at Zankel Hall 2012-03-15T22:35:58Z

But he’s accompanied by a lugubrious flute melody, and there’s no joy in his weary voice. Pop Music in 2017: Glum and Glummer 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z

The songwriter who reshaped the American musical theater in the second half of the 20th century with his intelligent, intricately rhymed lyrics, his use of evocative melodies and his willingness to tackle unusual subjects. Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2021 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z

She released a series of five EPs in 2010 collectively titled “Long Play” that are wonderful — little gems of carefully observed wordplay and haunting melody. What music critics left off their year-end lists 2010-12-31T00:14:42Z

“I always encouraged Nicky to understand that not only melody and harmony were interesting, but that atonal music and sounds and all that were also interesting.” Music: Nicolas Jaar, Electronic Musician and Student at Brown 2012-03-09T17:00:00Z

A snaking clarinet melody began, quickly merging with a hypnotic drumbeat and a double bass guitar rhythm. In Ethiopia’s Capital, a Resurgent Jazz Scene 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z

“So I turn on the tape machine and I listen to the melody, and it was something new, something different — it really sounded good,” he later told Vanity Fair. Gerry Goffin, lyricist who co-wrote seminal ’60s hits, dies at 75

Music is now being written by artificial intelligence, with a Google computer writing a melody based on existing models. Algorithms aren’t the future of good TV: To make the next “Fargo” or “The Americans,” networks need humans 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z

The perfect harmonies and stardust melodies of Little Deuce Coupe and I Get Around still shimmer like musical sunbeams of pop. Beach Boys/JLS – review 2013-07-08T17:13:43Z

Yet the melody had been so immediately in the air that it seemed to linger. Mahler lives! Dudamel gives his most impressive performance yet with L.A. Phil 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z

He introduced that song on June 4 on “Late Night with David Letterman” and reintroduced it, with a completely rewritten melody, on Tuesday night. Elvis Costello Treats Carnegie Hall to a Solo Show 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z

But he's so skilled at it, that you're able to focus on both melodies at the same time and not be distracted from the lyrics, which I think is an amazing accomplishment. Natalie Merchant on overcoming pain, roadblocks to produce the "best-sounding record I've ever made" 2023-04-16T04:00:00Z

Instead, he now emphasizes sweet melodies and mildly dramatic arrangements, similar to those of brother Charles Kelley's trio, Lady Antebellum. Review: Josh Kelly country transition a rocky one 2011-03-23T15:50:19Z

It's epically orchestrated, dramatic, rousing and features one of the most memorable and triumphant brass melodies of any nineteenth-century composer. Exam warrior songs: music to focus the mind – playlist 2013-05-20T09:04:00Z

At one point, about half an hour in, a nearly understandable voice sang something like a melody line a few times; it didn’t reappear. Music Review: The Trippy ?60s in a Guggenheim Time Machine 2010-03-06T08:06:00Z

It is music that she, fresh from a triumphant run in Berlioz’s “Troyens” at the Metropolitan Opera, clearly knows well, and the lucid, sophisticated melodies remain a perfect match for her clean yet creamy voice. Music Review: Renée Fleming and Susan Graham at Carnegie Hall 2013-01-28T22:44:30Z

Surprisingly, the melodies so closely bring to mind Vampire Weekend, it really begs the question: Just how much did Batmanglij contribute to the band’s songwriting and overall sound? Rostam's long-awaited debut solo album "Half-Light" is out today 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z

She maintains that strength in simplicity which got you on to Marling in the first place, yet caries a depth in her melodies which will won't leave you. Now listening: reader playlist 2012-05-23T16:08:00Z

They incorporate descriptions of Buddhist religious ceremonies, lessons and poetry from teachers and writers in East Timor, dreams artists told her, melodies inspired by old Javanese songs, snippets of field recordings. Through Music, Jen Shyu Explores the Unknown, Including Herself 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z

London’s Nilüfer Yanya harnesses the antsy buzz of modern anxiety and transforms it into something not just manageable but actually beautiful, thanks to her elegant melodies and the lavender calm of her voice. Best Albums of 2022 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z

I used to lie on the kitchen floor and put my head next to the refrigerator vent and sing these weird melodies in my mind. Last exit from Brooklyn 2010-04-23T23:16:00Z

One was Mr. Shaw’s solo on “Ribbon in the Sky,” a marvel of gutbucket enlightenment; there were cheers when he found his way back to the melody. Music Review: E. J. Strickland Project and Olatuja Project at 92Y Tribeca 2012-01-19T23:32:37Z

Dylan told Rolling Stone his song evolved from fooling around with the melody to the latter, but what we end up with is something on a bigger scale. Bob Dylan's Tempest: first listen 2012-08-06T14:47:55Z

Most of the three-dimensional scenery is made up of vast Art Noveau gates and sculptures, huge creations that match Mr. Lloyd Webber’s melodies in form and weight. Theater: At Adelphi Theater in London: Same Phantom, Different Spirit 2010-03-10T06:07:00Z

That’s the purpose of “Yoga Dreamland,” a new release from Putumayo World Music that consists of an album of soothing international melodies accompanied by a booklet featuring yoga poses for children 4 and older. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z

But he is a melodist, too, and in his second tune, a lively one based on “What Is This Thing Called Love?,” he piled up heaps of rich melodies in the bebop vernacular. Review | Jazz vibraphonist and drummer Chuck Redd shows a hometown audience his enduring range 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z

If the original runs in Randolph's song didn't automatically register as humorous, his sending up a melody associated with clowns surely does. Why "Yakety Sax" makes anything funny and has morphed into the soundtrack of political failure 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z

Heatwave and Dreams to Wishes both reprise the melody and the cosmic exuberance of Daft Punk's One More Time, as well as its shimmering melancholy. New band of the day ? No 1,090: Fabian 2011-08-23T16:57:49Z

In Week 1117 we asked the Parody Animals amid the Loser Community to write a song about someone or something in the news, set to a familiar melody. Style Invitational: The an(n)als of civilization 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z

On the night of his death, the city gathered at Howard Theatre and danced to Brown’s melodies. Winding it up again for the Godfather of Go-Go

On “Nostalgia,” just try not to crack a smile at the lyrics she wrote to the melody of Fats Navarro’s 1947 trumpet solo while you simply shake your head at her command. Best Jazz Albums of 2022 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z

Mostly, though, the instrument engages the vocal lines, shifting from moments of folkloric melody to passages of disorienting sonorities, or to stretches that become obsessed with a strange repeated riff. Review: A Tenor Offers a Subtle Model of Adventurousness 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z

His early influences were German — Johannes Brahms, Robert Schumann and Richard Strauss — and he found a kindred spirit in Franz Liszt, whose Hungarian Rhapsodies were inflected with Gypsy rhythms and melodies. Book review: Musician Béla Bartók was pride of two nations 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z

Mr. Binney phrased the melody as a string of hiccups and then eased into an elastic mode, coolly extemporizing over bass and drums, with ample space for Mr. Weiss to fill. David Binney: David Binney?s Art of the Straddle at 55 Bar 2010-04-07T21:58:00Z

The melody is bound up with the magic but also the melancholy of Christmas. Tracks of our tears: the songs that make G2 writers weep 2011-04-08T07:00:02Z

Last year, they patented a device that aims to use these melodies to regenerate stem cells. For Milford Graves, Jazz Innovation Is Only Part of the Alchemy 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z

Joyce Fung, a senior research associate, was charged with dressing the mannequins, an act that’s a bit like adding a discordant chord to a perfectly composed melody. Perspective | How Rei Kawakubo left her avant-garde mark on the Met Gala red carpet, and the world 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z

The chorus interpolates a melody from Alabama’s 1982 smash “Mountain Music,” a stunt that Mr. Paisley suggested is “the closest that country has come to sampling.” Arts & Leisure: Brad Paisley?s Country Underground 2011-05-14T04:00:07Z

The music within is based on a mix of contemporary dubstep and techno beats and Basque folk melodies. Crystal Fighters: Bringing Basque the beats 2011-03-28T20:44:00Z

The recordings — live in the studio, without overdubs — reveal Mr. Dylan and his musicians constantly reshaping the songs, changing tempos, keys, melodies and lyrics. New Bob Dylan 'Bootleg' to Cover 1965-66 Sessions 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z

Their assorted instruments include mandolin, saxophone, glockenspiel and recorder along with guitar and keyboards; their songs incorporate overlapping pop melodies, giant hollow programmed drumbeats and stretches of rapping. Finding the Joy at South by Southwest: 12 Notable Acts 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z

They live in harmony, figuratively and — when De Haas swoops over and around the melody — literally. Review: Finding Community in ‘As You Like It’ 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z

In 2011-12, mostly unnoticed, he released a track a week online for a year, forging his particular combination of crisply understated house beats, minor-key melodies, pop-song structures and, often, his own wispy falsetto. Zhu Brings His Electronic Dance Music to Town 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z

Pompey tries to get bandmate Cedell Hunter to stop cooking long enough to play rake-and-scrape — traditional Bahamian music featuring a scraped saw, drum and melody instrument such as an accordion or guitar. In the Bahamas, Cat Island offers spectacular diving and solitude for miles 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z

It's so transparent -- it's like why you can't change a Mozart melody. Pop pioneer hails Germany despite Holocaust misery 2010-04-19T15:05:00Z

And all at once she seemed to regain her voice — her voice, sonorous and light, seeming to dance over those balletic melodies at a jazzy tempo all her own. Joni Mitchell Reclaims Her Voice at Newport 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z

In live recordings of works by Ravel, Mendelssohn, Brahms and especially Haydn, these three musicians dance on a fizzy alchemy of melody and rhythmic verve. Trio con Brio Copenhagen: cultural connections 2012-01-13T23:07:04Z

A small group of soloists stated a chorale melody, answered by the chorus, a style in alternation with freer sections of large chorus. Marking Johann Sebastian’s birthday with a tribute to the Bach family 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z

But he has an unusual style, and he became known for taking improvisational liberties with melodies and for reinterpreting rhythms, skills he honed playing in bars and cafes in Georgia. ArtsBeat: Phillip Phillips Wins 'American Idol,' Beating Out Jessica Sanchez 2012-05-24T03:19:45Z

I used to call it trance music – the melody has an asymmetric structure, but the bassline stays the same throughout. How we made: Jiggs Chase and Ed Fletcher on The Message 2013-05-27T16:18:10Z

A random collection of images of construction in west London, set to morbid melodies, left me confused and irritated. Witty or gritty? What ingredients make the best short films? 2011-01-14T16:29:46Z

To the ear, even the consonants here have a softness – the mellow M of "Mama" and "melodies", the soft S of "sing", the lulling of the double L, there in "all", and "wells" and "I'll". Hail, Hail, Rock'n'Roll 2010-05-20T21:29:00Z

Central to the structure is one spiritual in particular, “Go Down, Moses,” and Dett’s bracing fugue on its melody honors its august history. Review: ‘The Ordering of Moses’ Shines at Riverside Church 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z

Her songs are still longish —mostly between 6 and 11 minutes — but their melodies have grown richer, more plentiful, more skillful. Music Review | Joanna Newsom: At Town Hall, Singing in Tongues, Some of Them Strung 2010-03-20T00:19:00Z

The melodies to songs like “The Caves of Altamira” and “Green Earrings” are chromatic and jumpy — so tricky that onstage Mr. Fagen sometimes strained to maneuver through them. Music Review: Steely Dan at the Beacon Theater - Review 2011-09-21T23:01:55Z

Mr. Thicke improvised a melody and some lyrics about seducing another man’s girlfriend. Robin Thicke, a Romantic, Has a Naughty Hit 2013-07-21T16:14:52Z

The fresh start resulted in an empowered, fuzz-punching rocker that finds a snarling, resilient Boudreaux silenced no longer, tackling deeply personal issues with bruising melodies and roaring guitars. Puget Sounds: The top 12 new albums from the Pacific Northwest 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z

While Joachim observes, in the album’s liner notes, that the melody here is somber, you can also hear the communal joy embedded in a music of cooperation. 7 Things to Do This Weekend 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z

Everything overlayed and more layers kept piling on, with initial melodies later revealed to be harmonies to more important melodies. SXSW 2011 post #11: Mount Kimbie, Sharon Van Etten, Odd Future 2011-03-20T22:46:03Z

The song has since become a contemporary standard, performed everywhere from subway stops to synagogues, where its melody is often transposed onto the lyrics of the Sabbath liturgical song “Lecha Dodi.” How Pop Culture Wore Out Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’ 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z

Sooner or later certain lines would seem to have a melody to them. 50 great moments in jazz: Carla Bley's Escalator Over the Hill 2011-01-18T13:06:04Z

That wordless melody provides what resolution there is. The Playlist: Zayn’s Bizarrely Great Sleaze Rock and 13 More New Songs 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z

The musical tension and intrigue of their first record, “Leisure,” had played out in the dialogue between Graham Coxon’s intricate guitar licks and Damon Albarn’s cheeky vocal melodies. That Time My Band Opened for Blur 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z

Writing English lyrics for Spanish melodies, Mr. Drake scored his first big hits in the 1940s with “Tico-Tico” and “The Rickety Rickshaw Man,” which sold more than a million copies. Ervin Drake, Composer of Pop Songs, Dies at 95 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z

The piece involved four singers who mostly roamed about separately — sometimes singing written-out sustained tones and phrases, other times their own favorite melodies like “Graceland” and “Tomorrow.” A Musical Solstice Spectacle Sprawls Across New York 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z

Or they are compulsively lifted to the rise of a melody, then put down on the diminuendo. Beyond Ballroom: Twyla Tharp’s American Classicism 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z

He offered an elegant performance of this enigmatic piece, in which fragments of melody are interwoven with rumbling figurations in the left hand. Music Review: Taka Kigawa Plays Piano at Le Poisson Rouge - Review 2011-08-24T21:20:26Z

