Sentence examples for unusual harmonic from inspiring English sources

Thelonious Monk, the pianist and composer, created wry, angular melodies and unusual harmonic progressions that are among the most striking contributions to the jazz repertory.

What may have seemed like over-ambitious dramatic structures and unusual harmonic language at its first performance now seem like fine pacing and fine music.

A section called "Christmas Music From Medieval Hungary" included chant and an arresting four-voice motet in an unusual harmonic and contrapuntal style.

But Thompson's writing contained unusual turns: a chord change on every other beat in the étudelike "Monsoon"; a waltz with unusual harmonic wending in "Soul-Lullaby"; a masked blues form in the theme of "Prey-Loot".

With Mingus, Mr. McPherson's gift for melodic invention was given a number of contexts because the bassist wrote in a variety of forms, some conventional, most not, which meant that the player had to be ready for unusual harmonic progressions, for key, tempo and metric changes and for pieces that might change direction when Mingus shouted out instructions.

The unusual harmonic progressions in the leitmotifs which structure the piece, as well as the heavy chromaticism of Act II, make it a difficult work to parse musically.

The Ethiopian modes have an almost Arabic feel to them, this strange harmonic minor twist with a flat sixth and a sharp seventh, which gives the music a very unusual tonality".

With their Webern-like brevity and refinement, together with their seamless integration of traditional pianism and innovative performing techniques (including harmonics, unusual use of the pedals and playing directly onto the strings), these short pieces establish the musical principles on which all Crumb's later works are built.

The Temptations: Papa Was A Rolling Stone Arranger: Paul Riser This epic track, written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong, is unusual in having no harmonic progression – it sticks rigidly to the B-flat minor chord.

She also combined the traditional sounds of wind instruments with the more unusual timbre of string harmonics.

He positions one unusual chord after another; the harmonic movement is rocky and daunting.