Sentences with phrase «on a violin for»

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Bird's proclivity for, well, most everything serves him well once again, as each of his songs are punctuated by his piercing whistle (if you haven't heard it, you should stop reading andgo watch this), always spot - on guitar playing and classically trained violin plucking and bowing.

There is a cricket on a hill in China playing the worlds smallest violin for you.

Kids could learn Bach on tiny violins and cellos at absurdly young ages, sounding like prodigies by listening to CDs for two hours a day.

The way I feel today, I could go on and on about how I find balance extremely challenging with attachment parenting, pull in an audio clip of the violin music in Young Frankenstein, (hmmm, don't mind if I do... quite appropriate for Halloween I think) and then accomplish nothing of value for myself or anyone else.

Forget the Mozart Effect and Baby Einstein, take it easy on acquisitions for your two - year - old's private library, and don't fret if your three - year - old hasn't started violin lessons just yet.

Today on the way to a pool play date, I was preoccupied with thoughts of the start of school next week, the neighborhood playgroup I am trying to start for my youngest, the violin lessons I wanted to look into for my oldest, the birthday present I need to mail for my sister, and the blog post I needed to come up with to wrap up Car Week on Baby Bunching.

This is particularly important for session musicians such as Pat Halling, who played first violin on The Beatles» Eleanor Rigby and All You Need is Love.

For example, the middle C on a piano does not sound the same as the middle C on a guitar, a violin or a flute because these objects each vibrate in a complex way.

The Budget Pick is a great violin for those of you on a small budget.

A potentially more hazardous way for academics to get corporate money is to work together with companies on projects of mutual interest, like Serra's violin synthesizer.

The reason we think that the Mendini MV300 Antique Violin is the best violin for beginners on our list is how inexpensive it is.

Bob Dylan came up with one way to remember Albert Einstein: «Now you would not think to look at him / But he was famous long ago / For playing the electric violin / On Desolation Row.»

Einstein accepted and, with just his trusty violin for company, he set sail from Hamburg on 5 March 1925.

In the case of the violin, for example, warmer weather changes the amount of friction between the bow and the strings, changing the way the bow pulls on each string.

After spending thousands of dollars on music lessons and instruments for their children, parents often watch in dismay as once - coveted flutes, clarinets, and violins are unceremoniously abandoned.

The perfect stringing of violins as the doors open to the grand ballroom, and Belle reaches for her friend's hands, and places one on her waist.

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.

Itzhak Perlman, who turns 70 on Monday, has been playing the violin for 67 years.

It sure seems like it's gonna be that, as Downey's Los Angeles Times columnist, Steve Lopez, ever on the search for a good story, meets cute with Foxx's schizophrenic street person Nathaniel Ayers as the latter is playing, and playing surprisingly well, a two - stringed violin in a public park.

I dote on JAMES HORNER and trust your collection includes The 33... Wolf Totem and Pas de Deux (an opus for cello, violin & orchestra).

With a haunting theme that's often accompanied by female voice, Del Mar's flowing orchestral melody captures a lyricism that's worthy of Debussy's «La Mer» in communicating the literally transformative effect of nature on man, his lovely themes for aching violin capturing despair and acceptance, playful pizzicatos embodying a renewed sense of hope (as well as endearingly comic crabs) and exotic percussion hearing the mystery of an island and its outlying sea.

Master cinematographer Roger Deakins provides austere photography, and the soundtrack — from crisp sound effects to James Newton Howard's score (featuring Hilary Hahn on violin)-- is practically all Shyamalan has going for him in terms of frightening misdirection.

He lives with his wife and two children, spends his earnings on the finer things for his wife, and plays a mean violin.

The full use of strings show Greenwood's ability to be lovely beyond measure, providing a lush balance to the near violin - claw on a blackboard cues that speak for the film's increasingly masochistic relationship.

Apart from the audio tracks, the CD also includes the following: - A licence to perform the work; - Notes for a teacher on how to put on the musical; - Story of Orpheus; - Complete Lyrics Sheets; - Narrative script; - Full production script; - A songbook adaptation for piano and voice; - Instrumental scores for violin, viola, cello, trumpet, clarinet, piano and conductor's full score; - Photos of cast members and musicians; - Backing tracks with synchronised lyrics for children to practise to, or perform with, if you don't have access to musicians.

Facing History and Ourselves is proud to be the lead educational partner for Violins of Hope Cleveland (VOHC), a city - wide initiative focused on music and the Holocaust.

On one recent afternoon, fifth - graders reflected on passages from the book «How to Eat Fried Worms,» fourth - graders learned about topography in preparation for a field trip to the Museum of Science, and some students in other grades slid bows across cellos and violins to the tune of «Carnival.&raquOn one recent afternoon, fifth - graders reflected on passages from the book «How to Eat Fried Worms,» fourth - graders learned about topography in preparation for a field trip to the Museum of Science, and some students in other grades slid bows across cellos and violins to the tune of «Carnival.&raquon passages from the book «How to Eat Fried Worms,» fourth - graders learned about topography in preparation for a field trip to the Museum of Science, and some students in other grades slid bows across cellos and violins to the tune of «Carnival.»

The violins went on sawing for some time after the screaming had begun.

The theme song relied heavily on violins, with a few horns sprinkled in for sinister effect.

For the animal shelter group, the mean was superimposed on the violin plot.

Moviemakers blame Halo 3 for lackluster box office Written by John Scalzo on 10/16/07 The world's tiniest violin plays for movie studio bosses.

People looking for subtle changes on male identity and vulnerability will admire David Adamos's installation of an axe, knives, whittled canes, and a violin case.

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.

A move from western Massachusetts to the UK in 2005 led Corsano to concentrate on his solo music, an always - spontaneously - composed amalgam of extended techniques for drum set and non-percussion instruments of his own making incorporated into his kit: e.g. violin strings stretched across drum heads, modified reed instruments that transform the drums into resonators which can, in turn, be used to incite strips of metal to react to the drum membranes» Chladni - plate - like modes of vibration, etc..

Gypsy jazz = two guitars, a double bass and a demon on the fiddle... the violin isn't for everyone but when the guy can really, really play... give it a go, you might love it!

Based on historical photos from a Bavarian village celebrated since the seventeenth century for its exceptional violins, the image includes racks of tools and dozens of instruments in various stages of completion.

For this 2002 work, Marclay sampled more than 700 Hollywood films featuring images of hands on keyboards, horns and violins, as well as men and women singing, dancing and making other noises.

While there is a time and place for mastery (otherwise we wouldn't be able to watch performances of favorite violin concerti or professional sporting events, and read erudite articles on TreeHugger!)

The business needs more like you and others who contribute on this site who take the time to pay attention to the details of this business, something that is sorelay lacking across - the - board, thanks to ORE's bureaucrats who collectively keep the income - producing gravy train rolling (for themselves) by playing wannabe «let's - get - rich - via - being - a-Realtor» babes - in - the - woods Realtor wannabes like concert violins.

I see her handwriting and think of coke on crushed ice to settle a sick stomach, violin lessons to help her daughter get to the next level, outfits for special occasions and a host of other things but most importantly I think of her love.