0 A lilting voice or tune gently rises and falls in a way that is pleasant to listen to.
1 (of a voice or a piece of music) rising and falling in a regular or rhythmic way:
Having decided to stay on stage, the soloist turns around and the strings join in, providing a lilting, jazzy habanera-style accompaniment.
A slick, lilting guitar gently weeping and weaving the soundtrack to my summer of '79.
Mozart responded with a lilting melody that enhances the regular, sing-song accents of the metre.
The 16-minute work began with a gentle lilting orchestral introduction, which quickly led to large-scale choral writing describing the landscape of the poem, supported by percussion.
Some mercury may be released as a result of corrosion but this is likely to be small because of the excess of unreacted alloy in the finished lilting.
His guajiras have a gentle, lilting rhythm, sometimes mixing with elements of the son or the bolero.
His powerful and sweeping melodies are given counterpoint by his sometime harsh, creepy lilting themes of suspense.
Combining classical music, traditional rhythms and lyrical narratives into richly textured, lilting and evocative arrangements.
