Sentence examples for broken chords from inspiring English sources

There's a powerful gospel song called "Just Like Water," with frayed vocals wrapped in a delicate web of broken chords.

Mr. Spunt sang and smacked the rim of his snare drum, while Mr. Randall picked out some broken chords.

Often, the rhythm guitarist, Stone Gossard, was doing something quieter and more compelling, sketching out a countermelody of broken chords.

Mr. Banhart usually picked broken chords on his guitar, sometimes strumming when the songs grew more forceful.

Together with Labyrinto's Guido Balestracci and Rebeka Rusó, Pandolfo's nimble divisions, broken chords and breathtaking pizzicato were a beguiling nocturnal pleasure.

There is also greater brilliance and exploitation of idiomatic instrumental techniques, including bariolage (quick shifts from string to string) and broken chords for the solo violin.

In all, the work has three distinct elements played simultaneously: the main melody, the continuous thirty-second note broken chord figures, and a descending eighth note motif.

All those lost tics and traits — swaying on either side of the beat, sliding between notes, breaking chords into arpeggios, members of a quartet going every which way — are alike in bringing out the distinct voices of the players, not to mention the mere fact that they are fallible humans.

All those lost tics and traits—swaying on either side of the beat, sliding between notes, breaking chords into arpeggios, members of a quartet going every which way are alike in bringing out the distinct voices of the players, not to mention the mere fact that they are fallible humans.

The broken up chords and synth give it a sort of melancholy vibe.

Not my voice, but a few times when I'm playing with live bands I worry about broken vocal chords.