out-of-tune
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We watch on the monitors as Bruccoleri perfectly mimes the piano along to a track and unleashes out-of-tune vocals that are horribly dour.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
After playing a few notes on an out-of-tune piano, Lydia makes her way up to her childhood bedroom, where she finds a collection of Leonard Bernstein videos she watched when she was young.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2023
Producers infuriated the choir director by choosing a slightly out-of-tune version of the carol; they thought it captured an innocence they were seeking, said Bang, who wrote liner notes for the box set.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2022
A live recording of the largely unrehearsed performance, which ended in smashed instruments, was released in 2009 in all its ramshackle, screeching and in-parts wilfully out-of-tune rock 'n' roll glory.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2022
The resulting jangling, sparklingly dissonant sound, which is brittle, full of edgy attack and a kind of out-of-tune resonance, would have been - literally - unimaginable, even terrifying to audiences of the day.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
