Sentence examples for string of notes from inspiring English sources

Now in his early 80's, Mr. Thielemans, the jazz harmonica player, remains in good shape, losing wind only at the end of a long string of notes.

Mr. Watts has a burnished tone and a razorlike articulation; even when he unfurls a fast string of notes, each one feels clipped off at the end.

He's in good shape, only losing wind at the end of a long string of notes; but he finds off-centered rhythms, attaining a little bit of freedom, knocking his instrument from side to side for tremolos.

For the next two hours I looked on as Meyers painstakingly went over musical cues with Zimmer and his team, tweaking a bar ever so slightly here, revising a string of notes more decisively there to get at the exact sound she heard in her head.

If you see a "t" in a string of notes, (e.g. 2h5t12p5p2) use one of the fingers on your picking hand (usually your right hand) to tap down hard on the indicated fret.

A string of noted speakers from the criminal justice system offered words of warm encouragement and cold reality.

In 2003 Acer rebounded, and by 2008 a string of noted acquisitions ( Gateway, eMachines, Packard Bell) had put Acer within striking distance of HP and Dell in unit volume.

Playing in his ragged, stuttering phrases, he made strings of notes crumble into noise, then recohere toward graceful endings.

Discussion is had over the interpretation of the wavy lines over strings of notes, and it is eventually decided that string players should produce a two-fingered vibrato movement alongside bow vibrato in the right hand.

According to information provided by the record label there is some codelike logic going on in this bright, complex music: group members sending messages to one another through repeated strings of notes.

And Mr. Iyer's piano figures -- sketched in between vamp chords -- were swift, knotty and leaped around in pitch; his strong legato made unlikely strings of notes sound right together.