Eileen got to dancing, just a little tiny dancing step to a hummed tune that you could hardly notice, and trying to pick up strange men, but each time I was ready to say to hell with it and walk out she'd pull herself together and talk so understandingly in that sweet husky voice about the good times and the happiness we'd had together and there I was back on the hook.

The sniper, whether psychopathic marksman or murderer by intent, would hardly have walked to his vantage point with rifle over shoulder, whistling a marching tune.

The Schuman `` Chester '' takes off from an old William Billings tune with rousing woodwind and brass effect.

Richard left America with his clothes, his biwa and his image of Acala and, on the freighter which took him to Japan, he plucked at the biwa, trying to make the sounds he wrought resemble an ancient Japanese tune he had once heard.

It has been associated with more than 20 melodies, but in 1835 it was joined to a tune named " New Britain " to which it is most frequently sung today.

Moody and Sankey began publishing their compositions in 1875, and " Amazing Grace " appeared three times with three different melodies, but they were the first to give it its title ; hymns were typically published using the first line of the lyrics, or the name of the tune such as " New Britain ".

Just as in the film, Stewie, as Mozart, plays a painfully simplistic tune while hunched with a brutish facial expression, ending with audible flatulence.

In the 20th century, one of the most influential plays, Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's ( 1928 ) The Threepenny Opera was a reworking of The Beggar's Opera, setting a similar story with the same characters, and containing much of the same satirical bite, but only using one tune from the original.

His funeral, a four-hour " homegoing " service, took place on June 7, 2008, at Showers of Blessings Church in Gainesville, Florida and kept in tune with the vibrant spirit of Bo Diddley's life and career.

This process, which could take months, would start with Chaplin describing to the composer ( s ) exactly what he wanted and singing or playing a tune he had come up with on the piano.

O ' Higgins and Freire listened to it with respect and full of emotion, for they had marched to victory to its tune more than once.

CND's policy of opposing American nuclear bases is said to be in tune with public opinion.

First transmission in this format was episode 7351 on 31 May 2010 with a new set of titles and re-recorded theme tune.

The advantages to this system compared with unfretted instruments ( see below ) include relative ease of tuning ( with around half as many strings to keep in tune ), greater volume ( though still not really enough for use in chamber music ), and a clearer, more direct sound.

Australian ads used a tune speaking the words " Are you keeping up with the commodore?

The electric bass was easily amplified with its built-in pickups, easily portable ( less than a foot longer than an electric guitar ), and easier to play in tune, thanks to the metal frets.

The painting was very much in tune with the political climate at the time.

After World War II, however, Capra's career declined as his subjects were more out of tune with the mood of audiences.

Spurred by the perception that women were not treated equitably in many religions, some women turned to a Female Deity as more in tune with their spiritual needs.

If the open string is in tune, but sharp or flat when frets are pressed, the bridge saddle position can be adjusted with a screwdriver or hex key to remedy the problem.

In countries not previously part of the British Empire, the tune of " God Save the Queen " has provided the basis for various patriotic songs, though still generally connected with royal ceremony.

It was recorded as being sung in London theatres in 1745, with, for example, Thomas Arne writing a setting of the tune for the Drury Lane Theatre.

Norman, who once notably sang it at the end of a large outdoor rock concert for Nelson Mandela's 70th birthday, stated, " I don't know whether it's the text — I don't know whether we're talking about the lyrics when we say that it touches so many people — or whether it's that tune that everybody knows.

Disadvantages include a smaller volume, even though many or most unfretted instruments tend to be significantly larger than fretted instruments ; and many more strings to keep in tune.

In many popular styles of music, such as rock and pop, the rhythm guitarist usually performs the chords in rhythmic fashion which sets out the beat or groove of a tune.

Learning to tune a traditional kora is arguably as difficult as learning to play it, and many people entranced by the sound while in Africa buy a kora and then find themselves unable to keep it in tune once they are home, relegating it to the status of ornament.

In many ways his work was more in tune with Zürich Dada's championing of performance and abstract art than Berlin Dada's agit-prop approach, and indeed examples of his work were published in the last Zürich dada publication, der Zeltweg, November 1919, alongside the work of Arp and Sophie Tauber.

Desmond recorded the tune " Summertime " along with many others during his time with Chet Baker.

This was in part an effect of the fact that many designs were rushed, with little time to optimize or tune every instruction, but only those used most often.

The transition to digital terrestrial television after the turn of the millennium left many existing television receivers unable to tune and display the new signal directly.

Forks have traditionally been used to tune musical instruments, although electronic tuners are replacing them in many applications.

The Main Title was used as an intro tune on many nights of Bruce Springsteen's 2012 " Wrecking Ball " tour.

He was in tune with the developing spirit of the age, and many works reflect the cult of sensibility, and then the revolutionary and German nationalist feelings of the end of the century.

As a hymn tune it has the title Thaxted, after the town in Essex where Holst lived for many years, and it has also been used for other hymns, such as " O God beyond all praising ".

A competent guitarist, Idle composed many of the group's most famous musical numbers, most notably " Always Look on the Bright Side of Life ", the closing number of Life of Brian, which has grown to become a Python signature tune.

Because the tune is so identified with the film, many people now incorrectly refer to the " Colonel Bogey March " as " The River Kwai March ".

FM audio for television channel 6 is broadcast at a carrier frequency of 87. 75 MHz, and many radios can tune down this low ; a few low-power television stations licensed for channel 6 are operated solely for their right to use this frequency and broadcast only nominal video programming.

Although such tunings have no wolf fifth, keys with many sharps or flats still do not sound very well in tune ( due to their thirds ), and can only be used fleetingly.

As a result, Lion was under pressure by independent distributors to come up with similar successes, with the result that many Blue Note albums of this era start with a catchy tune intended for heavy airplay in the United States.

His composition, " Melody in A Major " in 1912 became a well-known piano and violin song, and it was played at many official functions as his signature tune.

Although listening to his broadcasts was officially discouraged ( but not illegal ), many Britons did indeed tune in to them.

He died in his sleep, a happy man, no doubt thinking of the many nights he joined Bob and The Texas Playboys on an old time fiddle tune, while the crowd filled the dance floor at The Cain's Ballroom.

She does not seem to be able to carry a tune or play anything other than off-key renditions of songs such as " Glow Worm " or " Sweet Sue " on the saxophone, and many of her performances devolve into disaster.