The sweet voice gave way to the opening bars of "Trees."

Behind me, from the car, I could hear the opening bars of the next jazz selection.

The catalogue included the opening bars of each piece, known as an incipit.

Ford listened to the opening bars, waiting for the bad feeling to go.

He finds his level in the opening bars and wallows there until it is time to start the next book.

As the opening bars were struck, a preamble started all around her.

Early, in the quiet opening bars of the piece.

He sang the opening bars along with the King as they headed down the lane.

He went on scraping the opening bars of the new "Marseillaise."

The pitch material is developed gradually in the opening bars.