Sentence examples for harmonic development from inspiring English sources

For more than four centuries Western music had thrived on harmonic development, and here is was – gone!

"Often the sounds are sampled from existing stops with strong basic tones but little harmonic development," he said.

"I don't think electronic notes, which characteristically have a lot of foundation and little harmonic development, make the right sort of sound," Mr. Mander said.

These are of medium scale (usually about 6 inches diameter at the 8-foot open pipe) and moderate harmonic development—i.e., neither particularly dull nor bright.

He describes the harmonic development of the aria as a series of eight-bar sections that become the basis for Bach's organization of the entire work, with breaks in the dramatic flow coming after every eighth piece played.

The score moved ahead by addition and subtraction of the group's sections and voices, with little harmonic development; it revealed the sonic character of the full orchestra for only a few moments.

The pivotal chapter in "Stravinsky and the Russian Traditions" is entitled "Chernomor to Kashchey: Harmonic Sorcery"; it drastically revises the standard narrative of harmonic developments in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

The 12 remarkable symphonic poems showed how malleable musical form could be, dissolving rather than firmly concluding; modernity was born in Liszt's most daring harmonic developments and in his ongoing experiments with sonority and performing technique.

Otherwise, I'd be in a time capsule regarding jazz". He gave the jazz musician Dexter Gordon as an example, explaining that when Gordon left the United States to live in Europe for four years in the early 1960's, he fell behind in harmonic developments.

In Bali's percussive cling-clang of gongs and metallophones, Debussy detected non-western harmonic developments that later served him well for the abstract pianistic moods of Préludes, composed in the early 1900s and built on a gamelan-like idea of "movement through stasis".

This 92-item instrument – Teachers Learn from Pupils-Secondary Education (TLP-SE) – assesses 10 relevant classroom environment dimensions: effective learning time, structured instruction, monitoring pupil's progress, feedback, high expectations, reinforcement, work climate in class, promoting self-reliance, harmonic personality development, and recognizing autonomy.