Sentence examples for standard tunes from inspiring English sources

DEBAUN AUDITORIUM "Because I'm a Woman," a cabaret featuring Broadway, pop, jazz and standard tunes performed by Francesca Marrone, Karen Schotter and Lizette Zucca.

They mostly churn out the same ho-hum medleys of standard tunes, and if the party is loud enough, their music becomes mere sonic wallpaper.

One of the standard tunes of the Tory party and press is that sick and disabled people, who receive the employment support allowance because they say they can't work, are liars.

Mr. Savell, 46, has a day job as a lawyer at the eminent Manhattan firm Chadbourne & Parke, but late at night, after he has tucked in his two sons, ages 2 and 3, he writes original songs and the occasional set of new lyrics to old standard tunes.

Actually, when I perform live I still do "Band Of Gold" and I may throw in some other standard tunes.

In the meantime, tide yourself over with this newly released clip in which Llewyn (Oscar Isaac) lands a paying gig performing just the sort of standard tunes he's trying to avoid.

These are difficult to achieve on a guitar using standard tuning; Drake used tunings which made cluster chords available using more conventional chord shapes.

All of the songs on Between the Times and the Tides are composed in alternate guitar tunings, except "Fire Island" which is composed in standard tuning.

While standard tuning is irregular, mixing four fourths and one major third, M3 tunings are regular: Only major-third intervals occur between the successive strings of the M3 tunings, for example, the open augmented C tuning G-C-E-G-C-E.

However, albums such as Diabolus in Musica – Christ Illusion feature alternate tunings and the first album Show No Mercy was recorded in standard tuning, while live performances of the respective songs were played in E-flat since about 1984.

(The standard tuning is EADGBE).