" Speaking of Milt Brown and himself working with songs done by Jimmie Davis, the Skillet Lickers, Jimmie Rodgers, and others, and songs he'd learned from his father, he said that " We'd pull these tunes down an set ' em in a dance category.

A later Syriac writer, Jacob of Serugh, wrote that Ephrem rehearsed all-female choirs to sing his hymns set to Syriac folk tunes in the forum of Edessa.

Typically, the first tune is followed by another two or three tunes in a set.

The art of putting together a set is hard to put into words, but the tunes must flow from one to another in terms of key and melodic structure, without being so similar as to all sound the same.

It was frequently libellous and scandalous and consisted in the main of dialogue set to music arranged from popular tunes.

He wrote some of his own tunes and also wrote lyrics set to traditional tunes.

On January 26, 1925, Bix and His Rhythm Jugglers set two tunes to wax: " Toddlin ' Blues ," another number by LaRocca and Shields, and Beiderbecke's own composition, " Davenport Blues.

The feature " Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue " comprised two tunes that had been in the band's book since 1937 but largely forgotten until Ellington, who had abruptly ended the band's scheduled set because of the late arrival of four key players, called the two tunes as the time was approaching midnight.

As with most other types of dance tunes in Irish music, at a session or a dance it is common for two or more jigs to be strung together in a set, flowing on without interruption.

The soundtrack includes jazz tunes, such as " King Porter Stomp ," reflective of the era in which the film is set.

A later Pablo box set from Coltrane's European tours of the early 1960s collected more recordings which feature tunes not played at the Village Vanguard, such as " My Favorite Things ", which Dolphy performs on flute.

Only three songs from Roman Candle were performed, with the majority of the ten-song set being B-sides, Heatmiser tunes, and unreleased tracks.

Feeling that surfing songs had become limiting, Brian decided to produce a set of largely car-oriented tunes for The Beach Boys ' fourth album Little Deuce Coupe, which was released in October 1963, only three weeks after the Surfer Girl LP.

The Salvation Army was modeled after the military, with its own flag ( or colours ) and its own hymns, often with words set to popular and folkloric tunes sung in the pubs.

Note: The Lyke Wake Dirge has been set to music with various tunes.

Evidence of this can be found in the set entitled 20th Century Piano Genius which consists of 40 tunes recorded at private parties at the home of Hollywood music director Ray Heindorf in 1950 and 1955.

The Sama Veda, which is believed to have laid the foundation for Indian classical music, consists of hymns from the Rigveda, set to musical tunes which would be sung using three to seven musical notes during Vedic yajnas.

Ricky's writing some fucking killer lyrics, and with the kind of talent that's in Thin Lizzy now I think we can pull off a really cool set of tunes.

The lyrics of the airs in the piece are set to popular broadsheet ballads, opera arias, church hymns and folk tunes of the time.

To win, Grade One bands must perform in two events, a March, Strathspey & Reel event ( known as a " set " or " MSR ") which consists of three pre-arranged tunes, and a Medley event, which consists of a short selection of music chosen and arranged by the band.

By the Song Dynasty ( 960-1279 ), another form had proven it could provide the flexibility that new poets needed: the ci ( 词 / 詞 ) lyric — new lyrics written according to the set rhythms of existing tunes.

Thus, each ci poem is labeled " To the tune of Name " ( 调寄 / 調寄 ) and fits the meter and rhyme of the tune ( much in the same way that Christian hymn writers set new lyrics to pre-existing tunes ).

The roving groups of singers will take the tunes of popular Hindi movie songs, replaced with Burmese lyrics and invocations about fasting, the do's and don ’ ts of Islam and about the benefits of Salaat.

So tunes played in the key of G will not have an F # note.

John Chapman of the Daily News declared that the production had " good lyrics and tunes by Irving Berlin ... the razzle-dazzle atmosphere of a big-time show " but pronounced Merman the best part of the show, stating " She is a better comedienne than she ever was before ", stating that " Annie is a good, standard, lavish, big musical and I'm sure it will be a huge success -- but it isn't the greatest show in the world ".

