Sentence examples for to tenor from inspiring English sources
noun
Musical part or section that holds or performs the main melody, as opposed to the contratenor bassus and contratenor altus, who perform countermelodies.
In his mid-20's, Mr. Heath switched to tenor sax, and his reputation grew.
Ms. Coltrane switched to piano, and Mr. Coltrane, eventually, to tenor saxophone.
By 1930 he had switched to tenor saxophone, and he quickly became a leading soloist on that instrument.
Despite being hard of hearing, he gravitated toward music and began playing alto saxophone at 16, later switching to tenor.
On the "Sun Ship" date, Coltrane stuck to tenor saxophone, his prime instrument — and the one that Ayler mainly played.
One track, wryly titled "Histrionics," involves a chantlike melody assigned only to tenor saxophone, toms and bass drum.
Matthew Polenzani, who is becoming the Met's go-to tenor in bel canto repertory (he was wonderful as Nemorino in the company's new production of Donizetti's "Elisir d'Amore," which opened the season) brings melting sound and appealing vulnerability to the role of the hapless Robert Dudley Robertoo), the Earl of Leicester.
Using its data, brands will be able to pay Tenor to give priority to GIFs they make in the app's search results.
Instead, Groban goes fairly modern and picks numbers that are more about his baritone-to-tenor range than being familiar favorites.
Polenzani has been one of the Met's go-to tenors for nearly 20 years and he delivers an emotionally charged reading of the title role.
The revolving door at the Metropolitan Opera seems to have been assigned to tenors.
