Sentences with phrase «with perfect pitch»

Keren's standalone novel Lia's Guide to Winning the Lottery was nominated for the Carnegie Medal and is being developed into a musical with Perfect Pitch.

With a perfect pitch and tone, The Awful Truth scored big laughs and, honesty, it still does.

The statistics for this aspect of the problem suggest that our existence around a yellow dwarf star today, compared to a red dwarf star in the future, might be a slight statistical anomaly — perhaps on the order of finding oneself born ambidextrous or with perfect pitch.

So, if you wish your children to be imbued with perfect pitch, teach them Mandarin.

While most people trained in music learn to identify a note from a reference point, say C, those with perfect pitch can sing an E flat on demand and tell you that the wind blowing through the trees outside is G sharp and that the distant car horn is an F. Only one in 10,000 people seem to have this talent; the rest must get along with what's called «relative pitch.»

Still, none of this explains why a handful of Westerners end up with perfect pitch, seemingly by accident.

At the other end of the musical talent scale from those with perfect pitch are people with dysmusia, a condition marked by difficulty learning to play music or recognizing melodies.

But in a closer study of 73 families researchers found a region of genes on chromosome eight in those with perfect pitch and from European ancestry.

Not exact matches

Insidious Chapter 3 and Pitch Perfect 2 rounded out the top 5, with $ 7.3 million and $ 6 million, respectively.

It will take some time to perfect the message, but when it's honed in just right, it will provide you with a much more effective marketing pitch.

Author Jill Schiefelbein chats with entrepreneur Grant Cardone about how to craft the perfect sales pitch.

The way to skeptic - proof your presentation is to go over it constantly with friends and family members until you're sure you've spotted every flaw and perfected your elevator pitch, Tim says.

Practice pitching with HubMasters: When it comes to public speaking, practice makes perfect.

At three minutes in length, this ad might run a little long, but it beams with slick editing and some hallmark features of web - ready videos: handheld camera work, shallow focus and an emphasis on pitch - perfect music.

With its explosive, action movie-esque single player campaign and its pitch - perfect multiplayer, it became the first shooter I truly loved.

Covering topics like: presenting to the C - Suite, perfecting your pitch, leading with authenticity, these are the trainings you need to excel at work.

The program mentors will set you up with opportunities to create, deliver, refine, deliver again, and perfect your pitch.

Monday's bombshell news about Sean Hannity — see «Fox News» Hannity shares an embattled lawyer with the president he defends on TV» — gets pitch - perfect tabloid treatment on the front page of this morning's Daily News.

Hopping on the «Pitch Perfect» sequel bandwagon with its newest campaign appears to have paid impressive dividends for Schick...

Attendees will learn how to stand out in a crowd with the perfect elevator pitch, how to build a top - notch resume and how to utilize LinkedIn.

Both, too, were brilliant, even charismatic leaders» blessed, most of the time, with what a Roosevelt biographer called «a perfect sense of political pitch.»

A tight and original story, wickedly funny, with well - developed characters and superbly acted, In Bruges is also graphically violent, politically incorrect on steroids, and marked by pitch - perfect but over-the-top profanity that warrants for sensitive souls «trigger warnings» both literal and metaphorical.

Jessica Koslow's pitch - perfect jam is studded with fresh berries.

Pitch - perfect flavors and application technology go far in helping customers succeed in their markets, but Sethness Greenleaf supports those efforts with «legendary customer service,» according to Schufreider.

This well - known aphrodisiac is used to regulate oil production in all skin types, harmonizing the skin you're in with pitch - perfect moisture.

Filled with more than 150 recipes that are allergen - free, the cookbook also includes gluten - free options, as well as vegan, Paleo friendly, kid friendly and no sugar added options; Heather has also indicated which recipes can be made - ahead, which are great for entertaining and those that might be perfect to serve at potlucks — or «pitch - ins» as they are called here in the Midwest.

He was on the outer third of plate, for sure, but wasn't seemingly obsessed with making the perfect pitch, like Perez seems to be.

The Croatian midfielder produced an exceptional performance at the Etihad, with his vision and passing laying off perfect balls to his teammates all over the pitch.