A just-assembled quartet toyed with the jazz standard “Cherokee,” volleying solos until the melody was barely discernable. The best jazz clubs in Paris 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

For a while you said nothing, then started to hum the melody to “Happy Birthday.” A Letter to My Mother That She Will Never Read 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z

On that album, lonely, murmured melodies fade in and out. In 2016, How to Dress Well Gets Happy 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z

“But when you actually go to the inferred melodies, they’re stunning.” Plunder My Songbook, Bob Dylan Said. So He Did. 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z

In “Tina’s Tune,” after playing the melody, he sings the words of the haiku on which he based the tune. Critics? Choice: New CDs From Stone Temple Pilots and Steve Lacy 2010-05-30T21:14:00Z

Debut album Utopia was released last month, with lead track Mannequin and its addictive harmonies and melody lines serving as the perfect introduction to the band. December's best music from across the MAP 2012-12-19T10:00:00Z

The first movement, marked Molto Moderato, begins with a seemingly tender theme, a steady, flowing melody played in right-hand octaves with an inner voice. Anthony Tommasini’s Interactive Quest for Surprises 2014-02-28T15:50:53Z

This melody first appears in “Turandot” sung by a boys’ choir accompanied by offstage saxophones. Classical: Puccini Opera Echoes a Music Box at the Morris Museum 2012-06-17T01:03:03Z

Singing melodies, Ms. Ono sounded high and fragile, as deliberately exposed as the lyrics. Music Review | 'We Are Plastic Ono Band': Amid All That Experience, Innocence 2010-02-18T00:28:00Z

He maintains the sense of pop melody he brought to Fleetwood Mac, and he sings in an expressively frayed latter-day version of his old high tenor. Playlist : Music by Wild Flag, Lindsey Buckingham and the Raincoats 2011-09-10T00:08:45Z

Mr. Blade contributes the album’s closer, “Your Part to Play,” vested with a placid, luminous melody, resembling the sheer-cloth rustle of the music he writes for Fellowship, his ensemble of roughly 20 years. Redman, Mehldau, McBride and Blade Take Another Spin, 26 Years Later 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z

The result often sounded strident, with no obvious melody, harmony or tempo to which the listener could latch on. Profile of jazz maestro Herbie Hancock: From the archive, 12 Feb 1975 2013-02-12T07:00:00Z

Which, if you'll recall, was a melody made of precisely one note. The new We Buy Any Car advert 2013-03-30T06:00:00Z

Mr. Corgan lavishes melody and muscle on his newfound certainties, deploying the latest Smashing Pumpkins lineup in barreling triplet-driven rockers and ballads that build to majestic, walloping choruses. Playlist: New Music From Smashing Pumpkins and Neil Young 2012-06-29T20:01:40Z

The sounds have almost died out when he raises himself up to puff out the opening phrase of “Dream Weaver”: a simple, singsong melody, all about rhythm and tone. Charles Lloyd Revels in the Flow on a Stellar Live Album 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z

It’s the way of Broadway melody, the style of “West Side Story.” Critic?s Notebook: Fasten Your Seat Belts And Embrace the City 2010-10-14T15:49:00Z

It opened gently, with the excellent Kronos Quartet exchanging hypnotic themes and melodies with occasional bursts from Anderson's electric violin. Landfall - review 2013-03-03T02:23:23Z

Woodstock and all it symbolized signaled that the supremacy of pure melody after a half-century of dominance was seriously under siege. Music Review: ‘Jerome Kern: The Song Is You’ at the 92nd Street Y 2013-05-05T21:56:21Z

The sad, curling melody, like a memory of a hymn, bleeds into the child’s quietly forlorn cry, and Coyote, howling at the moon. Review: An Opera Erases and Rewrites the American Myth 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z

The new location, a former skating rink, was billed as “a magnificent metropolis of melody and merriment.” Taxi Dancers to Gaga: Roseland’s Life and Death 2014-03-27T22:11:12Z

The other thing that's really satisfying is how alive those melodies still are. Medieval Women's Choir sings of spring 2011-05-19T19:59:09Z

As the mother washes clothes in a stream and toasts marshmallows with her husband and children at their campsite, breathy vocals hiss "wrap your arms around me" to a police siren melody. Can you decipher Animal Collective's visual album ODDSAC? 2010-05-10T10:21:00Z

The title cut of Jamal's "Saturday Morning" album, of last year, sounded even more gestural, Jamal's quartet creating music that often avoided melody, backbeat, you name it. Ahmad Jamal is still surprising at 84 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z

In English, it was elusive in its spare, angular melodies and slightly jarring in some fragmented phrasing. Review: Music From Japan Brings In Some Neighbors as Well 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z

The humor in Lerner’s lyrics remains pungent half a century after their composition, and Loewe’s gently soaring melodies still enchant. Critic?s Notebook: ?Jesus Christ Superstar? and ?Camelot? at Stratford 2011-08-29T21:59:36Z

The title song of the group’s latest album, “Multi_Viral,” featured both a Palestinian melody and an Australian’s rebuke to international officialdom for “the world your propaganda made.” Calle 13 delivers eclectic, crowd-pleasing set at Echostage

Songs like "Let's Go," "Now" and "Overexposed" are all fueled by synth-driven melodies, uptempo drums and choruses that are designed for audience participation. Matt & Kim get the party started at The Neptune 2012-10-26T22:22:04Z

Singing in an understated murmur over a light rhythmic waft, Mr. Russell fills in a portrait of dawning romantic disillusionment, tracing a melody whose casual sophistication recalls the best of Antônio Carlos Jobim. Leon Russell, From Rising to Resurgent 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z

One of its themes – considered by Arnold as one of his greatest melodies – was recycled for his own favourite film, Hobson's Choice. Maclom Arnold's The Dancing Master finally comes in from the cold 2012-10-11T10:57:48Z

By the final act’s halting, sluggish revelations, Weber’s floods of melody are more arresting than the people singing them. ‘Euryanthe,’ Rarely Heard, Is Mounted at Bard 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z

Verdi had a lifetime of experience imagining melodies for lines of seven, eight or 10 syllables — but not nine syllables, which traditional Italian poetry did not use, and French did. ‘Don Carlo’ or ‘Don Carlos’? Verdi Comes to the Met in French 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z

She sang a plaintive melody over lightly strummed guitar chords, folk-song-like. A Brilliant Return for a Talking Heads Album 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z

“Shackled and Drawn” conjures a prison work song, the type of melody that enables men consigned to hard labor to negotiate another day in the unforgiving sun. Album review: Bruce Springsteen, 'Wrecking Ball' 2012-03-02T05:00:00Z

This collection captures the five-octave range of the lyrebird via a mutating mélange of melodies, trills, clicks, squeaks, warbles and staccato bursts. Need More Nature? Listen to 12 Essential Field Recordings 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z

But in a heartfelt performance that brought to mind a virtuosic jazz artist riffing out the essence of a signature melody, Ms. Greene demonstrated that she still unconditionally holds the patent on Audrey. Review: In ‘Little Shop of Horrors,’ a Ravenous Plant Is Reborn at City Center 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z

He does that himself at the piano: songs are built on simple, four-note melodies whose smoothness is disrupted by an unexpected shift in register, a sudden clanging note. Teitur – review 2013-01-14T18:47:51Z

Adams was most brazenly idiosyncratic, and surprising, in his 1982 work “Grand Pianola Music,” which begins in comfortable, Minimalist territory before giving way to a cascading excess and a sweeping melody both familiar and unplaceable. John Adams, an American Master at 75 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z

The answer's melody has been playing in the background all season long, but never so plaintively than on this grim day. "Succession" mourns the Roy "family way" in all its tragic glory 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z

The first section, “Venezia notturno,” opens with glassy, slippery sounds that evoke Venice’s canals; the different layers assigned each player seem wholly separate until they unexpectedly converge into moments of rich, unison melody. Review: The Jack and the Calder Quartet in Concert 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z

It happens on “My Queen Is Ada Eastman,” the opening track: Mr. Hutchings finishes the song’s melody and Mr. Cross hops up an octave to join him in unison for a brief coda. With Sons of Kemet, Shabaka Hutchings Brings London Jazz Into the Spotlight 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z

A violinist — the work’s artistic director, Daniel Hope — played sweet-tone melodies, dressed as a blind fiddler. ‘A Distant Drum’ Recalls the Life of Nathaniel Nakasa 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z

Levine’s conducting sets tempi that allow the cast to luxuriate in Mozart’s astonishing outpouring of melody while coaxing from the singers the turn of dramatic interest in every musical phrase. “The Marriage of Figaro” at the Met 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z

Despite its upbeat melody, that song’s lyrics, recounting a fictional battle between the Chicago police and Al Capone’s gang, were bleaker than Mr. Callander’s usual fare: Peter Callander, Lyricist of ‘The Night Chicago Died,’ Dies at 74 2014-03-14T04:53:02Z

But the next night he had a dream in which the melody came to him, and in his dream he wrote it down, and this time, when he woke up, he remembered it. Surviving a Weekend with the Wizard of Prog Rock 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z

In abrupt gasps, the album retreats to the sweeter melodies of their 2000 debut, Felt Mountain, but these are few if even recognizable. Goldfrapp’s Impressive New Album: Tales Of Us 2013-09-20T12:00:56Z

He sits down at the piano and clumsily bangs out its opening melody, singing a verse or two with tinny force until Bill can't stand it anymore. In "The Last of Us," Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett battle loneliness at the end of the world 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z

Spend some time here and you may even suspect, with Keats, that heard melodies are sweet, unheard melodies sweeter. ‘Sights and Sounds of Ancient Ritual’ Review: Art Meant to Excite the Soul 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z

He took sonic refuge in punk music’s frenetic instrumentation and in-your-face melodies. Meet the punk activist who’s changing the psychiatric system from the inside 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z

He maintained his own stubborn pace throughout, making frequent references to the written melody and building off them. Review | Saxophonist Ravi Coltrane makes a sound of his own in Blues Alley performance 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z

Actor Martin Short opened the good humoured ceremony at the Dolby Theatre with a song-and-dance routine set to a medley of melodies from Brooks' films. Brooks given Hollywood honour 2013-06-07T11:03:30Z

When it came to other aspects of music, such as the ability to improvise or compose, or even to learn a simple melody, there was almost no compelling literature. Guitar Zero: psychologist Gary Marcus says science proves it's never to late to learn music 2012-06-05T15:11:01Z

Despite this, her roots in pop are fixed, heard in the catchy hooks and simple melodies of her mixtapes painting universal themes of love's highs and lows. Ones to watch in 2013: Charli XCX 2013-01-03T10:00:03Z

One of the joys of the show was hearing people born in the 1980s discovering the complex harmonies and melodies of the late ’50s and early ’60s. ArtsBeat: 'Idol' Field Is Culled After Group Performances 2012-02-17T06:04:52Z

"I died a week ago, there's nothing left," he sings as his voice traces a sorrowful melody over a glistening production. New band of the day – Sohn (No 1,401) 2012-11-22T12:57:31Z

All twelve artists took liberties with the melodies and the arrangements — stripping down the songs, adding a country twist or traveling in a different direction altogether, which is just what Schlansky and Rogers wanted. Stream Dead Man's Town: A Tribute to Born In the U.S.A.: A Country Twist on Springsteen's Classic 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z

Plenty of people who know the words and melodies also know all the steps. Tony Nominees for Choreography Put the Past in Motion 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z

Aizuri tidily braided the melodies in the Adagio yet allowed the passages to remain lithe. In Aizuri Quartet, a natural bond and a captivating performance 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z

There’s a weird melody line, part flute and part digitized ghost choir. Lex Luger Can Write a Hit Rap Song in the Time It Takes to Read This 2011-11-04T17:42:52Z

Verses, choruses and bridges arrive in their proper places and melodies trace a measured, symmetrical rise and fall. Aimee Mann Traces Elegant Despair on ‘Mental Illness’ 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z

He composed a melody and set an acrostic poem to it, with the first letter of each line spelling the name “Igor” in Russian. Review: Ghosts Hover Over a New Collaboration at City Ballet 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z

The melody doesn’t conform to the typical structure for pop songs of the time. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z

Whether you’re a fan of show tunes, operas or classical music, the name Leonard Bernstein likely rings a familiar melody. Celebrate 100 Years of Leonard Bernstein With These Festivals 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z

His capacity to write remarkable lyrics and indelible melodies seems to materialise overnight, then dematerialise just as quickly a few years later. Here Comes Everybody by James Fearnley – review 2012-06-14T07:00:01Z

A vocal melody, and perhaps a countermelody, arrive, and the arrangement inexorably thickens. Music Review: Floating Through Fog, And Yet Structured 2011-02-24T23:42:02Z

There are no traditional signposts of rhythm, melody or harmonic motion, just a lone, fleeting and recurring piano arpeggio, played with delicate gravitas by Ms. Ray. Music Review: Eclipse Quartet Performs at Roulette 2012-05-22T22:05:04Z

The slow movement is a lovely song without words, in which one instrument begins a melody and another picks it up midstream, and then another. Hagen Quartet shows exquisite unity in rare SoCal concert 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z

Songs like “Just Like a Dream” and “Silverline” reach for a theatrical ethereality, with swelling melodies that merge hope and desperation. New Music: ‘Corazón,’ Santana’s New Mix of Latin Pop and Rock 2014-05-05T21:07:04Z

The lilting circus melodies are enlivened by unexpected lurches. Toy-Box Trio creates a lilting, lurching soundtrack to a carnivalesque world 2010-06-11T19:45:00Z

Returning melodies are pivotal demarcations of a work’s structure. The Concert Hall as Refuge in a Restless, Web-Driven World 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z

