Sentence examples for the soli from inspiring English sources

Least predictable of all is the scoring, which makes highly varied combinations of string and wind instruments for example, a tutti of strings with cello and bassoon as the soli; or two oboes, two horns, bassoon, and violin as the soli; or viola d'amore (a violin-like instrument) and lute as the soli.

Furthermore, not only all of the melodic ornamentation but also most of the passagework were ordinarily given to the soli rather than the tutti.

To this dynamic contrast might be added the rhythmic contrast between steady, solid beats in the tutti and more intricate, quicker figures in the soli, growing out of that same tendency toward simplicity, on the one hand, and virtuosity, on the other.

In Opus 3, No. 2, for example, the soli change from two oboes and two violins to solo oboe, then to two oboes doubling two violins and a viola, further to two oboes and two violins not doubled, and finally to two oboes and cello.

The solo contributions were remarkable.

He sidesteps the solos altogether.

The solos are the least interesting part.

The simplest Slingbox, the Solo, is $180.

The solo needed tightening.

The solos can overlap.

Then the solo began.