Sentence examples for playful rhythm from inspiring English sources

The album is abundant in such choruses, bound together by a chugging, playful rhythm (Haile Selassie), stabbed by authoritative guitars (Shell Games), or embedded in coruscating electronic effects (Triple Spiral) that, in earlier albums, would have disintegrated into chaos.

The title track sets the scene, with chords that swoop like a flock of birds towards the sun; Courtyard Waltz twirls in washes of sepia, while Arun layers honeyed harmonies over a playful rhythm.

"Button My Lip," the opening song, has a ferocious vocal, not to mention superb piano from Steve Nieve; "Monkey to Man" updates Dave Bartholomew's nineteen-fifties New Orleans R. & B. rap "The Monkey," arguing the case for devolution over a chugging, playful rhythm.

Although "Close Talker" is predominantly vocal, the weight of the tune sits on a playful rhythm and an irresistible bassline.

And "Yours," produced with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, is a delectable combination of breathy vocals and playful rhythms -- it sounds like one long sigh.

Kelefa Sanneh from The New York Times called "Yours""a delectable combination of breathy vocals and playful rhythms".

Before the entry of a few thousand of the 11,000 athletes that will be competing in the Games, the playful rhythms of the ceremony gave way to a sober message about climate change and rampant deforestation of the Amazon.

On March 4 at Merkin Concert Hall, Speculum Musicae presents works by Philippe Leroux, with his playful motor rhythms; Hugues Dufourt, whose often languid no-frills style focuses intently on harmonic clarity; and Mr. Hurel, whose boisterous textures stay just short of extremism and evolve into quieter, reflective episodes.

At 77, he is as modern as anything we have in jazz -- getting a rude, fresh smack out of snare and cymbals, protecting a spirit of playful aggression, letting rhythm spill over the sides of the stage.

Ricky Ian Gordon's melodramatic take on Envy, "Can You Look Me in the Eyes?," suffered by comparison with the light touch and fanciful humor of "The Greedy Tadpole," a fable by John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey, with its jaunty rhythm and playful lyrics.

The dialog starts off playful, with a bouncy rhythm.