And I can promise that if you see it, you will never again be able to listen to a certain ethereal Bach melody with innocent ears. Review: Hungarians Bare Their Dark Side in ‘Our Secrets’ 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z

Judith Weir compresses both the melody and harmony of Bach/Stölzel into bright, staccato chords, interspersed with a punching bass motif. Finding the sweet spot: writing for amateur pianists 2012-06-08T14:29:09Z

He begins singing to the upbeat melody in Spanish. "Los Espookys" and "Alternatinos" show the Latinx TV crossover is already here 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z

Ms. Montgomery switched violins for the quartet’s performance of her lively “Strum,” which featured insistent plucked rhythms and elegiac melodies. Music Review: Sphinx Virtuosi Play Piazzolla and Golijov at Carnegie Hall 2012-10-10T21:10:36Z

Her melodies reach back to the hearty simplicity of folk songs; she uses the modes of Arabic classical music, but at times her improvisations also hint at raga, Japanese music and Tibetan overtone singing. Music Review: Ghalia Benali at French Institute Alliance Française 2013-05-16T21:42:33Z

“A lot of songs are complicated — lots of chords and melodies playing all over the place,” StoneBridge said, pondering his remix’s impact. Beyoncé’s ‘Break My Soul’ and the Long Tail of ‘Show Me Love’ 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z

The album’s one relative respite, “A Fruitfly in the Beehive” — a ballad melody over ticking drums and shards of guitar — wonders, “Where are we headed for?/For a distant shore or some brand-new war?” Critics? Choice: New CDs 2011-01-24T23:19:27Z

These are the techniques by which Wagner manipulates emotion — on the scale of a phrase, or a melody, or an opera, or a nation. Germany Reckons With Wagner: Cultural Jewel, or National Shame? 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z

Schoenberg’s achingly chromatic Five Pieces for Orchestra, originally composed in 1909, represents a midway stage in weaning audiences from their dependence on melody. Review: Juilliard Orchestra Charts a Path to Babbitt at the Focus! Festival 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z

“The Act We Act” kicks off the record with a sludgy guitar introduction that draws the listener in before opening up into something that was a rarity in early ’90s rock: a toe-tapping melody. Sugar's Copper Blue Reissued: 20th Anniversary of Bob Mould's Groundbreaking Album 2012-07-24T14:00:09Z

Its weird juxtaposition of subject matter and mood infect the whole song, which is possessed both of a beautiful melody and a lyric about people trying to escape a rioting city and drowning in sewage. PJ Harvey: Let England Shake - review 2011-02-10T15:29:01Z

The show-tune shapeliness of her melodies is often a sardonic frame for grim sentiments, to be faced with a ballooning bass line and a self-conscious smirk. Best Albums of 2019 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z

The sweeping, memorable melody which feels both timeless and bittersweet. "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" and the rise of the nepo parent 2023-05-13T04:00:00Z

Those albums offer delightful shocks, such as the “Name That Tune” trouble that Monk so gleefully provokes with his radical rearrangements of familiar melodies. The Best of Thelonious Monk 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z

When she got through singing “I’d Be Surprisingly Good for You,” the show’s most beautiful melody, for the first time ever it sounded merely ordinary. Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita: One Sings, the Other Doesn't 2012-04-10T12:00:32Z

Zooid is less melody or theme oriented than his earlier music; it’s more invested in a strategy, an endlessly permutating process, using determined sets of intervals, played in various sequences, as the binding agent. Henry Threadgill and Zooid at the Village Vanguard 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z

The album sounds more like a soundtrack for a ’50s-era jungle epic, featuring melodies that beg for a rum drink in a ceramic Polynesian tumbler. On the trail of Yma Sumac: The exotica legend came from Peru, but her career was all Hollywood 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z

The sonata, divided into three movements, opens with fanciful flights in both instruments, pointillist figurations in the piano underlying the soaring violin melodies played with brio by Ms. Cuckson. Review: Pairing Beethoven With George Walker at Mannes College 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z

“The best rapper in our country is rapping over these beautiful melodies, these beautiful pieces of music.” How Stormzy Crafted His Latest Album, ‘This Is What I Mean’ 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z

If it does and it's about singing and writing, again - melody over runs, harmony over groove - most of these folks will be out of work. Grammy Nominations 2018: Jay-Z and Kendrick Lamar Lead the Way 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z

We rode through a forest that smelled like sage and pine, the cowbells still gonging their ancient melody ahead of us. ‘Oh-Oh, Ay-Ay!’ Riding to an Italian Rhythm on the Transumanza 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z

He played the opening melody with genteel sensitivity before plunging into the drama of the ensuing Prestissimo, unveiling subtleties in Beethoven’s dramatic outburst instead of rendering it a mere whirlwind. Music Review: Tackling the Last of Beethoven?s Sonatas 2010-10-18T22:00:00Z

Here a delicate melody is accompanied by a tinkling piano that suggests an heirloom music box, but with slightly off harmonies and hypnotic spiraling riffs. Music Review: Marilyn Horne Celebrates Young Singers at Zankel Hall 2012-01-21T00:03:22Z

“I learned how to play the guitar and wrote the melody to ‘Evergreen’ for this film — and ended up cutting this scene out,” she said in a statement from her publicist. Barbra Streisand Debuts Lost Footage From ‘A Star Is Born’ on Netflix 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z

Vocally and instrumentally, it uses both Chinese and Western approaches to timbre, melody and harmony, oscillating between the styles and combining them with dazzling fluidity. Music Review: New Works Enliven Spoleto Festival USA 2012-06-04T22:14:32Z

Many of its melodies will be familiar to listeners who think they know nothing about classical music; in any event, they are gorgeous — irresistibly catchy and inventive, sun-splashed and viscerally exciting. Books to Kindle Children’s Curiosity About Classical Music 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z

A mix of "funky riffs, acid jazz melodies and instantly catchy dance floor songs" is what they are about and Fort Knox is the epitome of their unique sound. Putting the world's music blogs on the MAP 2010-10-15T11:52:00Z

Recent Metropolitan Opera audiences may recognize it from Lehar’s operetta “The Merry Widow” as an echo of the melody to which Count Danilo sings “I’m off to Chez Maxim.” An Argument for Hearing a Work With a Nazi Reference 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z

“One day, Denver came in with this beautiful melody on a new song,” he once told an interviewer. Milt Okun, music impresario who spanned pop, folk and opera, dies at 92 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z

After a subterranean start to the Schubert, Mr. Honeck approached its famous melody with unusual deliberation and buttery smoothness, lingering over it and finding within its familiar contours new worlds of nostalgia, sweetness, sadness. Review: A Concerto in Which East Meets West, and Peace Reigns 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z

Although Carmichael was not a New Orleanian, the song melody and lyrics speak to the character and romanticism of the Crescent City. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love New Orleans Jazz 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z

Throughout the record, your ear is often guided into a comforting pocket of melody or something resembling a pattern, with Brennan’s vibes resounding against a stark background of silence. Billie Eilish and Rosalía Join Eccentric Forces, and 12 More New Songs 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z

District Judge Denise Cote in Manhattan striking down copyright protection for the lyrics and melody of the first verse of “We Shall Overcome.” U.S. civil rights anthem 'We Shall Overcome' now in public domain 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z

The intricately crafted melodies and lyrics of Sondheim improbably felt like ideal vehicles for the most disparate and individual interior musings. Review: For Sondheim’s 90th Birthday, a Collage of Aching Voices 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z

The title track remains the most absorbing Portico melody, and Jack Wyllie's soprano sax takes on an eloquent, voice-like tremor against a more insistent percussive sound on the live version. Portico Quartet: Knee-Deep in the North Sea ? review 2011-02-03T21:46:00Z

Mr. Adasiewicz, in his turn, enacts the smart jazz musician’s trick of not revealing the melody until he’s well into the song. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-09-26T21:57:00Z

Its breezy melody is decorated with crisp guitar picking, and busy percussion finds O’Riordan in that smooth, effortless gear of hers. The Cranberries' Roses Picks Up Where the Band Left Off 2012-02-21T19:37:06Z

“When the book of poems came out I heard melodies,” said Mr. Cash, talking about the impetus for the project by phone from London while he was on a promotional tour there last month. Johnny Cash’s Poems Get a Second Life as Songs 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z

Its music shows both songwriters’ clear fingerprints: the pithy, hard-nosed clarity of Mr. Pop’s lyrics and the unflinching tone of his voice; and the crispness, angularity and deft convolutions of Mr. Homme’s chords and melodies. Iggy Pop and Josh Homme Team Up for Secret Album 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z

Perhaps his musical gifts — his innumerable melodies, his harmonic convolutions, his endearing voice — are so prodigious that they overwhelm any skepticism. Review: At Desert Trip, Rocking Beyond the Hits With a Vengeance 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z

Stating the melody, he rounds off some of Powell’s punctuation marks and, on his extended solo, verges toward the seraphic. The Playlist: Beyoncé and Jay-Z Unite, and 12 More New Songs 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z

This resplendent chorus, with a wistful melody that soars over a simple, steady orchestra accompaniment, is sung by exiled Hebrews who send their thoughts “on golden wings” to their distant homeland. Crowds Define Opera. They’re Also Keeping It From Returning. 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z

Mr. Holt composed “Lemon Tree” in the late 1950s, based on a Brazilian melody, and the catchy tune soon became popular among folk singers. Will Holt, folk singer who wrote ’60s hit ‘Lemon Tree,’ dies at 86 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z

Along with cuts, there are new lyrics to reflect script changes, reworked melodies and arrangements and a new song. music: Playing UpThe MusicIn That Musical 2011-06-10T21:10:17Z

In cases like these, the only material in question are the songs’ underlying compositions: the melodies, chords and lyrics that can be notated on paper. Stolen or Original? Hear Songs From 7 Landmark Copyright Cases. 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z

Mr. Ax aptly illuminated the melancholy quality of the opening tone-row melody and the jagged, colorful harmonies that dominate the work. Music Review: New York Philharmonic and Emanuel Ax Play Schoenberg 2012-10-05T23:16:56Z

Fleet Foxes should be an ideal fit for Green Man, and when they came together, trembling with melody and emotion, the harmony-loving Americans felt immense. Green Man festival ? review 2011-08-22T17:15:00Z

He leaned into the grand piano and damped the strings, playing muted percussive melodies with right-hand alone. Critic's Notebook: Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition 2011-09-13T06:51:04Z

The melodies he teased out became like mantras or hymns, to be passed between the voices of the ensemble. How the Vibraphonist Joel Ross Keeps Finding Fresh Rhythms 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z

Spain’s caretaker Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez wrote on Twitter that “Spain and all of Latin America mourn the loss of Camilo Sesto. His melodies will always be part of our memory.” Spanish singer-songwriter Camilo Sesto dies at 72 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z

Big mistake, because once the melody takes hold, they arrive: five almost identically dressed and coiffed women, who file down the staircase like a procession of mourners, accusatory in their silence. | 'Ten Cents a Dance': Music, Memories and Regret 2011-08-15T22:20:09Z

He excelled in the "locked hands" technique, in which the pianist plays parallel melodies with the two hands, creating a distinctly full sound. Jazz great George Shearing dies at 91 2011-02-14T18:05:00Z

Her breakthrough 2016 album, “Traces,” features lyrics in both Spanish and English; her vocal melodies are gentle and hypnotic, while her guitar solos are more angular. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

That’s what an overture used to do: People would come in, sit down, get acquainted with a little bit of each melody, so when they heard the melody again, they were engaged. Hearing From the Women Who Made the Year’s Musicals Sing 2014-05-07T12:00:19Z

The show’s composer, Burton Lane, wrote lush melodies to reflect the dreamy Daisy, while Alan Jay Lerner’s script was a star vehicle for Barbara Harris, playing both Daisy and Melinda. Theater: ?On a Clear Day? Now Centers on the Psychiatrist 2011-11-27T05:27:19Z

And hip-hop aggressively borrowed soul melodies via sampling, as exemplified by Bad Boy Records. R&B Blossoms, With Hip-Hop in the Rear View 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z

The theme is a stately, gentle melody that Puccini adapted from a Chinese folk tune. Anthony Tommasini’s Musical Moments 2012-11-16T16:10:59Z

When the solo horn, playing the wistful melody of the slow movement, floated atop a gentle bed of murky orchestral sound, the effect, if not what Tchaikovsky could have imagined, was mystical. The Philharmonic’s Free Concert at St. John the Divine 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z

I don’t recall ever hearing such a foursquare interpretation of the Largo theme, a tune meant to evoke Black spirituals that became more familiar as the melody of “Goin’ Home.” Review: At the Philharmonic, a Guest Challenges Common Wisdom 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z

The sound textures shimmer appealingly, but it's the melodies that really transform this pleasant mood music into something more epic. Ryuichi Sakamoto/Alva Noto – review 2013-06-20T16:53:41Z

The work is lively, and full of melody and lyricism. St. Petersburg String Quartet makes accomplished Seattle debut 2014-02-24T19:45:19Z

Their shared pieces orchestrated the kamancheh’s bite, and its echoes of ancient melodies, with harmonies and arrangements that extend and stoke the drama. Big Ears Festival: 15 Performances That Soothed, Jolted and Intrigued 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z

All these songs are guided by melodies or chord structures that sound familiar or easy or even primitive. Reviews of Purity Ring, Sarah Bethe Nelson and Jacky Terrasson 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z

A few of these: that exquisite tiny pause just before the first appearance of the first-movement melody; and the unbelievable technical finesse of the cadenza — which Hadelich wrote. Review: Violinist Augustin Hadelich’s Halloween night concert with Seattle Symphony was all treats, no tricks 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z

