five-note

Famous examples include the five-note Intel bong, McDonald's "Ba da ba ba ba" signoff and NBC's three-note chime, in use since 1929.

Making an Impression in Just Four Notes John Jurgensen 2012

A descending five-note figure that had been lingering in our subconscious throughout the piece — actually they are the first notes to appear in the left hand in Emerson — suddenly crystallizes into the Stephen Foster song 'Down in the Cornfield.'

Denk and Ives, Partners in Pianism Stuart Isacoff 2010

Just for kicks, I used the familiar five-note musical motif from Close Encounters of the Third Kind as the basis of my pi melody.

Boing Boing 2008

The five-note scale commonly includes several whole tones that are set off by minor thirds gaps in a formation resembling the black notes of the piano keyboard.

Later Articles and Reviews W.B. Yeats 2000

It's actually the five-note tune that plays throughout the level.

Archive 2007-09-01 2007

Legend has it that the moon had risen at that exact moment accompanied, no doubt, by that Old West five-note whistle, and a miner cupped his hands around it to show the proposed snacks desired circumference.

Let Me Eat Cake Leslie F. Miller 2009

Legend has it that the moon had risen at that exact moment accompanied, no doubt, by that Old West five-note whistle, and a miner cupped his hands around it to show the proposed snacks desired circumference.

Let Me Eat Cake Leslie F. Miller 2009

She showed me a simple five-note scale with both hands and, almost instinctively, I repeated with precision.

The Cost of Living: No Cure For Cancer 2007

Her mother—to her credit—had rearranged court dates so that she could watch Josie be plaque in the school dental hygiene play, or hear her five-note solo in the Christmas chorale.

Nineteen Minutes Jodi Picoult 2007

Her mother—to her credit—had rearranged court dates so that she could watch Josie be plaque in the school dental hygiene play, or hear her five-note solo in the Christmas chorale.

Nineteen Minutes Jodi Picoult 2007