Sentence examples for dominant instrument from inspiring English sources

Harvey sings at the upper reaches of her register, and the dominant instrument is a lonesome piano.

Today it is the dominant instrument in Hindustani music; it is used as a solo instrument with tambura (drone-lute) and tabla (drums) and in ensembles, as well as for northern Indian kathak (dance-dramas).

A dominant instrument in jazz's early years, the clarinet faded into obscurity as the saxophone became the reed instrument of choice once Charlie Parker and his alto sax helped birth the bebop movement.

And Trey Anastasio's lead guitar, the band's dominant instrument, regularly stepped out, more pointed and purposeful than in some of Phish's past phases: with wailing long blues lines or twangy little jabs, with ambling chromatic lines or quick filigrees.

To help achieve that effect, they've drafted in a session crew that includes drummers James Gadson (Bill Withers, Al Green) and Joey Waronker (REM) and guitarists Marc Ribot (Tom Waits and Smokey Hormel Johnny Cashsh); but the dominant instrument here is Jones's own guitar, a quivering vibrato throb at the heart of most of these tracks.

"Whether you call it a reset of the Pentagon or a reflection of what our overall policy is," the Pentagon official said, "the military instrument is not going to be the dominant instrument of our policy, particularly in an instance like Syria, where we are not looking at military force to solve the underlying civil war".

The dominant instruments for each passage appear as they are played, demonstrating how a melody is tossed from, say, horn to oboe.

The cancer-specific EORTC QLQ-C30 with the lung cancer-specific LC13 module are the dominant instruments in HRQoL measurement in lung cancer studies.

The double-reed zurna was the dominant woodwind instrument before the clarinet arrived in the country, although many Greeks regard the clarinet as a native instrument.

Until the 20th century, the calligraphy brush was the dominant writing instrument.

Today, the military is our dominant policy instrument, with missions ranging from combat to occupation, humanitarian relief, reconstruction and governance.