James Taylor first studied classical cello, which explains his bass-cleffed, self-taught style on the guitar: He thumbs a bass line while picking the melody with his first three fingers. James Taylor’s strength was melancholy. Now he must cope with contentment. 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z

That kept the music straightforward — a handful of chords, a steady strum, a folky melody — to carry Mr. Mangum’s avalanches of imagery. Music Review: Jeff Mangum of Neutral Milk Hotel at BAM - Review 2012-01-20T23:56:50Z

The piece ends with a return of the hymn, but this time, as in something by Ives, pensive strands of a distant melody are heard. Music Review: New York Philharmonic Plays Steven Stucky’s Symphony 2012-11-30T21:46:43Z

I'm quite drawn to making a record that's actually much more organic that might use more textures, colors, melodies and harmonies rather than percussion and drum sounds. Gotye's Somebody That I Used To Know wins record of the year at Grammys 2013-02-11T07:28:00Z

Frequently, melodies played with virtuosity by Beiser served as Gordon’s own response to his family’s stories, bridging those complicated and often painful chronicles with arcing and achingly emotional replies. Review: A Composer Reconstructs Painful Family Stories 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z

And he just coincidently could write great melody. Mitch Hurwitz digs deep on “Lady Dynamite” — and gives “Arrested Development” details: “We’re ready to go at a moment’s notice” 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z

The Allegro con Sentimento incorporates a series of variations on a folk-inflected melody, and a witty waltz is woven through the Finale, whose spry conclusion evoked chuckles from the audience. Music Review: The Folkways That Led to Dvorak and Bartok 2010-10-20T21:18:00Z

That they do through Jeff Russo's opening theme, which incorporates notes from the original series' melody with dreamy images of prismatic colored nebulas, jewel-like asteroid belts, and other mesmerizing sights along the Enterprise's cruising path. Salon's picks for the best TV title sequences of 2022 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z

Rather, for "Shadows," the 73-year-old artist gathered his longtime band into Studio A at Capitol Studios in Hollywood to celebrate the artfully penned lyric and melody. Dylan's 'Shadows in the Night' illuminates American standards 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z

“Try This! Draw to Music,” in which children make pictures inspired by the melodies they hear. Spare Times for Children for July 18-24 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z

Everything we experience unfolds without a pattern, and life is just a baffling occurrence, a scattering of notes with no melody. Growing Up in the Library 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z

It kind of organically grew from just knowing a guitar well enough to throw some chords together, and then putting some melodies over those chords. ‘The X-Files’ star David Duchnovny has a new gig: touring musician 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

And “Two Parts,” with a floating melody and a shimmering piano repetition, was a study in suspended beauty: all tension, no release. Music Review: Calm Demeanor, Assertive Sounds 2011-05-09T22:16:50Z

“It was the same lyrics, the same melody, but the feel of it was wrong,” Jones said. Booker T. Jones, Soul’s Ultimate Sideman, Takes the Lead at Last 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z

An actual melody would be frightfully vulgar, so instead Zimmer delivers a slow, opulent swell, mirroring the sense of highly refined and repressed panic that pervades a lot of the episodes. Don't press the skip button! Why we need bombastic TV theme tunes 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z

“The Edenist” featured a braided melody that floated serenely over an increasingly agitated groove; the accord between Mr. Turner and Mr. Cohen was strong. Music Review: Mark Turner Quartet at the Village Vanguard 2013-06-20T22:42:40Z

The style is associated with beautiful melodies, silvery voices and floods of rapid notes curling their way up and down the scale, sometimes only loosely around the framework of what the composer actually wrote. Perspective | What exactly is bel canto? It’s a way of singing and, for some, an addiction. 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z

A dutiful soloist on this occasion, he failed to convey the brooding, dark-hued melodies with sufficient warmth and passion; the orchestra sounded similarly unconvincing. Case Scaglione Leads the Philharmonic and Joshua Bell 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z

It's an art-pop masterpiece, in terms of its melody and arrangement up there with Pet Sounds – but recorded by Wilson a year earlier. Readers recommend: songs about fools ? results 2011-08-11T14:33:14Z

Mr. Amidon, who sets lyrics from traditional songs to his own alluring music, noted that folk songs often meshed dark lyrics with happy melodies. Music Review: Nico Muhly Previews His ‘Two Boys’ at Le Poisson Rouge 2013-05-15T20:05:23Z

The voice on the end was warm and craggy, its melody ravaged by time and maybe cigarettes and who knows what other kinds of hard living. Open adoption reunion: My first time with our daughter's birth parents since the hospital 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z

“He taught me that I should not be afraid of melody,” Mr. Nicolai said, “that melody has the possibility of experimentation as well.” Ryuichi Sakamoto, Oscar-Winning Japanese Composer, Dies at 71 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z

He wasn’t into stamina shows and power-drill arpeggios; playing his own songs, with simple-sounding, singsong melodies, he went into them methodically, investigating modes and intervals and texture, moving through at a saunter. Critics? Choice: New CDs From Stone Temple Pilots and Steve Lacy 2010-05-30T21:14:00Z

The songs often turn corners onto new strains and new melodies and new tempos, some quiet singalongs, some repetitive, pulsating stretches of psychedelic art song. New Music: Kathleen Edwards, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Cate Le Bon ? CDs 2012-01-16T22:48:58Z

For a quick minute, let’s just focus our ears on how Callahan assigns melody to these umpteen words, how he spreads them across time. Review | Bill Callahan found domestic bliss. Then he wrote the great apocalypse ballad of 2019. 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z

The melody is beautiful, but it winds and turns unexpectedly. Radiohead: The King of Limbs ? review 2011-02-24T15:30:01Z

On the one hand, there’s all the dying; on the other, there’s an upbeat melody and and catchy chorus. Listen to Anthony D'Amato's New Track "Good and Ready": Premiere 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z

The wall also features a plaque made up by Layfield's mother, which reads: "Their song has ended, but their melody lingers on." Searching for joy on dark days 2012-12-18T01:45:04Z

Schumann’s does quite the opposite: It creates baggage under even his most soaring melodies. Robert Schumann: A Hopeless, Brilliant Romantic 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z

For all their relentless barrage of power-pop melody and revolutionary rhetoric, Green Day's crossover popularity is built on punking up the cosy and familiar: trad folk jigs, C&W standards, 50s crooner tunes, Queen. Green Day – review 2013-06-02T13:45:53Z

At one point a creepy tuba melody lurches below what sounds like a deranged circus band. Music Review: A Philharmonic Evening of Schnittke, Dvorak and Tchaikovsky 2012-03-30T21:34:43Z

Add to that his talent for songful melody and weakness for instrumental shock, and you have a fine cocktail for modern grand opera. 'JFK' is a surreal spin on president's last night in Texas 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z

“We have 125 tribes, and all of them have different tunes, different melodies, different music and even different traditional musical instruments,” he said. Cultured Traveler: Where Tanzania Taps Its Feet 2014-02-18T17:38:07Z

They went, more often than not, for refined lyricism, and when melody reigned, all three became absorbed in conveying exquisite beauty. Instrumental mayhem in the name of Bach: Yo-Yo Ma, Chris Thile and company 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z

Early on, wisps of melody and repeated figures float over a sustained pedal tone. Music Review: Andrey Boreyko Conducts the New York Philharmonic 2014-01-24T22:15:22Z

Green Day heaps on the melodies and stadium shoutalongs-in-waiting, and its musical reflexes are strong, though some songs come close to recycling the band’s riffs and chord changes. Pearl Jam and Green Day Are Still Going Strong. But Can They Evolve? 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z

And then there's a scream or a beautiful melody, right there in your face. Lou Reed on Yeezus: 'It brings tears to my eyes' 2013-07-03T15:48:19Z

The lonely theme of the Passacaglia movement in the Shostakovich concerto also evokes what Willa Cather heard in the tender melody that Dvorak concocted for his Largo: “the immeasurable yearning of all flat lands.” Music Review: Frank Peter Zimmermann and Philharmonic Play Shostakovich 2012-11-25T23:04:20Z

From the sweeping opening melody of the Introduction, the playing was detailed and intensely expressive, carrying the listener along in this epic. Music Review | Minnesota Orchestra: Symphonic Drama: Rage-Filled Reunion for Slave and His Sister 2010-03-02T21:56:00Z

He taught that a song considered disposable by one could be a lifeline for another, could embody feelings that transcended the constraints of mere melody line, could manifest profound emotion. Casey Kasem: A critic's take on why he mattered, for so long 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z

And he took his time and energy to teach everybody — When does the melody come? Chick Corea, the Master Mixer of Jazz’s Past and Future 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z

Set to Hamlisch’s moody, pensive melody with Streisand’s voice, it was the top-selling song of 1974 and an instant standard, proof that well into the rock era, the public still embraced an old-fashioned ballad. Marilyn Bergman, Oscar-winning composer, dies at age 93 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z

The slow, halting melody conveys both his longing and his desolation; a curiously lilting bass line for pizzicato strings seems to mock Ariodante with a hint of Ginevra’s fickleness. Review: Joyce DiDonato Is Wrenching in Handel’s ‘Ariodante’ 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z

The four-movement sonata, expressively performed by Ms. Artymiw and Mr. Berick, evokes Handel’s operatic style with ornamented, emotive melodies; the weeping lines of the Larghetto sounded like a trademark Handelian lament. Music Review: What Henry (Could Have) Heard: Night at the Frick 2010-10-13T21:42:00Z

The other, sometimes described as music publishing, is for his songwriting rights — the words, melodies and musical structure of the hundreds of songs he wrote. A $550 Million Springsteen Deal? It’s Glory Days for Catalog Sales. 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z

Amid the bargaining and bickering in Chinese and Hindi-accented Cantonese, and Cantopop melodies, the vendors' chant pulled her into a reality that was quintessentially Hong Kong: messy, sprawling and overflowing, qualities not unlike her life. Our very own Orange prize: the winners 2010-06-02T13:11:00Z

Winehouse would need to write "a whole page of lyrics" before she picked up a guitar to start building a melody for them. Amy Winehouse: songs in the key of life 2012-07-22T17:00:12Z

“Shame Shame” harks back to glam-rock, as Grohl sings about nihilistic despair — “I found a reason and buried it/beneath a mountain of emptiness” — even as the melodies lift the song toward hope. Billie Eilish’s Kiss-Off, and 14 More New Songs 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z

“I do know it, I just find it hard to remember melodies when I’m flustered.” Alan Partridge on Noel Edmonds – ‘He is a total wazzock and I cannot stand him’ 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z

GREECE: MouxlalouloudaPsychedelic Trips To Death - Within My Head With moments of breathing room and stripped melodies, Psychedelic Trips To Death delve into their psychedelic wall-of-sound identity and explore the conflict between noise and harmony. June's best music from across the MAP 2012-06-13T10:52:13Z

Though it took 10 years, the punishing wall-of-sound collages and echoing melodies of “Fires in Heaven” sound right on time. A Decade Later, Salem Returns to an Even Darker World 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z

He’s a passionate, whole-body player, but his impulse is to obscure: His stippled, scattering tunes don’t give you a lot of melodies or rhythms to latch on to. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

Soon he began to “tap out some melodies of music that I recognized as well as music that was new to me,” he said. Herbert Deutsch, Co-Creator of the Moog Synthesizer, Dies at 90 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z

He plays these lovely, beautiful melodies, one after the other, never repeating himself. Tristano School, Back in Session 2011-01-09T02:34:14Z

A sultry trombone melody unfurled over tango-hued rhythms in the strings in the first movement, “Tango.” Music Review: Unusual Sounds to Play in a Park 2011-07-20T22:11:40Z

Like her other jazzy, folk-pop albums, there are sweet, soaring melodies with a perfect balance of winsome and wistful. It's about time for Feist 2011-11-11T02:35:42Z

Modal, Celtic-flavored melodies and the two women’s very close harmonies — in their kindred husky voices, usually as intertwined as a double helix — still define Smoke Fairies songs. Playlist: CDs From Deerhunter, Patty Griffin and Bobby McFerrin 2013-05-17T22:50:01Z

Weill set Brecht's mordantly ironic lyrics to brilliantly simple melodies with blues, jazz and tango inflections, in a score molded for actors rather than trained singers. Get ready for a Mack attack, Seattle: Here comes 'Threepenny Opera' 2011-02-12T01:12:03Z

Instead, it mostly feels like a reworked second-tier musical from, say, the late 1940s, with lots of tap dancing and semi-infectious melodies that remind you of other songs. ArtsBeat: Funny Then and There, Here and Now 2011-07-25T16:19:24Z

Leonard the composer made a hallowed melody of her, both implausibly intimate and ineffably spacious.” Books of The Times: ‘I’m Your Man,’ Leonard Cohen Biography by Sylvie Simmons 2012-09-13T22:17:26Z

Roberts described his music in Dazed Digital as "simple, well-defined rhythm, melodies and emotions". New band of the day ? No 972: Koreless 2011-02-22T15:02:58Z

It seemed that synthpop bands could say and do whatever they liked as long as they had those clean, simple, unforgettable melodies. Forgive us our synths ? how 80s pop found favour again 2010-11-18T23:33:00Z

Pretty but inconsequential melodies trickle from a guitar. Tom Jones – review 2012-07-02T15:23:24Z

The closer was “One Finger Snap,” by Herbie Hancock, and if Mr. Lightsey didn’t quite nail the tricky angularities of its melody, he didn’t let that slow him down. Kirk Lightsey Returns to the Village Vanguard After 25 Years 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z

Ghost Outfit are part of this movement, but as much as noise the duo, who use guitars, drums and samplers, are into melody. New band of the day ? No 1,078: Ghost Outfit 2011-08-05T16:59:00Z

“Of course, I didn’t play the piano well enough to play all those notes, but I could play the melodies,” she told American Record Guide in 2000. Blanche Moyse, Music School Founder, Dies at 101 2011-02-15T07:30:06Z

