Sentence examples for sad melody from inspiring English sources

"The sad melody of a tuhao romance," wrote another.

"Midnight on the Water" is a beautiful rubato song with a plaintive, insistent drone and a sad melody.

There was only the sad melody of a pipe organ and the echo of sniffles, a tearful farewell to a friend.

It had an arc: slow, brushed drums as the band slowly cohered; the introduction of the sad melody; a concerto's worth of talky improvising from Reggie Pace's trombone; long notes from muted brass over a quiet drum chant.

When the title character, a druid priestess who has secretly violated her vows and given birth to two children by an occupying Roman, contemplates killing them, she pours out her anguish in a profoundly sad melody, "Teneri figli" ("Tender children").

The Last Song, originally earmarked for Lana Del Rey, sounds like Wilson is reflecting on his former group, and acknowledging that his career is at an end – "Don't be sad / There was a time and place for what we had" – over a wonderful arrangement and a desperately sad melody.

The humbling, sad melodies are informed by all manner of sounds, ranging from Brian Eno-like ambience to avant-garde noise.

His set sounds super fresh, with melancholic, gloomy chords colliding with equally sad melodies.

It's based on the sad melodies of the oud (which is kind of like a lute) and sometimes incorporates drums that you play using your hands and fingers.

This led into what seemed the saddest melody I had ever heard.

The truth: We've seen Basinski – who has a composition entitled the Saddest Melody Ever Heard – compared to everyone from Art of Noise to Mount Kimbie, Godspeed You! Black Emperor to Fennesz.