Sentence examples for block of musical from inspiring English sources

The figure is quoted in the latest Rare Record Price Guide 2014, a bi-annual brieze block of musical small-print whose newest edition has just been published by Record Collector magazine.

The starting point is to define clearly the building blocks of musical learning, which are, to my mind: singing; reading music; access to instrumental tuition (both formal and informal); digital technology; attending live performance; creative involvement in composition; improvisation and performance of their own work.

Bruckner's symphonies are often described as "cathedrals of sound", not merely because of their grandeur and scale but because of their quasi-architectural construction from blocks of musical material.

It also follows a convincing symphonic shape, with a dialectical first movement that contrasts different blocks of musical material, a sometimes anguished slow movement, fierce climactic scherzo, and a finale that gradually discharges the tension and finds quiet resolution.

Superordinate generic knowledge about musical style (era and composer) and knowledge about the building blocks of musical objects (individual notes) may be more robust than musical object (composition -specific knowledge.

This will allow you to build an alphabet of fingering sequences, which are the building blocks of musical phrases and melodies.

Some of the many styles of Igor Stravinsky, particularly after his late adoption of the 12-tone approach, make ingenious use of germinal motives; but the structure of his music is ultimately based on the juxtaposition of large blocks of distinct musical character, rather than on "development" in the sense traditionally associated with the sonata.

Instead his pieces seem almost spatial, like a series of musical blocks with juxtaposed panels that variously induce feelings of ecstasy, agitation, contemplation or mystery.

This is followed by a periodicity estimation block that calculates the salience of musical accents for a large number of potential periods.

"The dumb block of wood becomes a musical instrument, a drawing utensil, a means though which a body can interface with the space," Mr. Clough said.

"Little Fishes" is an undersea playscape and the haunting "In Dark Trees" features one of the best uses of wood block in musical history.