His entry into the New York jazz scene in the 1950s was less than welcoming, because, as the late jazz critic Nat Hentoff wrote, “many renowned musicians didn’t hear any melody or sense.” Pianist Cecil Taylor, U.S. jazz innovator, dead at 89: media 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z

The melodies are songlike even at their most ambiguous, and Mr. Kimbrough uses his bright, percussive touch to keep them grounded. Playlist: Inside a Troubled Mind and Mideast Musical Theories 2010-03-25T19:46:00Z

Groovy refers to a growing style focusing on melody in soca. Soca ball: the stars of the Trinidad and Tobago carnival 2011-03-08T11:18:00Z

And melodies I pulled out of my a-- with a bunch of people. Steven Tyler brings his country show — and his take on Aerosmith — on the road 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z

That generally means the song borrows from something else, but in a way that’s less than an actual sample or a heavily repurposed lyric or melody. What’s Wrong With the ‘Blurred Lines’ Copyright Ruling 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z

What is still obvious is Dudamel’s close communication with his players, particularly in the glorious, hymnlike fourth movement, where he let them linger over the rich melodies. Dudamel, LA Phil deliver a glowing night of Mahler 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z

First he goes to see Andrew Lloyd Webber, because ALW knows a thing or two about melodies and harmonies, and maybe because he looks a bit like Queen Victoria. TV review: Gary Barlow – On Her Majesty's Service; The Apprentice: The Final 2012-06-03T19:30:01Z

The melody magnifies this tension, and suddenly, the music intensifies. How Dev Hynes Went From Being in ‘We Are Who We Are’ to Scoring It 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z

But, from the beginning, Westerberg tried for melodies that stuck, and the band was always more punky than punk. Why Rock Criticism Was Essential to the Replacements 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z

There were a few different strains of indie, including Vetiver, which winningly emulated the cohesiveness of the Grateful Dead, and Avi Buffalo, whose jangling melodies were fatally hindered by its yelping young lead singer. Music: Jeff Tweedy and Wilco Build a Festival at Mass MoCA 2010-08-16T22:44:00Z

Perhaps its limitations help her write melodies that are easier for the vast pop audience to sing. In Newest Spectacle, Madonna Morphs but Refuses to Give In 2012-08-29T10:57:00Z

She often introduces a melody by landing firmly on each note, then returns to toy with it in sliding, fluttering phrases, not for vocal display but to convey a sense of freedom. Review: Lianne La Havas Sings of Love and Identity 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z

“I’ve learned that from him, I can use my voice — whatever remit I live in with my vocal ability — to find these sweet pockets of melody.” How Stormzy Crafted His Latest Album, ‘This Is What I Mean’ 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z

These guys originate from the west coast of Australia but their sound would sit perfectly with any shoegaze stoner melody coming out of 90s Melbourne. July's best music from across the MAP 2012-07-18T09:17:04Z

And his melodies were sure-footed and sometimes swashbuckling. Marvin Hamlisch, Composer, Dies at 68 2012-08-07T20:00:07Z

The vocals are high and delicate, the melody – played on guitar and xylophone – is agile, with percussion from an Irish bodhran winding around it. Readers recommend songs about hunting: The results 2010-08-05T21:45:00Z

As long as an artist doesn't swipe the lyrics or swipe the main melody, where's the harm? How the 'Blurred Lines' case could have chilling effect on creativity 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z

His songs are built around layers of cascading, pulsing synth melodies, with the overall feeling one of tremulous romantic urgency; even an outright bedroom workout like Panties to the Side slips into wistful lushness. Tom Ewing 2010-06-24T22:05:00Z

Her hits, including “Supermodel” and “I Kissed a Girl,” fused sugary melodies and her bright, girlish vocals with storytelling that was brilliantly subversive for mainstream audiences. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z

Our chord progressions were based on European modal melodies. Nile Rodgers: 'Your music is your soul' 2011-04-08T08:51:32Z

And there was importance given to the melodies of the songs. Foreigner’s Mick Jones on the Band’s Next Soundtrack Appearance 2012-08-23T15:30:18Z

Jeremiah also said he helped write the melody for “Healthy,” including the “DNA test” line. A Songwriting Dispute Brews Over ‘Truth Hurts,’ Lizzo’s Biggest Hit 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z

That is one change from 2008's Knowle West Boy and there are others, such as an increase in tempo and melody, even an occasional taste for cheese. Tricky: Mixed Race 2010-09-23T22:00:00Z

But I have this natural sense of melody. ‘What Does Paranoid Mean?’ The Story Behind the Black Sabbath Hit 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z

But the melodies lack the invincible catchiness of Ms. Jackson’s best songs. Review: Janet Jackson’s ‘Unbreakable’ Focuses on Love Outside the Bedroom 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z

Ravel’s “La Valse” and Liszt’s First Piano Concerto are dazzlers, and Dvorak’s Eighth Symphony is a font of graceful melodies. Review: The Philadelphia Orchestra Returns, With Force 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z

But their insistent pessimism has ground into the otherwise bright synth melodies. Pop & Rock Listings for April 10-16 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z

He sprinkled impressionistic clusters, high and translucent and then lower and more aggressive, cleared them away to ponder a melody, then let a dance-tinged pattern emerge and put it through dizzying chromatic transformations. Music Review: Chucho Valdés and Gonzalo Rubalcaba at Carnegie 2012-12-05T22:57:47Z

He was about to hit the coda to “Process” — a heart-baring anthem of solitude and self-forgiveness, which he uses to close all his concerts — and he wanted some familiar voices to join the wordless melody. Samora Pinderhughes Explored Incarceration in Song. The Result Is ‘Grief.’ 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z

Shorter wrote melodies at a slant, doing a lot with a little. Wayne Shorter, a Jazz Hero Whose Goal Was ‘to Fear Nothing’ 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z

It's down to immaculate balance; both Tamborello's glitch frenzies and Gibbard's delicate, airy melodies are given equal billing and respect, and each embraces rather than tries to assimilate the other's style. The Postal Service – review 2013-05-21T18:10:07Z

But I accidentally left a note out, which skewed the melody. How we made: New Order's Gillian Gilbert and designer Peter Saville on Blue Monday 2013-02-11T17:31:49Z

Anderson’s “Big Eater,” meanwhile, was a fully processed blend of torrid phasing, tenuous harmonies and blocky yet seductive melody. Review | The Bad Plus is gorgeously idiosyncratic at the Hamilton 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z

I think she’s unparalleled as a lyricist, and her melodies are like little galaxies. Cristin Milioti Finds Harmony in Fiona Apple and a Location Change 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z

The melody Mr. Dunne, 51, has just played on the piano is lighthearted, with a distinct bounce. ‘Riverdance’ Was Years Ago. Colin Dunne Makes Quiet Music Now. 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z

It was Oh who kept the beat, providing impediments of her own with unexpected chords on the electric bass, while Wendel and Stevens doubled on a slowly developing melody. Review | An evening of exceptional rhythm from jazz bassist Linda Oh 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z

Bowie’s last recording until now was released in 2003: Reality, an inoffensive rock record free of riveting melodies or mysteries. David Bowie: Back to His Mysterious Best 2013-03-07T12:00:25Z

The result is an intriguing if uneven set in which Antunes' sturdy, quietly intense vocals and straightforward melodies are set against far more complex backing provided by intertwining kora and guitar. Arnaldo Antunes, Edgard Scandurra & Toumani Diabaté: A Curva Da Cintura – review 2012-06-14T21:45:01Z

King, a sharecropper's son, was raised during the Great Depression and went on to influence generations of musicians with his soulful melodies and much-lauded guitar skills. B.B. King's funeral scheduled for May 23 in Las Vegas, daughter says 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z

From the Nocturne's snaking opening statement, Batiashvili chained herself to the writhing melody, her expressive style seamlessly matched to the collision between public and private emotion at the heart of the work. Prom 44: Batiashvili/Philharmonia/Salonen ? review 2011-08-18T10:35:10Z

The final product then, is an amalgam: the songwriter’s original lyric and melody, the singer’s particular tone and approach, and Mr. Harrell’s instinct and ear for how the artist can sound. Kuk Harrell, Justin Bieber’s Vocal Producer 2012-06-29T12:43:09Z

She displays a pleasant musicality and more than that, a splendid naturalness in interpreting a Sondheim melody. Review | Signature opens season with ‘A Little Night Music,’ one of Sondheim’s precious gems 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z

But the guitarist whose melodies powered songs like "Under the Bridge" and "Californication" is not expected to be a part of the festivities in Cleveland, where the Rock Hall is based. Red Hot Chili Peppers putting best foot forward 2012-04-11T12:14:08Z

Mr. Golijov acknowledged that using the word “melody” was a simplification. Osvaldo Golijov Fracas Over ?Sidereus? Overture 2012-03-08T00:24:00Z

"People there place an enormous value on the ability of the human voice to flutter around the melody – it really makes the Auto-Tune fluoresce," he says. DJ /rupture: how to sing like a sufi 2013-03-26T18:59:01Z

Even its own composer has an ambivalent-at-best relationship to its existence and has repeatedly compared its monotonous melody to a “dentist’s drill” and “a droning mosquito.” Even Billy Joel Mocked ‘We Didn’t Start the Fire.’ I Loved It. 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z

The album collects the lyrics for a dozen unrecorded songs by Williams, set to melodies and recorded by an array of rock and country stars, including Jack White, Norah Jones, Merle Haggard and Sheryl Crow. Music: Bob Dylan Assembles ?The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams? 2011-09-23T19:16:45Z

Like much of Mr. Sondheim’s work, they feature seemingly meandering melodies that coalesce into revelation. Theater Review: ‘Into the Woods,’ by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine 2012-08-10T04:58:42Z

Lorenz picked up one from the 20th century and coaxed out a rather sad melody, but it seemed to fill him up again to strum it. In Switzerland, a musician searches for the ‘Holy Grail’ of instruments 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z

And for a good stretch of that composition, the entire band attacked a lunging cadence in the melody, immersed in the intricacies at hand, but also being carried irresistibly forward. Review: Tim Berne’s Snakeoil at the Jazz Standard 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z

A plaintive violin melody, beautifully wrought by Ms. Alikhanova, weaves through the second, played with intensity here. Music Review: Moscow String Quartet at Frick Collection - Review 2011-10-04T20:14:39Z

The set featuring Western instruments and styles was more uneven, though the violinist Mari Kimura’s deconstructions of two Bach melodies had ferociously guttural power. Music Review: Strum, Pluck, Rescue, Rebuild 2011-04-11T21:45:04Z

When he threatens to “Up that .40, let that pistol sing a melody,” on the song’s hook, he drags the final note, giving the statement a melody of its own. The Happy-Sad Hooks of YNW Melly’s “We All Shine” 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z

But Sinatra knew where the secret center of the melody was. A Brief Tussle with the Great American Songbook 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z

Lully’s score serves Philippe Quinault’s elegant text above all, with clear melodies and dialogue that is both otherworldly in its precision and disarmingly natural, with few of the fireworks of Handel and Vivaldi. ?Atys,? French Baroque Opera by Lully, at BAM 2011-09-09T14:40:53Z

The third movement, with its circling melodies, lacked dancing grace. Music Review: Orchestral Recitations Of 2 Symphonic Poems 2011-04-14T22:04:47Z

The melody is from a Bob Dylan tune. Old 97's spin a Bob Dylan tune at Sasquatch! 2011-05-26T22:24:08Z

After his No. 1 on“Still,” Richie pitched his next ballad, a fragment for which he had only the opening word — “lady” — and then the melody of the verse. Lionel Richie can’t slow down, and we’re all the richer for it 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z

It recounts childhood time spent in Jamaica, where his mother was born and where much of his family still resides, leaving largely unspoken the way that Jamaican toasting and melody slipped into his rapping. Biggie Smalls, the Human Behind the Legend 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z

The melodies are intoxicating on this sweet hymnal about casual violence. The 54 Best Songs of 2017 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z

In short, it is how the anthem might have sounded 200 years ago, when Francis Scott Key wrote new lyrics to an old British melody aboard a ship in Baltimore’s harbor. ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ Has Changed a Lot in 200 Years 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z

This weekend, musicians usually relegated to back rows get a rare chance to be front and center and even allowed to play the melody — often with twinkle-eyed Seussian aplomb. TubaChristmas presents holiday music at its most sonorous 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z

I loved them for many reasons – for their melodies, of course, and for their humour and their wit, and for their northernness. Hail, Hail Rock'n'Roll 2011-01-06T23:24:00Z

Mr. Hill scores his melodies in braided lines for trumpet and alto, and his coordination with Mr. McBride, on slanted sprints like “White Shadow” and “Return of the Student,” was impeccable. Marquis Hill Blacktet Plays at TriBeCa Performing Arts Center 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z

Going from beautiful, slow melodies to rapid yelps and gasps just to prove how hard it is to sing that fast and move up and down octaves the way she does. Letters To Fiesta – New Band Up North #27 2013-05-20T16:00:01Z

In “I’m Still Standing,” the stalwart melody underscores lyrics that embrace the physical changes brought by time, which, Ian said, explains the white hair and lack of makeup she proudly sported in our interview. Janis Ian Lets Her Music Speak Her Mind (One Last Time) 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z

Singing directly to an antagonist — “You brought the flames and you put me through hell/I had to learn how to fight for myself” — she trembled, she screeched, she slipped around the song’s melody. The Best and Worst of the Grammys 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z

She was unerringly faithful to the melodies of the songs, both standards and originals, but at her best she made them seem less like songs than like articulations of her state of mind. Music Review: Spare Vocals Illuminate Emotions Underneath 2011-01-29T00:07:18Z