Even Olivier Giroud managed to score twice for France in the absence of Karim Benzema, while although Mesut Ozil didn't score for Germany he pitched in with a perfect assist as the World Champions beat Georgia, and even more surprisingly Joel Campbell scored the only goal as Costa Rica beat the USA.

Gaitan could be the perfect replacement for him with his ability to play on both sides of the pitch.

There's no denying that the north London giants have missed the Spaniard's creativity in the middle of the pitch, as along with a more defensive minded midfielder, he provided the perfect balance to help link play and build attacks for Arsenal.

But in his last six years he won 129 games and lost only 47 (with 25 - 5, 26 - 8 and 27 - 9 seasons), gained five straight ERA titles, took the Cy Young Award three of four years and pitched four no - hitters, including a perfect game, in leading the Dodgers to three pennants.

Vanessa Strong (Freedom - Oakley), Sr. — Strong went 16 - 6 with 206 strikeouts in 137.1 innings as a junior, and pitched a perfect game with 19 strikeouts in a first - round playoff win.

With great views of the action on the pitch from Category 1 seats, the Blues Village guarantees a reunion to remember and the perfect opportunity to catch - up with old university frieWith great views of the action on the pitch from Category 1 seats, the Blues Village guarantees a reunion to remember and the perfect opportunity to catch - up with old university friewith old university friends.

Arteta was once again excellent, his passing in the middle of the pitch is almost always perfect and as someone pointed out when we bought him after losing Cesc, we've lost a player who stretch from being a 5-9/10 and replaced him with someone who will put in a solid 7 or 8/10 every game and it's beginning to look like a welcome change.

Messi's problem was less serious than initially expected and he returned to training four days before the initial scheduled date, making his return to the pitch with a 35 - minute performance against Deportivo La Coruña last Saturday, and Leo even scored in a perfect warm - up for Wednesday's game.

Equally popular with both teens and adults, its pitch perfect telling of adolescent angst has resonated with audiences for over 50 years.

Husband then came up with the idea of asking his father to pitch in and everyone agreed that the solution was perfect.

The smaller container stores a single serving of 8 ounce which is perfect for quick trips or for times when you want as least hassle as possible — think of them times during the night, when the last thing you want to do is prepare formula or mess around with the large container in the pitch black!

Minna's family pitches in to help her come up with the perfect project for the hundredth day of school, from twenty sets of five sticks to two sets of fifty pieces of pasta.

When you're a politician and you're out of tune with changes in the public mood, your words can can sound just as harsh, particularly against those of a pitch - perfect communicator like Barack Obama.

His award - winning commercials reflect a unique ad - making style, with rich biographical storytelling, compelling interviews, memorable graphical treatments, unique sound editing, and pitch - perfect response and comparative messaging.

Alternatively, I do not think the Republicans are dead in NYS, instead I think New York's GOP must learn to pick their spots as they have in state's like Massachusetts (Romney and Baker) and Maryland (Hogan) with pitch perfect gubernatorial candidates, capable of at once fostering and pouncing upon Democratic divisions while consolidating support from independent voters, in order to win gubernatorial elections.

So yeah, I guess Jumanji, Pitch Perfect 3, Ferdinand, Coco, Wonder and Justice League could combine with the film's less crowd - pleasing elements, honest displeasure from some fans and the various factors that made The Last Jedi into less of an event than The Force Awakens, but that's still a $ 732 million domestic total.

It was pitched as the «perfect family home,» with an open floor plan, gated entry and landscaped grounds in one of the nation's wealthiest counties, Westchester.

Webster, who died last year at 81, replied with the dry, pitch - perfect humor of her people:

This trumpet is pitched in Bb, making it the perfect time to go along with the band.

Estimates suggest that perfect pitch is very rare in the US and Europe, with only about 1 in 10,000 people being able to hear a single tone and identify it as middle C, for instance.

In a paper that will be presented on November 4 at the annual meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Diana Deutsch, Trevor Henthorn of the Department of Psychology at the University of California San Diego and Mark Dolson of E - mu / Creative Technology Center show that native speakers of tonal languages, even those with no musical training whatsoever, exhibit a remarkable ability to sound perfect pitches.

Not only is her movie Pitch Perfect 2 coming out this Friday, but now she's also launching a fashion line in partnership with Torrid, which specializes in women's clothing sized 12 to 28.