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Recent Examples of orchestral
The orchestral instruments contain several choir samples, a harp, a pipe organ, and the usual brass, percussion, strings, and woodwinds.
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Jamie Lendino, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2026
Born in Venezuela, Dudamel was trained through El Sistema, a national music education program focused on youth development through orchestral instruction.
—City News Service, Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026
Zoltán Kodály and Béla Bartók traveled around countrysides collecting tunes to be turned into piano, violin and orchestral compositions.
—Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 27 Mar. 2026
Despite all that, the bandshell was not removed until October 1949 when plans were accepted for a replacement bandshell capable of holding up to 200 performers and as many as 150 musicians in its orchestral pit.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
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Jamie Lendino, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2026
Born in Venezuela, Dudamel was trained through El Sistema, a national music education program focused on youth development through orchestral instruction.
—City News Service, Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026
Zoltán Kodály and Béla Bartók traveled around countrysides collecting tunes to be turned into piano, violin and orchestral compositions.
—Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 27 Mar. 2026
Despite all that, the bandshell was not removed until October 1949 when plans were accepted for a replacement bandshell capable of holding up to 200 performers and as many as 150 musicians in its orchestral pit.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for orchestral
Adjective
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This vast bundle of life and existence whirrs continually, creating the comforting harmonic tone that defines this place.—
Stephen Trimble,
Denver Post,
8 Apr. 2026
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At the heart of the mystery lies a surprising phenomenon—high-order harmonic generation (HHG).—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Beyond dyeing, Bossa continue to advance its Circular Dye concept, not only as a dye innovation but also to create differentiated melange and tonal effects at the yarn level, adding originality and visual richness to the collection.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
10 Apr. 2026
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Occasionally, that disconnect led to surprising tonal shifts.—
Sarah Rodman,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Experts refer that moment to conveying a picture, a moment often accentuated by the rhythmical clatter of two pieces of wood, which are like claves.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
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The rhythmic music is intended to accompany the departed on their journey to the world of the ancestors.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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We are left just with voices, and those voices, in the novel’s subtle and canny repetitions, begin to merge with one another, becoming polyphonic.—
Nicholas Dames,
The Atlantic,
7 Apr. 2026
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The choral elements on the record shine most vividly on the title track, which features polyphonic swells of voices humming melodies, overtaking the piano, dropping and then rising again.—
Hanif Abdurraqib,
New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2026
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Hudson buttressed Al Kooper’s original organ part into a chordal fortress, part of an incendiary performance that surges to peak after peak.—
Jon Pareles,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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The Italian Jewish composer Salamone Rossi set Psalm 112 in Hebrew, in mainly chordal antiphony.—
Scott Cantrell,
Dallas News,
2 Mar. 2020
Adjective
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My introduction to homophonic translation came from my former teacher, Mónica de la Torre.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Jan. 2026
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How does this make any sense except as a very stupid, clumsy, idiotic no good way to give us a homophonic bridge to Gandalf.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
3 Oct. 2024
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As voices arrive—some direct, some sampled—the track is subsumed by texture, demanding little in the way of lyrical comprehension.—
Joshua Minsoo Kim,
Pitchfork,
13 Apr. 2026
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The insects’ signature chirps, conducted using their legs like guitar strings, are loud and lyrical, and one species is even named after a fellow Lone Star State icon, Willie Nelson.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
10 Apr. 2026
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Bach was lively, supple, and, especially in the Larghetto, generous in its songful musicality.—
Jeremy Eichler,
BostonGlobe.com,
23 Sep. 2022
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In the early going, some tender yet mystic motifs suggest the songful chromaticism of Olivier Messiaen.—
Seth Colter Walls,
New York Times,
26 Aug. 2022
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“Orchestral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orchestral. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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