She boasts a husky tone and a pensive touch on the cello, favoring wide arcs of melody that often allude to the blues. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z

Thirty or so of Marley’s melodies, performed by a nine-member band and a cast of 32, provide a broad survey of the artist’s songbook. ‘Marley’ at Baltimore’s Center Stage offers up the music but not the man 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z

Before his monotone on “Truth,” he was the third in a sublime overlap of five written melodies, representing, he said, that “Diversity . . . is not something to be tolerated, it’s something to be celebrated.” Review | Kamasi Washington’s playing is a mighty howl at Lincoln Theatre 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z

They're a great live band: great singer, good songs, liquid melodies. dEUS's Tom Barman: 'I was fed up with singing about myself' 2012-07-04T11:41:37Z

Without radically changing the character of his music — he still loves ballads, still foregrounds a lonely melody — Mr. Stanko is allowing its balances to shift. Music Review: Tomasz Stanko Quartet at Jazz Standard 2012-06-01T20:54:33Z

When I see the dance responding to the rhythm, the sound, the melody, it’s very emotional for me. ‘I Feel an Abundance’: A Composer Dips Into the Dance World 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z

The song, his first in two years, shows a marked shift in style from the lilting melodies of 2011′s Ashes & Fire, but highlights Adams’ sustained ability to play intimate-sounding arena rock. Ryan Adams Returns With "Gimme Something Good": Listen 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z

The title track features his new all-star band, Aggregate Prime, in a mode of terse restraint, with a graceful melody inscribed by Gary Thomas on flute and Mark Whitfield on guitar. Preview NYC Winter Jazzfest in 7 Tracks 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z

Some of the melodies in this requiem, where the different vocal parts combine and play off one another, are extraordinary. Mick Hucknall: soundtrack of my life 2012-10-27T23:19:42Z

With its vocal melody changed, Wonderwall sounds surprisingly rueful and crestfallen, while Slide Away – a song even the most fervent Oasis-loather might be forced to admit is pretty magnificent – is underpinned by a nagging doubt. Noel Gallagher | Pop review 2010-03-26T21:30:00Z

Loose sets of variations on spirituals and similar melodies set in Price’s late-Romantic language — one perfumed with pentatonic scales and enriched with a teeming sense of form — these are huge works. 5 Classical Albums to Hear Right Now 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z

The melodies, though, mean it never shrinks into the background. The Phoenix Foundation: Fandango – review 2013-04-18T21:30:01Z

And it's just so beautiful, the progression in that, and the melodies of the song itself fit the world so well. "There's an underscore of melancholy": "The Bear" producer breaks down season's best needle drops 2023-07-08T04:00:00Z

But the intellectual underpinnings of Ms. Monte’s songs are always subsumed by the pleasures of melody and by the comfort of her voice: the poised tension and release, the delicacy and yearning. Music Review: Marisa Monte Performs at the Beacon Theater 2013-06-27T21:44:04Z

Opera fans live for the moments when a big-voiced singer fills a soaring melody with raw emotion and thrilling sound. Review: A Maudlin Trip Down the Amazon, With a Star in Disguise 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z

Their music welcomed us easily, with irresistible beats and melodies, and the warmest, funniest rapping we’d ever heard. Phife Dawg: Farewell to the Five-Foot Assassin With the Roughneck Business 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z

Instead of melodies there are buzzes, thuds, creaks, high-pitched electronic hums or crackles of static. Music Review: Knocking, Twitching, Buzzing, Rasping 2011-06-09T21:45:27Z

Rather than straining for reinvention or an updated sound, the quartet aims to hone strengths: High-octane melodies delivered with a minimum of fuss or filler. Album review: Redd Kross, 'Researching the Blues' 2012-08-07T04:24:00Z

It’s not written for a very large orchestra, and it doesn’t contain isolated melodies that the audience will leave the house humming. The Met Opera Takes on ‘Medea’ in the Shadow of Maria Callas 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z

But there’s no questioning the roiling passion in his voice, or his knack for a deftly curled melody. Van Morrison Would Rather Play Jazz Than Talk About It 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z

“It’s a remarkable thing. They teach the melody and the harmony, and that first time we hear them together you get what we call a ‘choirgasm.’ Breathing New Life Into Pop Songs with Choir! Choir! Choir! 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z

But once the show started and the audience heard a familiar melody from Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue,” the auditorium resounded with applause. For This Classical Piano Star, a Detour Is Business as Usual 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z

The piece is a postmodern remix that blends Schubert’s yearning melodies with tone clusters and playful gestures — even whistling. Martha Memories: The Week’s 8 Best Classical Music Moments on YouTube 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z

Yet what kept it all from sounding treacly and indulgent were Watts’s instincts for building musical drama — the way he gave shape to Rachmaninoff’s seemingly endless streams of melancholic melody. Review | André Watts is star attraction at Baltimore Symphony Orchestra 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z

Finally, there's Static Hearts which also bears a guitar sound that you could imagine on a popular mainstream AOR track, with a melody to match. New band of the day – No 1,280: San Zhi 2012-05-31T15:55:17Z

In Rolling Stone, Will Hermes calls it “one of the grimmest, loneliest LPs ever made. There are songs about shame and death, about violent longing, with melodies sometimes fragile, sometimes shattered.” John Cale’s new society: “There’s much more sophistication in hip-hop than in regular rock ‘n’ roll” 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z

Thursday’s soul-searching performance began with Trifonov lost in thought, as though conjuring the opening melody out of thin air. Can two sensations make revolutionary music? Conductor Dudamel and pianist Trifonov try to find a spark 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z

Raised in the small logging community of Coquille, Ore., Gibson writes melodies and lyrics inspired by the earthy, handcrafted aesthetics of the Pacific Northwest. Laura Gibson has a soaring indie moment 2012-01-24T00:06:06Z

With varying degrees of success he turns the melodies into post-Beach Boys pop with stacked harmonies performed in a barbershop tradition that erases vocal individuality for the sake of a creamy harmonic blend. Critics? Choice: New CDs: Albums by Brian Wilson, John Mellencamp, Trace Adkins 2010-08-15T23:05:00Z

Their lives and deaths are a ballad whose meaning and melody Miguel must learn. Review: ‘Coco’ Brings the Pixar Touch to Death 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z

He wrote his own songs, creating irresistible melodies with seeming ease; he had a supple voice with an impressive range, capable of crazy falsetto, effortless belting, real intimacy. George Michael’s Pop Paradise 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z

The music flies by in one joyous arc, with the linear melody and vertical harmony blurring into a single web of gossamer beauty. Review: Chris Thile Is the God of Small Sounds 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z

With Rodgers providing a restrained but insistently beautiful melody, and Hammerstein supplying lyrics of a matching heartfelt simplicity, the song doesn’t just tug at the old heartstrings but also ties them in knots. Theater Review: ?Pipe Dream,? From Rodgers and Hammerstein, at Encores! 2012-03-29T21:28:11Z

Banks’ 73-minute “a cappella opera” is an astonishing work, and part of its wonder stems from its blending of some of the oldest known melodies in the world with a contemporary choral sensibility. Eric Banks: Esoterics founder an explorer of new vocal worlds 2013-05-04T14:34:47Z

I enjoyed getting lost in the book’s melodies, but I also found its airiness dissatisfying in places; I longed for sharp analysis where there was only atmosphere. Review: ‘Ostend: Stefan Zweig, Joseph Roth, and the Summer Before the Dark’ Revisits Moments in Exile 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z

“He sent me a beautiful track to write the melody and top line over,” Lewis explains of her vocals, which touch on the classic youthful themes of insecurity and unbridled emotion. | Singer-Songwriter Jenny Lewis’s Perfect New Single for ‘Girls’ 2014-02-04T21:49:34Z

Still, Jean-Raymond has chosen fashion as his home — this is Fashion Week, after all — and so the clothes should provide the primary melody. Robin Givhan: One Sunday night at Fashion Week redefined the stories that clothes can tell - The Washington Post 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z

Not going to happen, but consider this: At the rate we're releasing now, if we don't start conserving our vital creative resources, music will be completely depleted of new melodies and beats by 2054. Throwbacks: New old sounds from Devo, No ID, Who, Jesse Saunders, more 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

You reveal throughout the story that each song is packed with layers of ornamentations and melodies. Fleetwood Mac is “the great American story” 2013-06-03T19:02:00Z

Within minutes, a mid-tempo groove takes shape and a familiar vocal melody emerges. Know How the Beatles Ended? Peter Jackson May Change Your Mind. 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z

In fact, song lyrics are often indecipherable junk written to accompany the melody and rarely to stand on their own. Down with song-lyric fascists 2013-04-13T20:00:00Z

Its melody, lifted from the Whisper’s 1977 soul single, “You Are Number One,” is slow and spacious, with many empty pockets that beg for words. The Beats Fuelling the Viral Dance Challenges 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z

Playing only the second of its three movements, Mr. Chiu offered a focused performance, letting the work’s graceful melody sing while adhering fastidiously to Cage’s suggestion that vibrato be avoided. Music Review: Flux Quartet at Bargemusic for John Cage Centennial 2012-07-20T21:10:20Z

As a child, he became obsessed with the musical “Sweeney Todd” — which perhaps provided an allegory for his invisible wounds, cuts hidden by the diverting melodies of outward appearances. Review | Playwright David Adjmi’s stirring memoir, ‘Lot Six,’ explores the very meaning of identity 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z

Rabbi Ben Zion Shenker, regarded as perhaps the leading composer of Hasidic prayer melodies, whose music flavored the religious life of Orthodox Jews and influenced popular klezmer bands, died on Sunday in Brooklyn. Ben Zion Shenker, Rabbi Who Wrote Prayer Melodies, Dies at 91 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z

Through tapping, he sets up repetitive patterns that morph into a flowing melody. TV film looks at odyssey of guitarist Billy McLaughlin 2010-06-02T18:03:00Z

We were hearing Schubert’s melodies, that is, but filtered through different sensibilities. Review | Fleming’s beautiful Schubert trumped by poignant restoration 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z

Sometimes lush, sometimes turbulent, the arrangements make Mr. Chu’s melodies more luminous while they open up mysterious spaces behind lyrics that ponder continuity and collapse. Playlist: New CDs From the Morning Benders and David Byrne 2010-04-10T04:22:00Z

The nearly unornamented way she carries melodies, shading some words with the tiniest bit of a quaver, comes across as both pensive and determined, and it lets her find mythic resonances behind everyday details. Rosanne Cash Takes the Long View on ‘She Remembers Everything’ 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z

Since then, he's helped propel midrange melodies across the band's repertoire, one filled with wit and insight. Unsung Mekons are a musical beacon of persistence and creativity 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z

The new melodies were bigger, more colorful and signaled a new direction for the Orchestra. Rob Mazurek’s Intergalactic Jazz Aims for a New Dimension 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z

In the finale, fleeting bits of melody never complete themselves and keep breaking off into episodes of repetitive, oddly hymnal chords. Review: The Philharmonic Hails Sibelius, and Offers Joshua Bell on a Mendelssohn 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z

Some hummed its ear-candy melodies at the coat check after the performance. Sound of Music comes to Salzburg 2011-11-22T12:01:05Z

Its structural brilliance is that there’s no robust chorus or melody, just Ms. Franklin, her piano, a blues groove and her mood. Aretha Franklin Had Power. Did We Truly Respect It? 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z

Most of the great entertainers in Soundies played jazz, but there are films with the blues, cowboy tunes, Hawaiian melodies, polka music, rumbas, the works. The Swinging, Jamming Musical Charms of 1940s Soundies 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z

Mr. Baggetta is into making clearly delineated music, melodies and chord patterns and actual songs, but he’s also into sound and space and texture. New Releases by Optimo, Anita Wilson and Dexter Johnson 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z

She’s eternally consonant, bringing melodies that are steeped in hymn, lullaby, waltz, Baroque opera and Celtic tradition, all radiating a free-floating reverence. On ‘Dark Sky Island,’ Enya Doesn’t Stray Far From Continuity and Comfort 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z

The piano plays an angular melody as the quartet offers a wistful tonal accompaniment, as if regretting the decline of harmony. Review: Despite being interrupted by cellphones — twice! — Seattle Chamber Music Society’s Summer Festival kicked off its second half with a remarkable concert 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z

“Sunrise” and “Sunset,” the enigmatic outer movements, unfolded with elusive gestures and Middle Eastern harmonies, a long, eerie melody unfurling on the viola in the final movement. Music Review: Avi Avital Helps Revive, and Grow, an Instrument 2014-01-19T22:08:54Z

The tune is sung through some muffling device that merely serves to make you strain even harder to hear the words, and after a verse or two the melody is bolstered by some whistling. New band of the day ? No 783: Foster the People 2010-05-11T14:44:00Z

Here, robust, jutting Hungarian folk rhythms are spun together with desolate, unyielding melody. The Barber of Seville; Emerson Quartet – review 2013-03-03T00:06:19Z

Compared to the Five’s preference for declamation over melody, Rubinstein’s conservative taste for tunes, ensembles, dances and identifiable arias makes “Demon” highly accessible. It Was Russia’s Most Popular Opera. Then It Disappeared. 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z

Three early songs — “Monks and Raisins,” “Rain Has Fallen” and “The Secrets of the Old” — were uncomplicated and direct, with seemingly inevitable melodies and untaxing accompaniment. Music Review: Melissa Fogarty and Marc Peloquin at Bargemusic 2010-08-02T21:55:00Z

Shifting the melody up a gear but losing none of the intensity, it does what all good remixes should: recontextualising the original without destroying what made it so great in the first place. New music: TV On the Radio - Will Do (XXXChange dancehall mix) 2011-04-01T14:16:00Z

