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

It was a view that struck a familiar chord with many Swedish voters.

Worse still, the sense of futility struck an intimate and familiar chord.

They change with the seasons and strike few familiar chords.

Maybe something will strike a familiar chord for me.

The concept of added tones is further convenient in that all notes may be related to familiar chords.

There is something to the subject that strikes a familiar chord.

The performance strikes a cleverly familiar chord without being derivative.

The scenario strikes a poignant, familiar chord in all of us.

"The minute we try anything different - unless it's a new play that strikes a familiar chord with the audience - nobody comes," he said.