Sentence examples for harmonic shifts from inspiring English sources

Unexpected harmonic shifts slip by before you notice them.

Mr. Jarvi was especially attuned to harmonic shifts, sometimes pointing them up almost comically, as warranted.

His ear was alert to startling harmonic shifts and inner textures.

Mr. Adès played with milky impressionist textures while bringing out crucial voices and harmonic shifts.

The other works were also dances with sliding moods and unexpected rhythmic and harmonic shifts.

In his intense "Stabat Mater," singers swayed and paced in place; slippery harmonic shifts created an air of instability, while whispered lines conjured gusty winds.

If she played down some of the thrills in her songs before, she's doing so even better now; in "Slick," which is under three minutes long, the good stuff finally arrives with a harmonized chorus and an unexpected harmonic shift nearly a minute in, its charm quickly neutralized by a pause and a series of robotic noises.

There is an abrupt harmonic shift that has the effect of sun breaking through clouds.

Yet he was alert to every slightly unexpected twist and harmonic shift.

Yet, aided by Mr. Gilbert and the orchestra, she was attentive to every wayward melodic twist and curious harmonic shift.

You would have thought that Sir Simon and his players were discovering on the spot every wayward turn of phrase and sudden harmonic shift in this work.