Pearl Jam’s songs, particularly its early ones, often face up to youthful traumas and fears, taking heart from rock-ribbed melodies and surging crescendos. Review: Pearl Jam’s Full-Throttle Marathon at Madison Square Garden 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z

There was a period when I thought I didn't write melodies, that Paul wrote those and I just wrote straight, shouting rock'n'roll. From Leiber and Stoller to Lennon and McCartney: the alchemy of the duo 2011-08-23T20:31:01Z

Another, at Temple University in Philadelphia, will develop an online tool to transcribe early polyphonic music, which consists of multiple independent melodies that are played or sung at the same time, in standard musical notation. National Endowment for the Humanities Announces $28.1 Million in Grants 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z

They were written with profound concision: a handful of chords, a folky melody, a telegram’s worth of lyrics and perhaps an unfancy guitar riff. Music Review: Take a Look at His Life: They Sound a Lot Like Him (Well, Sometimes) 2011-02-11T22:46:52Z

To the melody of “So What?” from “Cabaret,” this Liza admits she doesn’t get the parts she used to and that she tends to shout every song now. Theater Review: ‘Forbidden Broadway Comes Out Swinging!,’ a Satiric Revue 2014-05-06T20:42:24Z

Hoary jokes and peppy, standard-issue melodies can be put to highly entertaining use, as was evidenced by the success of “The Producers.” Theater Review: ‘Bunty Berman Presents ’ at Acorn Theater 2013-05-10T02:00:01Z

The lyrics weren’t a patch on Old 97—“I miss you darlin’ more and more every day/As heaven would miss the stars above”—but if you blocked them out, the melody was catchy. Almost heaven, West Virginia: Driving country roads in search of America today 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z

And all of the string players confidently handled unconventional intonation in Mr. Sharafyan’s “Adumbrations of the Peacock,” a stark, mysterious and ultimately majestic concatenation of broken-bell piano chords, tremulous melodies and quivering textures. Music Review: Metropolitan Museum Artists in Concert - Review 2011-12-19T23:04:37Z

The glare of the wattage that emanated from classic performers, be they Muzio or Del Monaco, helped distract from the opera’s shortcomings: the flatness of the characters, the slackness between the memorable melodies. Music Review: An ‘Andrea Chénier’ Short on Star Power 2014-03-25T09:46:00Z

Instead, he’s a conversational lyricist, who sings in spoken sentences, massaged into melody. Review: ‘Big Baby D.R.A.M.’ Finds a Rapper-Singer in Whimsy Mode 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z

Even when he was singing a long-lined melody like “Black Hole Sun,” another of his masterpieces, there was no comforting croon in his voice. Chris Cornell: A Spectacular Voice of Grunge, With a Glint of Tragedy 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z

"Silence Kid" was a high point, with loud chaotic guitars wrapped around a Buddy Holly melody and opaque lyrics about family therapy sessions. Sasquatch! 2010 day two notables: Luke Burbank, The xx, Pavement 2010-05-31T19:31:00Z

The melody boxes the group in, and they are reduced to sounding collectively cute – not a happy aural experience nor a true reflection of their characters. Love Me Do: the Beatles' first hit is 50 2012-10-05T06:00:00Z

The drums jangle like sleigh bells while Phife raps over a bright and hazy looping melody bent from the first few notes of “Young & Fine,” by the Weather Report. Postscript: Phife Dawg, 1970-2016 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z

Mark "E" Everett has spent 17 years releasing music that combines melody, misery and the blackest of humour under the name Eels. Music Weekly podcast: Mark "E" Everett of Eels, the down-low on Kelly Rowland. Plus Bytches With Problems 2013-01-24T16:08:38Z

Now Roznowska’s ethereal freestyle melodies on her violin, augmented by a playback loop and vocals, echo through oak-lined New Orleans streets. In New Orleans, roving violinist brings joy to isolated residents 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z

Their brand of hip-hop meets drum 'n bass meets funk takes on established conventions of those genres - a careful mix of curated samples, some pro MC chops and an affinity to bass-driven melodies. March's best music from across the MAP 2011-03-14T11:24:55Z

No melody emerged; no sense of tension and release. Mittwoch aus Licht; BBC Proms 50 & 51 – review 2012-08-25T23:06:12Z

It has borrowed and ripped off any lick or melody it deemed useful or fun—several generations’ worth of African-American sounds and styles most of all. Ken Burns’s Delightful “Country Music” Gets the Big Things Mostly Right 2019-09-15T04:00:00Z

“Damage,” the Arizona foursome’s eighth LP, features some of its best melodies this side of 2001’s platinum smash “Bleed American.” Emo band Jimmy Eat World still relevant 2013-07-11T23:01:19Z

Taken from her forthcoming debut “Aperture,” which comes out May 19, “What You Did” showcases Jadagu’s easy aptitude with lilting melodies and her love of deliciously crunchy texture. U.S. Girls’ Luxuriously Absurd Disco, and 9 More New Songs 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z

In the new song “Romantical Man,” Wainwright sings: “The classical critics can’t stand a melody / I only ask, what brought you to the opera firstly?” Rufus Wainwright is sober, battle-hardened and wrestling with the demons of middle age 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z

On “Beltway,” she sings about a desirous love-loop meant to evoke the highway that encircles her native Houston, but as the melody yearns, the song begins to move as if it’s climbing an ascending spiral. Review | Solange and the fine art of the halfway-there pop album 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z

There are also ­memorable instances of Waikiki sway, courteous country and, on the keening Divine Hammer, moshable melody. The Breeders – review 2013-06-18T17:24:27Z

Build the melodies on African modes that may well hark back to those vodun chants. Music Review: Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou Plays Funk 2010-07-12T21:54:00Z

In his best bit, he tapped out a melody with celery stalks on bottles. Review: Pulling Back the Curtain on ‘The Magic Flute’ at the Met 2023-05-21T04:00:00Z

In the second movement, “The Song Is for You,” a melancholic yet unsettled saxophone melody emerges over what Mr. Adams aptly calls “pools” of chromatically tinted sonorities. Music Review: ‘City Noir,’ by John Adams, at Lincoln Center Festival 2012-07-13T21:21:56Z

And in that wide, packed room, it worked beautifully, rolling through strange compound melodies made according to Mr. Morris’s instructions. ArtsBeat: A Lot of Jazz. Many More People. 2011-01-08T22:14:32Z

What made the show — propelled by the determination of drummer Eric Harm — more than an exercise in academic satisfaction was Stickles’s howling, yapping, whooping vocals and wildly inventive sense of melody. A roaring and rollicking night from rock-and-roll Titus Andronicus 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z

The cautious, halting melody, reminiscent in its opening phrases of the Motown classic “You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me,” is one of the more indelible pop tunes of recent years. New Music: A New Album From Billy Hart and the Soundtrack to ?Once? 2012-03-26T22:44:04Z

Its telegraphic lyrics pack far-reaching implications into a few words; its succinct melodies harbor nervy sonic experimentation. The Playlist: Missy Elliott Reappears With a Boast, and Wire Returns With a Blast 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z

The folk elements slip into the background, making room for dreamy electronic synths, psychedelic guitar parts and unapologetic pop melodies. Vetiver brings summery dream-pop to Columbia City Theater 2012-03-15T21:01:04Z

Ms. Marling’s voice and acoustic guitar, and melodies that sound as if they had always existed, remain at the core of most songs. Review: Laura Marling’s ‘Semper Femina’ Seeks the Cryptic in the Plainspoken 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z

Cocteau Twins also manage to create an amazing atmosphere in a simple way – through melody. Audio advent calendar: Anna Calvi playlist 2010-12-10T15:55:00Z

There’s a rawness in this aching melody, beautifully sung by Barbra Streisand, that offers a convincing emotion that the rest of “Funny Lady” lacks. Here We (Let It) Go Again: ‘Frozen 2’ and Movie Musical Sequels 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z

There was always the sense of steel beneath those dainty melodies, however. Taxes forgotten, Meany crowd welcomes André Watts 2014-04-16T18:56:41Z

It sounds really rickety, as though the band are playing at the limit of their abilities, but the vocal and melody are so endearing they more than make up for any instrumental shortcomings. New band of the day ? No 1,058: Razika 2011-07-08T15:22:50Z

I feel guilty when I fall for the sing-songy melodies that pop up in television commercials. Beyoncé, Jay Z redefine ‘guilty pleasure’ on this tour

As a solo artist, Nicks sought producers who could take her lyrics and scant melodies and elaborate them into interesting records or a new sound. Review | Stevie Nicks: A story of big music, big egos and big hair 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z

Maria Reyna Celis, who just turned 46, hears them before she sees them: A merry trumpet blast announces the melody, filling the house and probably penetrating the dreams of neighbors. Why mariachi music matters in the age of Trump 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z

With her impeccable timing, she infused the familiar melody with sharp jabs of her limbs that bordered on manic. Dance Review: Camille A. Brown and Dancers at the Joyce Theater 2012-01-29T22:55:07Z

Indian classical music has a drone and no harmony, allowing expressive engagement with a single pitch melody. Jeff Beck: The unorthodox techniques that made him such a unique guitarist 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z

“Don’t Worry Baby” is one of their best pre-“Pet Sounds” songs, with complex vocal harmonies and an unforgettable melody. Drugs, paranoia and a creepy Charles Manson connection: Why we’re still fascinated with the dark drama of the Beach Boys 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z

And while the songs exude a familiar, lo-fi indie rock sheen, some rough edges are sanded down with acoustic guitars, melodies get alarmingly pretty, and there is even an exercise in straight-up balladry. Sheer Mag triples down on its guitar riff throwback rock at the Black Cat 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z

So this great honky-tonk slog, this never-ending odyssey that requires an increasingly fragile body to breathe melody 100 nights a year — this is actually the thing that keeps him alive? Everyday Zen: On the road with Willie Nelson at 81 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z

The songs use distinctive minor modes and diminished harmonies, long zigzagging melodies and a brooding, smoldering groove that often moves in six-beat rhythms rather than the 4/4 of American funk. Review: Feedel Band and the Libyans, African Sounds at the Global Beat Festival 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z

The impresario and producer Norman Granz recognized Parker’s brilliance — and he saw the potential to broaden his appeal, by shining a softer spotlight on his lemon-cake tone and his richly coiled melodies. How Pop and Jazz Wrapped Up the Past in 16 Boxed Sets 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z

Meanwhile, he is challenging other choreographers to perform their own interpretations of the “COVID melody” at other famous locations, showcasing their beauty to future visitors. COVID strains: Dancer performs 'virus melody' in empty Budapest square 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z

The solo part’s torrential flurries and sweetly spun melodies are custom fitted to a virtuoso like Mr. Repin, to whom the work is dedicated. Music Review: A New Scottish Concerto, Dressed Up and Dreamy 2011-03-03T21:49:11Z

The sections of “Infinite Love,” a continuous 40-minute composition, tend to start with plucked arpeggios and expand, sometimes taking on a melody, sometimes rippling in ever-wider arcs, sometimes melting into feedback and echo. Playlist: Younger Folk, Older Folk, Noises Tempered and Psychedelic 2010-10-15T16:58:00Z

In Ms. Wolfe’s brief, moodily atmospheric “Earring,” a repeating, rhythmically steady, slowly descending figure played at the top of the keyboard creates a crystalline, jangling backdrop for a gentle, midrange melody. Music Review: Locrian Chamber Players at Riverside Church - review 2011-08-26T22:30:32Z

She deftly illuminated its eclectic moods and myriad timbres — which ranged from breathy, guttural noises to rhapsodic melodies in a high register, interspersed and contrasted with digital sounds. Music Review: Works That Make Technology an Ally 2011-06-01T22:38:12Z

Oliver insisted on playing and his melody got lost in the muddy mix. Louis Armstrong’s museum has gone silent, but ‘Pops’ is still talking 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z

That it works so bewitchingly is a testament to Ms. Kihlstedt’s coolheaded, unflashy singing, and to Mr. Goldberg’s graceful way with a melody. Review: Ben Goldberg’s ‘Orphic Machine’ Influenced by Poetry 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z

"The melody itself is almost like a chitter-chatter, playful laughter kind of thing," he said. Why "Yakety Sax" makes anything funny and has morphed into the soundtrack of political failure 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z

Maybe “Carousel” and “My Fair Lady” did well not because of story, but because people like hearing actually interesting, well-crafted, beautiful melody. In a Slim Season, the Tonys Show Love to Brits, Classics and Sponges 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z

One of the SS troops amused himself by having the orchestra repeatedly play a melody while the other prisoners were forced to sing and dance, without respite. How the Nazis used music to celebrate and facilitate murder 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z

To give my best and only gifts of words and melody and to have them casually used or nonchalantly discounted cut way deeper than was reasonable. I miss playing music 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

That’s left to the music: in the way the guitars tangle and persevere, in the grace of the melodies, and in the simple fact that Ms. Leschper dared to write these songs. Review: On the Debut Album by Mothers, Austere Honesty 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z

Although it's about a relationship on the rocks, the melody is so happy and upbeat. Now Listening: reader playlist 2012-08-02T16:23:19Z

First comes the eight-bar funk vamp at the core of a tune called “Detroit,” and then comes its melody, embellished by Mr. Miller with double-stop chords. New Music: Releases From Kurt Feldman, Elle Varner and Marcus Miller 2012-08-06T22:24:05Z

I sat as he played, and marveled quietly when his hands turned the melody unexpectedly, a new minor key, a delicious twist that only he could have invented. Swept Up in the Whirlwind Known as Michel Legrand 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z

This showcase, presented by Newtown Radio, the Bushwick Internet radio station, was one of the festival’s most promising, with a host of acts that toy with a mix of strong melody and purposeful obfuscation. Music Review: Keyboard Speaks Louder Than a Microphone 2011-06-20T21:56:23Z

