Sentence examples similar to rounded string from inspiring English sources

Then there was the general lack of throbbing vibrato and the judicious introduction of the rounded phrasing of string portamento (both most notable in the wonderful violin passage with distant drums as the giants return with Freia, expecting to collect their loot), and a golden mellowness to the brass.

The meniscal effect of the surrounding fluid gives the trapped air an ovoid or rounded appearance – a "string of pearls" appearance (Fig. 11) [11].

Mr. El Din's solo pieces were even more unadorned, with single lines of melody, sometimes joined by his singing in a dry, modest voice, and decorated only by his subtly varied attacks on the strings of the oud: rounded tones, precise tremolos or percussive string snapping, as is done on the banjolike Japanese biwa, which he has studied.

The overall sound was a little less appealing, perhaps: past incarnations of the orchestra have had a more rounded (that is, less strident) string tone.

Because of the way the violin is set up and played -- the strings sit on a rounded bridge, and a horsehair bow is drawn across them -- chords can be a messy business, and independent lines of counterpoint nearly impossible.

A central slow section, built around mournful themes passed among solo instruments and developed contrapuntally, is the work's emotional core, and the ensemble played it with an appealing warmth and the rounded tone you would expect from Juilliard string players but missed earlier in the work.

But perhaps the band was sizing up the hall: in the Bach Concerto for Oboe d'Amore in G (reconstructed by Ms. Lamon using movements from BWV 100, 170 and 30) John Abberger's performance of the solo line was on target, and the string playing was decidedly more rounded.

The strings, particularly, played with a smooth, rounded tone.

As in the Leef, the strings and winds played with a rounded, dark hue and considerable polish, qualities that suit the Bernstein perfectly.

The brass and wind playing could hardly have been more solidly unified, and the strings played with a consistently warm, rounded tone.

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