His talent for improvisation -- in which a player elaborates a musical theme off the cuff in the appropriate key and meter, with fealty to the composer's style and intent -- was considered the finest of any American concert organist.
An aria is, according to Johann Mattheson in Der vollkommene Capellmeister (Part II, chapter 13, paragraph 10), "correctly described as a well-composed song, which has its own particular key and meter, is usually divided into two parts, and concisely expresses a great affection.
He was scheduled to run a key 10,000-meter race in Eugene.
The set included "Sea Song" by Robert Wyatt, a free-associative, proudly amorphous composition that meanders through keys and meters on its way to the conclusion, "Your lunacy fits neatly with my own, my very own/You're not alone".
No one has charged the meter key and now they're sitting in the dark.
Last fall, following the lead of White Plains and Tarrytown, the Village of Pelham upgraded 535 parking meters to accept both coins and meter keys, which drivers can buy in any amount after making a $15 deposit.
Its audience, and apparently the band itself, both realized something was missing in a Phish-less world: the band's particular assortment of head-bobbing, good-timey roots-rock and complex compositions full of shifty meters, key changes and other musicianly twists and turns.
Press and hold the metering key.
Some Texans have complained about health risks from radio frequency signals, a key reason resistance to meter installation has grown.
