1.   The score trades in the familiar chord progressions, sticky rhythmic motives and unremitting polyphony.

2.   As in Debussy, familiar chords play on the notes of the old church modes.

3.   But the prospect of distant overlords ignoring the tastes of local communities touches an old-fashioned political chord familiar to many lawmakers.

4.   Does the name Rich Garcia strike a familiar chord?

5.   His comments struck a familiar chord about misplaced values in a nation caught up in self-indulgent calculation and distracted from what is truly important.

6.   If Friday night was the swan song for Mariners left-hander Randy Johnson, the final notes struck a familiar chord.

7.   We are surely facing more somber days ahead, which strikes a familiar chord from my early childhood.