Sentences with phrase «instead of violins»

«Asian parents, if just a couple of you get your kids cameras instead of violins, we'll be all good,» Yang concluded.

The «Sherlock Holmes of the Mouse World» plays the flute instead of the violin, but like his upstairs neighbor at 221B Baker Street, he is quite clever at solving mysteries — with the help of his biographer, Dr. Donald Q. Dawson.

Not exact matches

I've been struggling to avoid aggravating any tendonitis for a few months now, and your suggestions for avoiding injury are basically what I've been doing, just adjusted for violin instead of running or lifting.

It tells the story of the Garfield character, growing up in a working - class family in the Bronx and breaking the social code by falling in love with the violin instead of the baseball bat.

The most prominent characters include Haven Hamilton (Henry Gibson), a socially conservative, arrogant country music star; Linnea Reese (Lily Tomlin), a gospel singer and mother of two deaf children; Del Reese (Ned Beatty), her lawyer husband and Hamilton's legal representative, who works as the local political organizer for the Tea Party - like Hal Philip Walker Presidential campaign; Opal (Geraldine Chaplin), an insufferably garrulous and pretentious BBC Radio reporter on assignment in Nashville, or so she claims; talented but self - involved sex - addict Tom Frank (Keith Carradine), one - third of a moderately successful folk trio who's anxious to launch a solo career; John Triplette (Michael Murphy), the duplicitous campaign consultant who condescendingly tries to secure top Nashville stars to perform at a nationally - syndicated campaign rally; Barbara Jean (Ronee Blakley), the emotionally - fragile, beloved Loretta Lynn - like country star recovering from a burn accident; Barnett (Allen Garfield), Barbara Jean's overwhelmed manager - husband; Mr. Green (Keenan Wynn), whose never - seen ailing wife is on the same hospital ward as Barbara Jean; groupie Martha (Shelley Duvall), Green's niece, ostensibly there to visit her ailing aunt but so personally irresponsible that she instead spends all her time picking up men; Pfc. Glenn Kelly (Scott Glenn), who claims his mother saved Barbara Jean's life but who mostly seems obsessed with the country music star; Sueleen Gay (Gwen Welles), a waitress longing for country music fame, despite her vacuous talent; Bill and Mary (Allan F. Nicholls and Cristina Raines), the other two - thirds of Tom's folk act, whose ambition overrides constant personal rancor; Winifred (Barbara Harris), another would - be singer - songwriter, fleeing to Nashville from her working - class husband, Star (Bert Remsen); Kenny Frasier (David Hayward), a loner who rents a room from Mr. Green and carries around a violin case; Bud Hamilton (Dave Peel), the gentle, loyal son of the abrasive Hamilton; Connie White (Karen Black), a glamorous country star who is a last - minute substitute for Barbara Jean at the Grand Old Opry; Wade Cooley (Robert DoQui), a cook at the airport restaurant where Sueleen works as a waitress and who tries unsuccessfully to convince her that she has no talent; and the eccentric Tricycle Man (Jeff Goldblum), who rides around in a three - wheel motorcycle, occasionally interacting with the other characters, showing off his amateur magic tricks, but who has no dialogue.

Small musical instruments, such as violins or smaller instruments, can be carried instead of hand baggage.

Glass eschewed tradition and composed «Einstein on the Beach» for the synthesizers and woodwinds of the Philip Glass Ensemble and for voice and solo violin, instead of the typical orchestral arrangement.

This is appealing within the context of Baseball; however, in Antonio Vivaldi's Four Seasons, the violins quickly lose their charm, instead, becoming irritating.

Instead of writing or drawing with it, you can use it to bow a virtual violin.