Sentence examples for rhythmic technique from inspiring English sources

The composer's innovative rhythmic technique culminated in his String Quartet No. 1 (1951), characterized by the densely woven counterpoint that became a hallmark of his style.

Elliott Carter combined a use of germinal motifs with a new rhythmic technique known as "metric modulation," a controlled change of metre foreshadowed in Brahms's work by such passages as the end of the Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major (1881).

As the piece unfolds Mr. Glass examines, in the fine detail that repetition allows, various intervals (he is especially partial to fourths), chord progressions and rhythmic techniques.

To express these feelings musically, blues performers use vocal techniques such as melisma (sustaining a single syllable across several pitches), rhythmic techniques such as syncopation, and instrumental techniques such as "choking" or bending guitar strings on the guitar neck.

The great variety of rhythmic techniques that evolved during the 14th and early 15th centuries made possible a wide range of expression from quiet tranquillity for sacred music to lively and spirited secular music.

Reich was also very interested in non-Western music, incorporating African rhythmic techniques in his compositions.

"The strength of her rhythmic playing, her technique and her curiosity were unparalleled".

Gorgeous tone, fleet-fingered technique, rhythmic integrity and textural clarity are also qualities you can count on in Mr. Andsnes's pianism.

The Sextet of 1984 is one of the works that builds on ideas from Reich's two 1970s masterpieces, employing some of the rhythmic and metrical techniques developed in Drumming of 1971, and the instrumental layering that is so prevalent in Music for 18 Musicians, completed five years later.

As Jolas put it: "Those who have heard Mr Joyce read aloud from Work in Progress know the immense, rhythmic beauty of his technique.

As composers' scores became increasingly precise, the performers' interpretative decisions were increasingly limited to matters of technique, tempo, rhythmic and dynamic nuance and personality a subjectivism justified by the cult of Romantic genius prevalent in 19th-century artistic life.