It helped to mould his agile, melodic sound and gave it a cutting tone that ensured that it was prominent in the group's sound, particularly so since Squire often played in a higher register than many rock bassists.
Notably absent were John Fairchild, the retired publisher, and Patrick McCarthy, the former editorial director, who once infused the paper with a cutting tone that made it the must-read of the fashion industry, with the power to make and break designers' careers.
Since then Ms. Harvey has often drawn on the earthiness of the blues, the impact of a beat and the cutting tone of her full voice.
His sometimes cutting tone could make a statement sound like an argument, a campaign sound like a cause.
Jennifer Nettles, Sugarland's singer, is solid country, with a Deep South accent and the cutting tone and tense, bluesy inflections of singers like Loretta Lynn and Kitty Wells.
For many, the Strat's cutting tone and sexy, double-cutaway curves mean rock 'n' roll.
Mr. Obey's impatience, temper and occasionally cutting tone are well known.
She almost always sings quietly, without the cutting tone of traditional griots, and on her fourth and best album, "Tchamantch?
Sasha Cooke lavished her big, glowing mezzo-soprano on the lead part, and William Burden brought cutting tone and clean diction to the role of Peter, here cast as Mary's chief ideological opponent.
The three men weave a cloud of drifting melody around each other that makes us aware of the tonal beauty of Lovano's horn, the cutting tone of Frisell's guitar, and, most important, the floating rhythm of Motian's conception.
Both revel in his rich, cutting tone, the astonishing span of his hands, his dramatic nerve and his sheer ability to oppose the sound of his single instrument to the thunder of an orchestra, which often takes on a shrill, hysterical edge.
