Sentence examples for rising major from inspiring English sources

Right at the end, the principal horn lets loose a soft, bright little interval, a rising major third.

The key scheme of the movements is cyclic, based on a succession of rising major thirds: C minor, E major, A♭ (= G♯) major, C minor major.

Interestingly, however, one comes out of the opera house remembering less the magnificent outbursts than that gently rising major seventh of the duet finale.

Lots of rising major 7ths and 9ths, sliced up saxophones and glitching pianos, it sounds like an early morning run on the beach, the sun cracking through the edge of the sky.

This course examines central issues in contemporary international security policy such as causes of war, American primacy, rising major powers, international and civil wars, the spread of weapons of mass destruction, unconventional warfare, crisis management, standards for legitimate use of force, and key concepts in the study of international politics and conflict.

At the end of the cycle, the tenor declaims, on a rising major scale, the words "And death shall be no more"; then he bears down on the word "death" for nine long beats; and, finally, over a clanging dominant-tonic cadence, he thunders, "Thou shalt die".

The reasons for these differences are manifold, rising awareness, major advances in cancer therapy and ongoing developments in the field had a major impact on the cancer mortality.

He served in WWII rising to Major.

But after years of stagnation, property values are rising in major cities like Berlin and Frankfurt.

Dr. Singer served in both World Wars, rising to major in the Army Dental Corps.

Any rising English major interested in spending a fall junior term in London should contact the English Department DUS, Professor Sophie Gee.