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Sentence Examples Like this, singing alto part was begun because of my incapability to adjust myself to a higher tone. Mary Chapin Carpenter with her husky, honeyed alto is perhaps the most popular New Folk artist. As if in mournful counterpoint to his own grief, the boy heard the clear, sorrowful notes of an alto sax keening and sobbing out a blues melody. His jazz tenor, alto and soprano saxophones and arrangements pervade the proceedings. Any trombone student needs to have the knowledge of the alto and tenor clefs to be able to become a complete, well-rounded musician. Later, when I was a little older, I joined his orchestra, playing alto sax and clarinet. This editor permits single or double stave notation utilizing the treble, bass, tenor and alto clefs. His alto saxophone exerted a powerful influence on early free jazz in Britain, if not across Europe. He was primarily self-taught beginning on trumpet before switching to alto sax. There is an overdependence on unison writing between the alto and bass, and most of the drum lines are unimaginative and monotonous. He tours to support his latest work featuring tenor sax, flute and alto flute. Parts are also included in the set for E flat alto clarinet, B flat contrabass clarinet, and two flugelhorns, all of which are ad lib. A lot of people have said that we do have similar singing voices, although in fact I'm a mezzo soprano and Sandy is an alto. The music was fun and in that situation I liked singing soprano better than singing alto, although I do love the inner harmonies, too. He was the lead alto saxophone in the Missouri All-State Jazz Band this year. The alto flute is heavy and tiring to play, and any piece longer than about 10 minutes without breaks is excruciatingly painful to perform! Mitchell's voice has been transformed by age and cigarettes from the flutey, jittery soprano of her youth, to a weary, grainy alto. The first movement, an aria for soprano and alto soloists, has a gorgeous instrumental ritornello that introduces the contrapuntal solo parts. I liked the music best when Brickman had accompaniment, such as the string quartet, the electric violin, or Dave Koz's alto sax. Over the years, McPhee has become adept on alto and soprano saxes, value trombone, flugelhorn, pocket trumpet, cornet, and various clarinets. Show More Sentences Band leader, Ray Blue, is also a composer, arranger and performer on tenor, alto and soprano saxophones. Gareth and his daughters began singing, Tru's soprano with Relm's alto and his bass creating a perfect trio. At times, it makes sense to play the soprano and alto voices with the right hand, the tenor and bass with the left hand. Throughout, Metheny's guitar battles it out with Ornette's alto in an edgy exchange of riffs, tumbling bop phrases and squeals. The association began prohibiting boys from singing alto or soprano and girls from singing tenor or bass about two years ago. The choir needs six more trebles aged seven to 14, a couple of basses and tenors, and perhaps an alto or two. Mr Barnes is one of England's leading baritone, alto and tenor saxophone players. Not only were we treated to the MMDG Music Ensemble, but live vocals from a soprano, baritone, alto and tenor. Coleman's second great band was Prime Time, a seven-piece electric group with Coleman on alto sax, two guitarists, two bassists and two drummers. Moochin has a decisive Latin American feel, with rich ensembles, intricate horn and rhythm lines and a feisty alto solo from Joel Purnell. His exquisite phrasing is heard frequently on 16-or 32-bar alto sax solos, and occasionally on trumpet and clarinet. Over the years, he has become adept on alto and soprano saxes, value trombone, flugelhorn, pocket trumpet, cornet, and various clarinets. In all probability he sang alto from 1735 to 1739 and then descended to bass and, as we have seen, passing through the tenor register briefly. The three smaller works are a duo for cello and piano, Six Days in Jericho, a duo for alto flute and piano, Spilliaert's Beach, and a piano solo, A Haunted Heart. But how can I say that when the protagonist is a talking bear who plays the alto sax? Spasms of alto sax meet the outer edge of the record, accompanied by the jingle of a music box and the rattle of metal shards dropping to the floor. He struggled to walk onto the stage but played flute, tenor and alto sax, police whistle, African tom-toms and cow-bell with enviable vigour and verve. For this recording, taped in 1978, Raymond