Xiao, Wade-Giles romanization hsiao, Chinese end-blown bamboo flute noted for its mellow and melancholy tone.
Nine heartbreakingly lovely tunes played as duets between composer Harry Beckett on trumpet or the more mellow and melancholy flugelhorn, with three contrasting pianists.
But looking beyond the frippery, powdered wigs and innuendo, Mr. Lamos discovered in Sheridan's sentimental entanglements a clear-eyed yet mellow (sometimes melancholy) affection for human foibles we may well call Mozartean.
But the additive of Updike's style works in only one way, upping the quotient of mellow beauty or manageable melancholy wherever we go, from Vermont to Waikiki, and whatever is described, whether forsythia or Frankie Laine.
The 1981 performance is mellower, more attuned to the wistful melancholy that underlies even many of the playful variations.
For instance, the second most commonly found tags are adjectives, followed by nouns which except for some particular contextual connotations, are used for the most part adjectivally to describe the general sound of a song (e.g. mellow, beautiful for adjectives and memories and melancholy for nouns).
But Mr. Johnson is also a naturally smooth singer — there's barely a rasp to be heard in his voice, which sounds stern but is deceptively supple — and for all its melancholy, "The Guitar Song" is a mellow album.
Bain also complimented Drake's part in the song, stating, "Drizzy kills it in his mellow verse in the middle, his raspy monotone fitting in quite well with the melancholy vibe of the song".
Whereas the original is soulful, uplifting, and relatively mellow like a summer day, Burial in his interpretation brings a bustling, wintry sort of melancholy, chopping and pitching Charlemagne's vocals in his trademark reverb-heavy manner.
