During the afternoon Ivanello brought out a long-necked lute tied with a pale blue ribbon, and sang sentimental ballads to gentle chords from the lute.

He finishes with three gentle chords that draw all the notes he has played together in both a resolution and a promise.

It consists of gentle broken chords like a lutenist might play.

His hands slowed, picked a final, gentle chord from the harp, then flattened on the strings to still them.

His fingers strayed over the strings aimlessly a moment, then wandered into the gentle, sad chords of a ballad.

Elsewhere, Jeremy Beck's Sonata featured gentle parallel chords in its first movement and a gracefully animated use of triplets in all three.

The tabor rattled, and the lute player plucked a gentle chord before beginning the last verse.

One of the five movements used a steady percussion pulse while tunes recalling Balkan folk dances bounced around; others used gentler chords and melodies.

She followed it with a trill of light notes, then several more rich and gentle chords.

She strummed a gentle chord.