carry a tune
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“We’d get together and sing. My mother pushed the arts. I watched opera at Hollywood Bowl at age 12. I like music, and I can carry a tune, but I don’t play any instruments.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2025
She could carry a tune and submitted a “sort of soft” song for her audition but was told she needed to belt out the lyrics to play frontwoman Daisy Jones.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 1, 2023
Suddenly, the issue of who can carry a tune pales in comparison to the question of where families and businesses will go when bulldozers arrive in Fillmore.
From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2022
I sang something, and he said, ‘Man, you can really carry a tune.’
From Fox News • Jan. 23, 2022
Baba’s horribly tone-deaf, and Mama can barely carry a tune.
From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan
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