organ point


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How to use organ point in a sentence

  • In No. 23 at the end of the last movement, an organ point reminds us that the full intentions of the composer are not recorded.

    The Pianoforte Sonata | J.S. Shedlock
  • The piano phrase in the Rondo of No. 11 , before the organ point and the pause bar, is striking.

    The Pianoforte Sonata | J.S. Shedlock
  • The final phrase, strengthened by an organ-point on two notes, is fairly thrilling.

  • From shore the cheerful watch-cry of cocks rang out at intervals above the organ-point of surf.

    In the South Seas | Robert Louis Stevenson
  • Drift then, from radiance to near-commonplace, above the organ-point of things unsaid.