Leppard gave the castrato role to mezzo-soprano Dame Janet Baker, and the alto role to countertenor James Bowman. Nadine Shah: Fast Food A passionate and intense album, marked by Shah's distinctive, resonant alto voice and piercing electric guitar riffs. Beginning with piano and drums, he then moved to clarinet, tenor, and alto saxophone in high school. Show More Sentences When he was nine years old, he played the alto saxophone and accompanied the singing in church on the harmonium. His alto sound is not, thankfully for the balance, of the clarion variety and he, of all the soloists, looked and sounded most involved in the work. It is usually written in bass clef, although tenor trombone players with orchestral experience are often comfortable with tenor and alto clefs as well. He started playing the alto when he was 14, taught himself from an instruction book. The wedding cake, with chocolate covered strawberries between the layers, was decorated with treble clefs for Rachel's violin and alto clefs for Nick's viola. The alto clef encountered when reading the viola part poses a challenge. Depending on the type of trombone and what type of ensemble you're in, the music for trombone could be written in either the tenor, bass, or alto clefs. We were treated to live vocals from a soprano, baritone, alto and tenor. The piece is dedicated to alto saxophonist Cannonball Adderley. David Sanborn's alto saxophone caresses the flesh as it cuts to the bone. Snakehips is another beautiful alto reverie, turning from smokily spinning figures to bouncing mid-tempo swing and then loose, wailing double-time. When Cosby looked up, he saw that Sonny Stitt, the famed alto sax player, had joined the bandstand. In the latter part of the 20th century the male alto voice became closely associated with the revival of Baroque opera, especially the works of Handel. The cor anglais and violin obbligato in the duet for male alto and tenor, Wie selig, with its thirds and lyrical highlights was particularly effective. The older is a soprano but people tend to make her sing alto. Her voice trembled, rising from her normal alto to a shivery soprano. Soprano, alto, tenor and bass parts are all ascribed to him. All the pieces I receive are put onto our waiting lists for performances, and we have an open call for scores for any chamber works using the alto or bass flute. Nothing so simple for the oboes as piccolo, soprano, alto, tenor or bass. The bass flute has an especially prominent part, and the composer suggests that alto and bass players may exchange parts between movements to rest the arms and the embouchure. Show More Sentences Ornette also tries his hand at several other instruments besides alto. A first melody from the violin is soon followed by a recitativ by the alto, interspersed with pianissimo chords. And he also fell under the sway of Crouch, as well as the alto saxist Arthur Blythe and, a bit later, David Murray, who played tenor sax and bass clarinet. The final ritornello, and the final song, is scored for the first viola and written in the alto clef. The alto saxophonist Greg Osby has a brittle and dartlike style, well suited to exploratory post-bop or slippery free-funk. Kohlhase stayed on alto for an inspired reading of the piece, which also featured a beautifully burnished fluegelhorn solo from Sabatini. Berne added his own alto to their saxophonic spread, with Marc Ducret providing an acoustic guitar solidifyer on Quicksand. The seven musicians play instruments that include the rarely heard reed contrabass, alto saxhorn and Swiss Alphorn. The former Miles Davis sideman is one of the world's pre-eminent alto saxophonists. There will be two cantatas for alto voice and strings, with the organ taking the solo obligato role in the arias. Havrilla's rich alto calls to mind a more melodious, less twangy Lucinda Williams. Brahms composed the song in 1864 for the baptism of the son of his best friend, violinist Joseph Joachim, whose wife's beautiful contralto voice inspired the idea of uniting alto voice and viola in song. Only in his opus 1 does Graziani make use of the soprano, mezzo-soprano, and alto clefs as opposed to the now more common tenor clef. I quickly find my way out of the town but I'll need almost two hours to reach the alto El Cabrito pass: 10km of steep ascent with violent and turbulent wind on a road loaded with heavy traffic. Worse, after the original headstone was vandalised in 1992, the replacement carried an image of a saxophone: but, to his fans' dismay, it was of a