It caressed him as the gentle notes of a favorite song.

Do you agree that I should send a gentle note declining to decode the journal?

From the plaza came the gentle notes of a Spanish guitar.

And then, very slowly, a classical melody is played on a piano, one gentle note at a time.

"And then here," adding a few more gentle notes.

The gentle note of calm certainty in his voice ripped at Virginia's flayed emotions.

Its gentle notes drifted through the air almost languidly.

"I'm pleased for you," he said on a gentler note.

"Come practice, and then we will play a game," he added on a gentler note.

On one piece, he let gentle long notes hang suspended, limpid and serene.