Sentence examples for tune against from inspiring English sources

He could conjure up only a handful of hit songs in a similar bind — rarer still was the song that played a peppy tune against the crude lyrics.

The most famous movement is the "Farandole," which sets a traditional Provençal tune against a light and playful dance melody, making deft use of polyphonic textures.

And if ever Boden's vocals sound a little reedy, they are beautifully cracked and drunken on 'Flash Company', which pitches a traditional tune against off-kilter New Orleans jazz.

Hawke sang this tune against a bright expanse of flowers that stretched into the horizon.

There is almost a small cadenza near the end of the movement when the woodwinds play the main tune against prolonged trills from the solo violin.

This model was tuned against experimental data on three different catalysts at different temperatures.

Farmers take the instrument into fields to belt out patriotic tunes against the sunset.

"In vain" is a narrative of oppositions, setting light against darkness, dissonance against pure intervals, modern tuning against natural resonances.

Playing his sweet, oddball, sectional tunes against Mr. Colley's lithe accompaniment, he played either solo or strummed accompaniment.

Since the EOSs have some inherent deficiencies which may cause erroneous predictions, these models have to be tuned against experimental data.

The controller is tested and tuned against a mathematical model of a rotifer culture before being applied to four experimental cultures.