Sentence examples for elaborate vocal from inspiring English sources

With life spans that approach those of humans, orcas have strong family bonds, elaborate vocal communication and cooperative hunting strategies.

The rise of the verse anthem in England and of the Baroque motet in Italy (genres that included elaborate vocal solos) stimulated the organist's ability to improvise accompaniments.

Many songs on "The Light of the Sun" came out of studio jam sessions, and they're springy with a sense of improvisation, both in the rhythms and in their elaborate vocal overlays.

Ms. Talebi endowed these philosophical concepts with human characteristics to create the characters of Mana, "the beautiful daughter of light," represented by rhythmically firm sounds, and Ahsha, "son of ancient empires proud," embodied by more elaborate vocal lines.

If nothing else, Here, My Dear represents the apotheosis of the gospel-soul tradition, in which sophisticated, shudderingly elaborate vocal harmony stands for the outreach of the human spirit in the general direction of the ineffable.

Rita Lee, who sang and wrote songs for the original band, was replaced by Zélia Duncan, and backup musicians and singers helped recreate the elaborate vocal, rock and chamber-pop arrangements of Os Mutantes' albums.

Complex arrangements and elaborate, melismatic vocal riffs were avoided by Motown musicians.

Mr. Foxx is swathed in luxurious productions: slow-motion rhythm tracks layered with wind chimes and elaborate backing vocals.

Then came an intimate show with Bjork, for which Mr. Longstreth wrote an elaborate seven-part vocal suite from scratch.

Songs like "X-Girlfriend" and "Honey" showed Ms. Carey's taste for the textures of boombox music with bouncing rhythms and elaborate instrumental and vocal overlays.

Later notable examples are the Sacrae symphoniae of the Venetian composer Giovanni Gabrieli (Book I, 1597; Book II, 1615), collections of elaborate instrumental and vocal music, often for multiple choirs; and the Symphoniae sacrae of his celebrated German pupil, Heinrich Schütz (1629, 1647, 1650).