When a great many men are employed together, a fifer or a fiddler usually plays some of their favourite tunes ; and it is quite delightful to see the glee with which Jack will “ stamp and go ,” keeping exact time to “ Jack's the lad ,” or the “ College Hornpipe .”

Although one bird will know many songs — as many as 20 different tunes with as many as 1000 improvised variations on the basic theme ,— unlike thrushes, the Song Sparrow usually repeats the same song many times before switching to a different song.

An experienced ceilidh caller will have a good understanding of the mechanics of the tunes and a deep knowledge of regional dances from the UK and beyond.

Starting in the 1970s, Sox fans were further entertained by organist Nancy Faust who picked up on, and reinforced, the spontaneous chants of fans who were singing tunes like, " We will, we will, SOX YOU!

If there are going to be more ' A ' shows in the future, I may play them, I may not, depends if they still want me after John has shown his bass skills, but whatever happens I will be at the London show watching my brothers play some rocking tunes and I will sing along.

Due to the content of the lyrics and the reverence for the tune, it is one of the few tunes that many pipers will only perform at funerals or memorial services, and only practice it in private or to instruct other pipers.

If a player does not deal enough damage to an opponent by the end of a segment, that segment will be repeated ( with the exception of some levels, most battle phases have two different tunes per segment, that are randomly selected each time a level is played.

Choose up to 700, 000 songs and select an audience ; the tunes will be streamed quickly to any who are chosen.

This remix album will feature a range of Shapeshifter remixed tunes from drum and bass heavyweights Logistics, Camo & Krooked, Netsky, State of Mind and The Upbeats.

He calls the officers to a meeting and announces plans for a grandiose funeral fit for a field marshal, complete with a march through the town in which all the " tunes of glory " will be played by the pipers.

It is usually described as a ringing noise, but in some patients, it takes the form of a high-pitched whining, electric buzzing, hissing, humming, tinging or whistling sound, or as ticking, clicking, roaring, " crickets " or " tree frogs " or " locusts ( cicadas )", tunes, songs, beeping, sizzling, sounds that slightly resemble human voices or even a pure steady tone like that heard during a hearing test, and in some cases, pressure changes from the interior ear.

A quodlibet is a piece of music combining several different melodies, usually popular tunes, in counterpoint and often a light-hearted, humorous manner.

Like many other Hasidic groups, Chabad attaches importance to singing Chabad Hasidic nigunim (" tunes "), usually without words, and following precise customs of their leaders.

As a result, bard tunes usually made their way around as folk lore, from mouth to mouth, or via the copying of amateur recordings ( sometimes referred as magnitizdat ) made at concerts, particularly those songs that were of political nature.

Indeed the tunes themselves are a mixture of jazz standards, blues and film music usually performed with a piano / bass / drums rhythm section in support.

The nine-note modal scale, usually mixolydian, with a compass from the subtonic up to the high tonic, separates them clearly from most fiddle and smallpipe tunes.

Beat groups usually had simple guitar-dominated line-ups, with vocal harmonies and catchy tunes.

In the Kennedy syndicated series, each tune was worth $ 500 in cash and / or prizes ( usually, a contestant who got six won a car on the nighttime version ), and any contestant who named all seven tunes won a $ 15, 000 prize package.

Often these tunes have off-beat accents, usually in even numbered bars, presumably corresponding to the ( lost ) dance steps.

Such tunes are usually referred to nowadays by the Irish name slip jig.

By the end of the 18th century, the singing school manuals had become standardized in an oblong-shaped tunebook, usually containing tunes with only one stanza of text.

There was an emphasis on news reports and talk programs, but music was played also, usually a blend of pop standards and adult contemporary tunes.

The tunes are usually two to four voice parts.

It also must be said that Celtic musicians are usually happy to share tunes and habitually lax about titles, with no intent to defraud other musicians.

In Switzerland, coin-operated music boxes, usually capable of playing several tunes, were installed in places such as train stations and amusement parks.

Each barrel usually carried several different tunes.

Street barrel organs usually play 7 to 9 tunes, although small organs ( usually the older ones ) can play up to 15 tunes.

Most gatherings of shape note singers ( currently the principal singers of fuguing tunes ) find these tunes no more difficult to sing than shape note music in general ; the regular spacing of the entries makes it usually fairly clear when a section should come in.