Sentence examples for bell chime from inspiring English sources

Bell chime, (from medieval Latin cymbala, meaning "bells") set of stationary bells tuned in a musical series, traditionally in diatonic sequence (seven-note scale) plus a few accidentals (sharps and flats).

In the West since the 9th century, small sets of bells (chimes) in stationary suspension and generally tuned diatonically (to the seven-note scale) have been common (see bell chime).

And with that, the house lights dimmed, the music began with an ominous bell chime, and a black and gold curtain rose to reveal a jumble of seemingly nude dancers linked together in a pile of flesh.

When we were introduced and I first heard her ragged, sweet thread of a voice, with its lilting Venetian accent, I felt a curious jolt of awareness, as one might feel on hearing a bell chime once in the distance.

Most frequently "chime" refers to the bell chime, but it also denotes tubular bells, or orchestral bells; the stone chimes, or lithophone; drum chimes, sets of tuned drums found in Myanmar (Burma and Thailandd; and gong chimes, the sets of tuned gongs used in the gamelan orchestras of Southeast Asia.

I was literally turning left to exit via the crosswalk, when a rider came from behind on the inside lane and attempted to blow through the crosswalk without so much as a bell chime, shout or any other means of notice.

Later, bell chimes were used in neighbouring cultures, such as those of Korea, India, and Japan.

Their symphony of wood blocks, bell, chimes and drums kept the beat.

The molto adagio second movement begins with a sort of wistful chorale and church bell chimes.

Their interaction began as a formless wash with percussive grace notes: bell chimes played with soft mallets, left to resonate.

A bell chimed somewhere in the dim recesses of my mind: I remembered that Mansel and Meurig have long shared the ownership and management of their farms.