Name: Roger Ebert: Remaking my...
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Description: He said he recorded many long hours in various intonations to be used in the voice. A very large sample is needed. John All my life I was a motormouth. Now I have spoken my last words, and I don't even remember for sure

Kat Edmonson

I would spend hours absorbing every intonation, every inflection - how the singer would convey a sentiment and how it would sound coming out of their head. All of those things I very carefully watched and absorbed, and so I guess I was studying my whole life, although not in any sort of conventional way.

American Musician

Stana Katic

I love accents; I would love to find more characters with a variety of vocal intonations. It creates a character. It's like you're singing a song. Some people find their character through walking or movement - for me, voice is one of the ways I find parts of the character.

Canadian Actress

Ruggiero Ricci

Of course the most difficult thing on the violin is always intonation. The second one is rhythm. If you play in tune, in time with a good sound that's already high level. Those three are the main things.

Henry Irving

You speak into it and everything is recorded, voice, tone, intonation, everything. You turn a little wheel, and forth it comes, and can be repeated ten thousand times. Only fancy what this suggests.

English Actor

Susan Sullivan

If you're cast right you can actually just let yourself go because all your gestures will be right, all your intonations will be right because you just somewhere understand who this person is.

American Actress

Stan Getz

The saxophone is an imperfect instrument, especially the tenor and soprano, as far as intonation goes. The challenge is to sing on an imperfect instrument that is outside of your body.

Lara St. John

There is no earthly reason why a solo string instrument or voice, having the possibility to play or sing pure intonation, should want, or try, to be tempered.

Canadian Musician

Marcel Proust

Our intonations contain our philosophy of life, what each of us is constantly telling himself about things.

French Author

Pierre Boulez

The most difficult problem in conducting is intonation. You must know what is wrong and how to correct it.

French Composer

Lucinda Williams

I love Emmylou Harris's version of my song, 'Sweet Old World.' Her intonation is great.

Intonation reflects feelings; a rising tone often suggests surprise or questioning.

Emotional Tone

Different intonation can change the part of the sentence we want to emphasize.

Sentence Stress

Intonation can convey politeness or rudeness, often indicated by tone pitch and pattern.

Social Context

In choirs, intonation is key to creating a unified, harmonious sound.

Rhythmic Unity

Intonation in recitation brings out the rhythm and melody inherent in the spoken words.

Recitation Style

Good intonation in music ensures clear, in-tune notes that are pleasant to the ear.

Instrumental Clarity

Musicians often use tuners to practice and improve their intonation.

Practice Makes Perfect

Intonation can express emotion in music, such as joy or sadness, through pitch variations.

Musical Expression

 He said he recorded many long hours in various intonations to be used in the voice. A very large sample is needed. John All my life I was a motormouth. Now I have spoken my last words, and I don't even remember for sure

Roger Ebert: Remaking my...

 And don't even try saying words other than black or white or signaling some other way, like intonation or volume; you'll all be eaten immediately. If at least nine of you guess correctly, you'll all be spared.

Intonation

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