Word: toning
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...Sacred Harp for Health Re "Give Me That Old-Time Singing" [Jan. 28]: during my four years as a Sacred Harp singer, I discovered that beginners enjoy a warm welcome and excellent coaching. Experienced singers get a break from worrying about dynamics and tone quality. Everyone receives choral singing's documented benefits of stress reduction, lowered blood pressure and enhanced immunity. Best of all, we have an opportunity to create beautiful music that sometimes seems like a direct communication from the past to the present. Thanks for highlighting this life-affirming pursuit. Susan Matthews, Chicago
...pessimism and melancholy” with—appropriately enough—dread. “I’m currently facing it with white-knuckle terror, and eventually the panic will fester into a boil that will goad me into action,” Rakoff says.To convey its tone, he cites a YouTube clip of his favorite depressing song. The video sets images from the Great Depression and the First World War against Bing Crosby’s rendition of “Brother Can You Spare a Dime?” Though he finds the song...
...material in the past. One of the three or so songs which manages to stand out is the opening number, “See These Bones.” A ringing guitar part and frontman Matthew Caws’ bright, clear voice start the album off on a melancholy tone that’s backed up by heavy bass and a perfect broken-down drum pattern. The double-time chorus isn’t as magnetic as these groovy verses, but the song does seamlessly switch from minor to major as it moves to a multilayered climax...
...Following this declaration however, the Tuesday magazine “application” asks a series of questions aimed at identifying “qualified candidates”—though a tone of self-derision is apparent in questions such as, “What is the capital of Papua New Guinea...
...Weintraub has an especially effective outing. In addition to his three serving aces, the sophomore setter handed out 35 assists.None of these efforts were a enough to match SpringfieldThe Crimson had anticipated that its first three conference matches, the last of which was against the Pride, would set the tone for the rest of Harvard’s season. The loss will force the Crimson to battle for the remainder of the season to secure an EIVA playoff bid.“The last three years we’ve had to come from behind and every year play catch...