In the well-known “Nimrod” variation, the wistful melody for mellow strings built slowly and elegantly to its stirring climax, as it should. Review: She Returns to Lead the Philharmonic. For Real, This Time. 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z

You might recognize the guitar riff that provides the chorus melody for Beyoncé’s “6 Inch.” Meet the Musicians Who Gave Isaac Hayes His Groove 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z

In the new lineup Mr. Ponty’s violin states melodies as often as Mr. Gambale’s electric guitar, bringing a rustic touch rather than rock aggression. Music Review: Jazz Fusion Heroes of the 1970s Resurrect Their Intricate Dynamics 2011-08-14T21:20:13Z

The raw materials of excellence are all in place: winning melodies, dancefloor nous and the undeniable appeal of a half-Japanese, half-Swedish-American singer who sings like a fallen angel and dresses like a fashion leader. Little Dragon: Ritual Union ? review 2011-07-16T23:05:27Z

I usually have the poetry book at the piano and if the first line suggests a melody I'll continue. Bard reputation: pop stars pick their favourite poets 2010-10-07T15:52:00Z

Stravinsky tried to cover his tracks in his revolutionary "Rite of Spring" by placing Russian folk melodies in the context of new rhythms, but scholars have found him out. 'Blurred Lines' verdict would rock Amadeus and other great composers 2015-03-14T04:00:00Z

Pastoral violin melodies fill the section “In a Flowering Meadow.” Into the Music: Strauss?s ?Alpine Symphony? Played Twice in One Night 2012-04-13T22:20:54Z

He helped devise its language of thick harmonies, zipping melodies and steamed-up rhythm. At 100, Thelonious Monk Gets a Hero’s Celebration 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z

“Morning Mr. Magpie” complains, “You’ve stolen all my magic/Took my melody.” Critic?s Notebook: Radiohead Surprises With Early Release 2011-02-18T23:25:50Z

That influence lingers, especially in Leonore Wheatley's chiming vocals and the billowy melodies of Step Outside and Long Highway. The Soundcarriers: Celeste 2010-08-05T22:15:00Z

Last year, because of pandemic crowd restrictions and protests of the song's racism, track bugler Steve Buttleman intoned the melody in a somber performance shorn of the controversial words. Is Stephen Foster's song "My Old Kentucky Home" pro-slavery or anti-slavery? 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z

She is an entirely do-it-yourself songwriter, singer, producer and visual artist with a piping high voice, a fondness for electronic loops and pop-tinged melodies and lyrics that welcome multiple interpretations. Grimes, a D.I.Y. Indie Sensation, Ramps Up Her Sound 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z

All the records he made were beautiful examples of musicianship with melody, harmony and bass lines all there. Jeff Beck's mission to 'blow people away' 2011-03-31T15:37:05Z

Such warrior moments and military metaphors are there in the opera, and the Cornish melody embodies these particularly heroic moments. Heart of a Soldier: capturing 9/11 in an opera 2011-08-25T22:14:01Z

I have been informed in that by Richard Rodgers — the way he wrote melodies that are deceptively simple. Elvis Costello, Carole King and a Song 20 Years in the Making 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z

“Even though the works themselves are quite contrasting, I find a very strong element of melancholy in Janácek and Schubert, and also an amazing quality of melody,” he explains. Superstar duo Yuja Wang, Leonidas Kavakos have a meaty program in store for Seattle fans 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z

“It Was Late and We Watched the Motel Burn,” written after doing just that from a tour-van window, is vertiginous and unsettling, the melody constantly swallowing itself. Mary Lattimore: Has Harp, Must Travel 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z

“My father wasn’t here to sing those melodies, but they were there. I heard his voice again — that, and I believed there were artists out there who loved him who could do his words justice.” Johnny Cash’s Poems Get a Second Life as Songs 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z

Post reviewer Michael Lindgren wrote, “A subtle and moving exploration of the boundaries and contradictions of ethnic identity shimmers through these stories like a melody.” The 2016 finalists for the PEN/Faulkner Award 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z

Your first instinct would be to cut those places where Donizetti gives the melody before the singer actually sings, all that boom-cha-cha major-key stuff. Mike Figgis beds down with Lucrezia Borgia 2011-01-20T22:00:02Z

At another point, she joined the company’s vocalist, Ismael Fernández, in a duet, their two styles and melodies overlapping in friendly counterpoint. Review: Sonia Olla Flamenco Company, Passionately Blending Cultures 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z

They analysed more than 464,000 songs and concluded that, over the last 50 years, the melodies had become increasingly similar and the palette of sounds used more homogenous. Worst ideas of 2012: making all pop sound the same 2012-12-28T22:59:56Z

“The melody doesn’t dig into your brain: you keep expecting it to arrive at a showstopping chorus that never comes,” he wrote. Sam Smith wins the best song Oscar for his James Bond Spectre theme 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z

Catchy choruses, a hint of 50s pop, handclaps and happy melodies. March's best music from across the MAP 2011-03-14T11:24:55Z

Her songs are often described as rap, but her cadences more closely resemble those of spoken word; her knotty lyrics read like poetry, and melody is a tertiary concern. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z

Reflecting the pinched sound of Oliver Lake and the pith of Jackie McLean, Mr. Wilkins allowed the melody to teeter and crash, making his feelings known without overstatement. At the NYC Winter Jazzfest, Learning How Less Can Be More 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z

These performances don’t want to further embalm the folk classics, they aim to amplify the blood and violence beneath the pre-school-approved melodies. Album review: Neil Young and Crazy Horse, 'Americana' 2012-06-04T02:27:00Z

A group of lists dubbed “Work, Study, Reading” includes one called “For Reading: Historical Fiction,” which is described as music to “envelop yourself in the past with a good book and these instrumental melodies.” Amazon unveils Prime Music, removes the 'barrier' of choice 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z

Another guitarist, Mary Halvorson, managed to sound smiling and sober at once, with melodies of glittering sensitivity that fragmented into kaleidoscopic phrases. The Bang on a Can Marathon, Still Lovably Scruffy Online 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z

Her voice clings to her melodies like liquefied amber, in a low, striking contralto range. Meet Zsela, a Singer Perfecting the Art of Taking It Slowly 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z

A roomful of gorgeous melodies performed on a landscape of diminishing returns. Review | Listen up, Bob Dylan fans: You’ll want to journey to Broadway’s ‘North Country’ 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z

Recording the old popular tune “I Don’t Know Why” in 1950, for his outstanding Columbia Records debut, Garner’s fingers lick at the keys and he drags the melody along, dandling it, relishing it. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Jazz Piano 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z

And opening cut "Bring You Back" uses a familiar touch of pop punk with interwoven vocal melodies. REVIEWS: The-Dream, Stone Temple Pilots, Sergio Mendes 2010-06-18T22:15:00Z

The 10 songs weigh in at 87 minutes, and with the exception of “Iced Honey” and “The View,” they offer little in the way of melody or anything resembling a chorus. Album review: Lou Reed and Metallica, 'Lulu' 2011-10-28T05:34:00Z

Then, as the melody soars beneath his fingers, he drifts into a reverie and is transported to … Elton John's John Lewis Christmas ad: it could have been so different 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z

With whatever band Lightcap is leading, he strikes a masterly balance between urgent, punctuated bass playing and smooth, sighing melodies on top. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z

Josquin indeed wedded the logic of math to the magic of melody, and his compositions feel like they unfold with both perfect clarity and atmospheric strangeness. The Renaissance’s Most Influential Composer, 500 Years Later 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z

But he soldiered on, and his music eventually rose above the distractions; his yearning voice and insinuating melodies were too good to be denied.-- SXSW 2013: It's a wrap 2013-03-17T23:33:00Z

At its most basic, tonight's gig at London's Southbank Centre is smooth jazz: strong, unchallenging melodies, played mainly on the soprano sax, with not much improvising. London jazz festival 2012: Where has Jan Garbarek gone? I miss him 2012-11-14T17:21:38Z

In between were four Hollenbeck originals, all from the new album, each one doused in citrusy, corrugated harmonies, with currents that built big circles around crescent-shaped melodies. January in Live Jazz: 5 Standout Shows 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z

Some with super-attuned ears may beg to differ, that the very quality of the production dates this as a 2013 product even if the melodies, instrumentation and voices say otherwise. New band of the day – Lord Huron (No 1,450) 2013-02-12T17:14:20Z

When the rhythm section leaves the stage, he plays alone, producing guitar melodies so beautiful they could make a grown man cry. Gravenhurst – review 2012-09-25T17:05:14Z

Only for an artist as ambitious as von Hausswolff does blasting colossal puffs of melody from a gigantic worship machine qualify as “less is more.” Review | Maybe go stare at a tree and listen to Anna von Hausswolff play the pipe organ 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z

As a producer Avicii isn’t the pummeler that many of his peers are; he’s concerned with vocal melodies, striking piano arrangements and disco dynamics. Pop Music Choices for New Year?s Eve 2011-12-29T23:59:04Z

I had always said I could never do that song because it’s got such a complicated bass part that it’s almost impossible to sing the melody, which is kind of contrapuntal. Sir Paul on Fans, the Beatles and Himself 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z

If there is any theater melody you want to hear played all out, it’s one by Bernstein. Signature’s ‘West Side Story’: It’s not just any night 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z

In 1966 he recorded an album with the Free Spirits, a short-lived rock band that mixed radio-friendly melodies with adventurous stretches of instrumental improvisation. Larry Coryell, Guitarist of Fusion Before It Had a Name, Dies at 73 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z

After five minutes of tasteful luxuriating, the song begins to take new dimensions: a darkening tone, a growing fixation on one tendril of melody from its medieval-sounding end refrain. Brad Mehldau Evolves in ‘10 Years Solo Live,’ a New Boxed Set 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z

At one point, a slinky, sad waltz melody wafts from the strings. Review: ‘Danny Elfman’s Music From the Films of Tim Burton,’ Macabre Yet Sweet 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z

Somber, heartbreakingly lyrical melodies may seem self-sorry, but Elgar was a melancholic bloke who did, despite all, like a good day at the races. Yo-Yo Ma is marvelous during a strange night at Hollywood Bowl 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z

He’s as intuitively gifted with melody as Nelly, who, 15 years ago, rode a soft debut single about hard things into the Top 10, and stayed there for a few years. Fetty Wap’s Tweaked Sound Yields Hit in ‘Trap Queen’ 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z

It includes “On Lamp,” an undulating, not-quite-ambient piece that threads a wandering, slow-motion melody through a stereo dialogue of acoustic guitars and subdued tom-tom syncopations, like a glimpse of a distant caravan. A Lost (and Found) John Coltrane Recording, and 9 More New Songs 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z

Mr. Kang brought an appropriately mournful tone to the melody, before an earthy solo by Mr. Frisell, using a chorus effect on his guitar. Music Review: Floating Along on the Rhythm While Staying Anchored to the Beat 2011-04-20T21:48:56Z

I am in love with catchy melodies and hooks that are stuck in your head for days, and ideally weeks, and even months. Taylor Swift Talks Business 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z

More recently he's been encoring his own "remix" of the "Minute Waltz", in which Chopin's instantly recognizable melody runs headlong into a storm of note clusters and key changes worthy of Frank Zappa. Pianist Hamelin breathes new life into "dead" composers 2013-11-14T08:05:00Z

EMI Music said the inclusion of the melody was, at most, a form of tribute to the tune. Appeal over Men At work 'rip-off' 2010-02-25T12:59:00Z

The symphony is bursting with ideas that sound like no other composer, such as the honeyed melodies, the fairy-dancing scherzos and the build-up of energy to the flavorful bursting point. Generous renditions of Mendelssohn and Bach balance youth and experience 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z

An obligatory ballet — this is French grand opera, after all — became a delightful showcase for Donizetti’s orchestral writing, with seductive, exotic melodies and flashy solos for a number of instruments. Review: Donizetti’s ‘La Favorite,’ a Rare Concert Performance in French at Caramoor 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z

A fairground tune unfolded on the toy piano, a bittersweet interlude evoked loss, and a syncopated bluesy melody evolved in a melancholic haze. Music Review: Margaret Leng Tan on Toy Piano at Washington Square Park 2013-07-17T20:27:22Z

So much so that I took her hand – took her in my arms, actually – and we danced the length of the hall to stately melodies for I don’t know how long. 'My best travel discovery of 2016' 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z

Last week producer Giles Martin, son of the Beatles’ original producer, George Martin, was observing the rehearsals and weighing in with advice periodically on song arrangements, melodies and harmonies. A ‘Salute to the Beatles,’ with a little help from musical friends 2014-02-04T19:53:18Z

The chorus and the vocal melody are virtually identical. How the 'Blurred Lines' case could have chilling effect on creativity 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z

“I played her some melodies and told her it was an oratorio for one voice and a symphonic orchestra,” Mr. Legrand, 85, recently said in a phone interview from his country home near Paris. Natalie Dessay Finishes What Barbra Streisand Started 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z

Its light, skittery melodies loop around quirky-coffee-shop lyrics like "To ten thousand fireflies/I'm weird 'cause I hate goodbyes/I got misty eyes as they said farewell." Owl City will say 'Hello Seattle' on April 1 2010-03-26T00:24:00Z

It conducts a midnight raid on the back catalogue of composer Harry Warren and lyricist Al Dubin to include melodies that were not in the film. 42nd Street 2010-07-02T20:45:00Z

With the mellow orchestra in the background, the piano introduced the theme of the first movement, a searching melody that Mr. Trifonov played with lyrical grace and warm, full sound. A Star Pianist Brings Soft-Spoken Virtuosity to Scriabin 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z

Neumann told me that the musicians often invented parodies about the guests—or whatever was going on at the resort that week—and sang them to the melody of a popular song. The Jewish Trumpeter Who Entertained Nazis to Survive the Holocaust 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z