tenor sax, not the alto on which he made his name. The programme includes instrumental trio sonatas and alto and soprano cantatas. The most notable Crackers were Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, on alto saxophone and trombone, respectively. Mr. Mahanthappa, an alto saxophonist, combines razorlike articulation with a probing style. Tony plays the soprano and alto horns, but he has become something of an in-demand specialist on the baritone saxophone. His first instrument of many was the upright alto horn and, showing a flair for music, he left home at 14 to find work in the industry. Show More Sentences A single voice part in alto clef, it possesses a bouncy tunefulness more characteristic of Latin music from Italy. The work begins quietly, with instrumental and solo movements preceding the first appearance of the chorus, whose entry in the low alto register is muted. The Birmingham alto saxophonist is also a member of the Sugar Beats horn section, but his own combo will be moving in a completely different direction. Both soprano saxophone parts are printed as one part with the measures aligned in scorelike duet style, and the alto and tenor saxophone parts are laid out in the same manner. The exercises would be challenging and useful with some explanations from the teacher, particularly regarding the treble clef and where the alto clef flows into it. Lessons cover standard notation, beat and tempo, rhythm, key signatures, melody, harmony, intervals, time signatures, treble, bass and alto clefs, and much more. Clefs for the treble and bass have been retained, the treble clef substituted for the alto clef in the counter, and the octavating treble clef supplied to the tenor. Distyle, pour saxophone alto et dispositif electroacoustique. Many Alto programs can be controlled with the mouse alone independent of a keyboard. Rachael still room for a catfish burrito, cornbread and salad from Alto Cinco. Yukio and Pete tuned the viola da gamba and cello to the harpsichord, then Nikki joined in on the Alto recorder. Alto s soprano s tenors and basses are all needed to enhance what all ready is a beautiful sound. For Prints, Conner arranged a set of his fingerprints produced at the Palo Alto Police Department along with a strongbox containing file folders. He is a professor emeritus of physics at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. He previously served as executive chef of Fiamma Osteria, Convivio, and alto. There really was a zip line from the chimney on the house in Palo Alto that enabled the guys to fly into the pool. She found an out-of-network doctor in Palo Alto who would do the surgery about a month later. This was partly, it seems, due to his own desire to finish school and his hesitancy to move out to Palo Alto. However, Palo Alto have some good, original material which together with a solid rhythm section and some excellent guitar work certainly hits my spot. Last week residents of midtown Palo Alto, California, were warned of a cougar on the prowl in their neighborhood, where another big cat was treed and shot last May. Show More Sentences They have also been in Palo Alto, Calif., long enough to know the special agony of a Silicon Valley divorce. Eventually Franco took an acting job so his production company could put his salary into Palo Alto. I saw Andrea Mitchell interviewing her later, and Condi said no, no, I'm not interested in that, my life in is Palo Alto, etc. The company famously founded in a Palo Alto garage in 1939 is in a barely controlled descent. It is also lavishly equipped with Marchal headlamps and center light, a windscreen sun visor and matching pairs of Lucas trumpet and Alto horns. Apaseo el Alto is known for its work in fine woods, which began with the workshop of Domingo Garcia sixty years ago. Historically, trains operated by Southern Pacific Lines ran from San Francisco to Los Angeles, via Palo Alto and San Jose. The special meeting is being held at the Hyatt Rickeys Hotel, 4219 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, Calif. Mark Zuckerberg later asked Goldberg to join him in Palo Alto to work on Facebook, but Goldberg declined the offer. The other is Genencor International, which is developing the biocatalyst for the process at its Palo Alto, CA research center. