Above all the group is fun and sophisticated: odd chords will peek out from behind the wall of rhythm.

In his performance on Tuesday night, country ideas merged with blues and even be-bop runs; odd little chords, dissonant and suggestive, puffed up after traditional lines.

Below, Ellegon stood in the courtyard, his wings furling and unfurling; above, the night winked down, distant faerie lights pulsing in odd chords of color.

It glowed with a dull effulgence and struck an odd chord of recognition.

Besides the unorthodox material found in the dramatic films, there was another odd chord struck throughout the evening.

But the display of highly advanced weapons - technology these countries neither need nor can afford - struck an odd chord.

He also likes his dissonances straight up, and he'll clank away at clusters or add an odd chord to a line.

She paused for a moment, as her own words struck an odd chord within her.

This thought vibrated an odd chord of memory deep within her.

Sleep was some time coming to the mousemaid as she had to lie there listening to Tarquin composing dreadful love songs and plunking odd chords on his harolina.