Sentence examples for musical exercise from inspiring English sources

Under George C. Wolfe's infinitely savvy direction, this musical exercise in show and tell had a warm, beguiling intimacy that made you feel Ms. Stritch was talking to you and you alone.

But while some of the superintendents initially seemed less than happy to be taking part in the musical exercise, by the end of the lesson they were begging to play the song one more time.

Her talents were highly sought after - people yearned to hear her, in any setting and doing any sort of musical exercise at all.

Other songs became more purely musical exercises.

To help the dancers understand Mr. Forsythe's approach, Ms. Johnson spent her first few rehearsals doing improvisation and musical exercises.

Robert Christgau of The Village Voice said that the album is both "their most consistent and probably their worst", and referred to its songs as a "pastiche of musical exercises".

The relentless, glorious pursuit of the joke in perfect rhythm has been as musical an exercise for our actors as learning the songs.

This will warm up your fingers and they are also technique exercises that are crucial in all musical practice.

The chief executive of the opera house and the musical director exercised considerably more day-to-day control over the opera company Appointing a substantial theatrical figure such as Hall was an important departure.

Were they really a musical sheep-counting exercise for the benefit of an insomniac ambassador?

Where new ceremonial songs are not composed because the repertories are considered complete, individual song leaders exercise musical creativity by improvising variations on traditional melodies or lyrics within accepted parameters.