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleges that Palo Alto Networks' products and services infringe ten Finjan patents. In his next position as an investment banker at Citigroup Global Corporate and Investment Bank in Palo Alto, Calif. Another heavy user of e-mail-delivered newsletters is Computists International, Palo Alto, California. Spyridon's Church is located in Trujillo Alto, and serves the small Orthodox community. His choices included the small, burbling Alto fountain at Arcadia in Chelsea and the EcoSmart Fire Aspect, a flueless fireplace, at ddcnyc.com. Gabriel Schnitzler practices in the Real Estate Section and is located in the firm's Palo Alto office. Thickness, lithic content and clast angularity decrease from Alto Los Volcanes and El Mirador relieves towards N, E and S directions. Ted Tarbell is the principal investigator for Hinode's Solar Optical Telescope at Lockheed Martin in Palo Alto, Calif. There are important Peruvian colonies in La Paz, El Alto and Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Ume, an assistant professor of government at Palo Alto College in Texas, was appalled. Show More Sentences Set up in 1997, E-Loan is the legacy of a loan brokerage founded in Palo Alto, CA in 1992 by Chris Larsen and Janina Pawlowski. Well, no, we are all septentrional here, all a bit cool. What is mother? Genova and the Alto Adige. Coolest of them all. The Stanford YIP is supported by the San Francisco 49ers, CBRE of Palo Alto, Lockheed Martin, View Inc. On 12 October 2003 the government imposed martial law in El Alto after 16 people were shot by the police and several dozen wounded in violent clashes. Bolzano transport operator Societa Autobus Alto Adige will act on behalf of the Province administration and will liaise with Vix ERG directly for the project supply. Examples from Classical Literature On the cantoris side the worn-out alto held an animated conversation with the cracked tenor. But there was one spot thrown into alto relievo by the sombre drapery of woe. Marjon accompanied him with soft, subdued guitar-strokes, and with her alto voice. Primarily, in Italy and Germany, only the tenor clef was used, and the alto clef in France. The alto then takes up a larghetto in six-eight time, key D minor. Surman plays soprano, tenor and baritone saxophones, alto bass and contrabass clarinets and harmonica over synth backgrounds. It is already twenty-one days since they passed the alto de Cumbre. In an alto and rather excited pitch you proclaim, The soup is hot. I will alto make it a possession for the bittern, and pools for water. The violas were divided into alto, tenor and bass, as the trombones are now. Drusilla Osborn was first, then Lettie Burley, an alto, came next. Charlie took tenor, and Sybil treble, and I alto, and the sexton bass. I know who's goin' to be there, an' set in the chorus an' sing alto. The town of Palo Alto and Stanford University had been sacked in similar fashion, we learned. Again, ten leagues further up Ballenar is situated, and above this Guasco Alto, a horticultural village, famous for its dried fruit. The existing Alto clocks average sales of over 20,000 units every month and is the largest selling car in India. Alto and bass sing these notes with precisely the same adjustment of the vocal tract. After leaving Palo Alto, our journey revealed to us an ideal Californian landscape. That blow was a sort of Palo Alto affair to him, and was the forerunner of many similar successes. He was finally brought to resign his pastorate and accept a less important charge at Palo Alto. Show More Sentences Palo Alto is about the only half-breed that was a successful trotter, and one campaign finished him. Suzuki Motor Company, a Japan-based automaker, has launched the India-made Alto 800, Alto K10 and Celerio hatchbacks in Algeria. The crispest, sassiest, most thirst-quenching versions come from the Alto Adige and Veneto regions of northern Italy. Susan Hollander, who heads the trademarks department at the Palo Alto, Calif. After watching the sunset at one of Lisbon's miradouros, head to the Bairro Alto, Lisbon's buzzing night-life district. In one sense, therefore, it is of greater value than any other institution for the training of men and women that we have, from Cambridge to Palo Alto. Unlike its private forestry school predecessors at Biltmore, in North Carolina, and Yale, in Connecticut, Mont Alto focused on practical training. The Palo Alto estate is one of the great California stock-farms. Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto, would require the Federal Communications Commission to prohibit cellular phone companies from blocking consumers' access to 911 services. Find more words! 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