countermelodies

Tue 28 Oct 03 15: 59 vivid memories of lawn shows at merriweather post, the frost, laguna seca daze, with scarlet unfolding majestically, phil's bass pulsing up the hillside and back, countermelodies bubbling, the band percolating like a ramshackle rube goldberg cartoon of infinite delight, and sweet sweet women with long dark hair and bangles, leaping and dancing and whirling between the lazers on the downslope and the stage deadsongs. vue.178

The WELL: Scarlet Begonias Robert Hunter 2009

How Deep Is Your Love Comfortably Numb Mr. Iverson said, "One of the great things about great pop music is that there are so many parts in a song -- details, countermelodies."

Rock and Pop Reimagined 2009

Palestrina starts his first Kyrie in exactly the same way - the chant in the soprano - but the two composers immediately show their different temperaments and styles in the countermelodies which they write to it.

Archive 2009-04-01 Lu 2009

The Beatles incorporated classical elements into rock so seamlessly that it is easy to forget that string quartets and Bach-like countermelodies and bass lines (not to mention plagal cadences) did not always populate pop.

Question of the Day 2007

This is the particular kind of comparison Said seems to have in mind in Culture and Imperialism but he writes of it as a generally recognizable category, counterpoint being for Said a clear reference to the musical phenomenon of melodies, countermelodies and accompanying harmonic figures working simultaneously at odds - competing for the ear if you will - but in an entirely, beautifully, complimentary whole.

Ajay Singh Chaudhary: The Beastie Boys, Rush and Contrapuntal Thinking 2009

Since then, scores of Indaba's 125,000 users—amateur noodlers, music teachers, and pros alike—have used the site's free Flash-based mixing board to add their own variations and countermelodies.

Yo-Yo Ma Brings Remix Culture to Music's Ivory Tower By David Downs 2008

Composer Matt White will start with one catchy tune, layer countermelodies over it, break it all back down and start building the next wave.

Jazz Omnivores: 'Dying Will Be Easy' (And Fun) 2008

Amiably brushing through a medley of very early songs so awful they challenge the false image of Gershwin as a boy genius, Mr. Feinstein provides valuable clues to the master's evolution as a prodigy, then tackles a complicated "Embraceable You" which, like Al Hirschfeld's hidden Ninas, contains 14 clandestine snippets of Gershwin countermelodies, including "Fascinatin 'Rhythm" and "Summertime."

A Delicate Affair With Hong Kong 1998

The Meters, from New Orleans, probably never imagined Ms. Baca's version of their "Hey Pocky Way": featherweight acoustic funk with new countermelodies on violin, and a six-beat Peruvian rhythm eventually taking over.

NYT > Home Page By JON PARELES 2011

The essential fado instrument is the guitarra portuguesa, a long-necked, teardrop-shaped, steel-strung 12-string guitar that offers filigrees and countermelodies at a respectful distance from the singer's voice, which is dramatically and mercilessly exposed.

NYT > Home Page By JON PARELES 2011