orchestral

adjective

Definition of orchestralnext
as in harmonic

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Recent Examples of orchestral The Sunriver Music Festival brings in top musicians for orchestral events that range from family-friendly performances to classical concerts. — Lauren Jones, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2026 Past the entry gate, a beautifully landscaped, winding road is the orchestral prelude to the grand portico of this classic hotel by the sea, where smiling bellhops whisk away your luggage. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 June 2026 Those miniatures eventually grew into larger chamber works and orchestral compositions. — Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026 The production carried a sense of scale, swelling with orchestral weight and emotional lift, framing the tournament as something larger than sport. — Desjah Altvater, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for orchestral
Recent Examples of Synonyms for orchestral
  1. harmonic
  2. tonal
  3. rhythmic
  4. polyphonic
  5. chordal
  6. homophonic
  7. lyrical
  8. songful
Adjective
  • These filings offer no melodic details, nothing rhythmic, nothing harmonic or structural.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 6 July 2026
  • The rhythmic pulse of hand clapping, accompanied by the resounding harmonic messages through voice.
    — Ukee Washington, CBS News, 19 June 2026
Definition of harmonic
Adjective
  • To avoid a flat, monotone look, play with color and create tonal contrast.
    — Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 July 2026
  • Poopsie’s smile was the beat of visual humor that gave the bit the tonal shift that was missing from its initial narrative construction.
    — Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 2 July 2026
Definition of tonal
Adjective
  • But as anyone who has driven down such highways can attest, the rhythmic clack-clack sound of expansion joints built into the pavement can be annoying for motorists.
    — Scott Neuman, NPR, 7 July 2026
  • Her performance, in the small club, transformed the instrument’s traditional image with a performance full of rhythmic complexity, lyrical beauty and improvisation.
    — Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of rhythmic
Adjective
  • The exhibition is divided into three parts, with each envisioned as a part of a polyphonic score existing within the larger symphony of Busan itself.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 8 July 2026
  • As a consequence of its sheer polyphonic complexity, Moby-Dick thwarts simple interpretation.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
Definition of polyphonic
Adjective
  • Probably because at the time many of the time signatures and chordal progressions that Miles used were over the head of a young guitar player still functioning in the blues and folk idioms.
    — Steve Baltin, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2026
  • 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
Definition of chordal
Adjective
  • My introduction to homophonic translation came from my former teacher, Mónica de la Torre.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Jan. 2026
  • 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
Definition of homophonic
Adjective
  • Hers is a voice that ought to have a lifetime’s staying power, bolstered by a lyrical and musical sensibility that provide everything her instrument needs to deliver a happy succession of knockout blows.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 3 July 2026
  • The Brooklyn neighborhood where, if Swiftie lyrical interpretations are to be trusted, Swift left a now-infamous scarf at the home of one Maggie Gyllenhaal around 2010.
    — Lily Boyce, New York Times, 2 July 2026
Definition of lyrical
Adjective
  • Bach was lively, supple, and, especially in the Larghetto, generous in its songful musicality.
    — Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2022
  • 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
Definition of songful

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