Prokofiev seems to strike a particular chord with a lot of living performers.

The contra war struck a particular patriotic chord.

Roman numerals and numbers are used to describe the relationship of a particular chord to the tonic chord.

McFarland's emphasis on love struck a particular chord with Tom and Cathy.

His story has struck a particular chord with Japan's salarymen, who labor long hours for the same company their whole lives and cannot easily change jobs.

But the debate over Peconic County strikes a particular chord.

On the other hand, particular chords are more difficult to play in a regular tuning than in standard tuning.

However many of the pieces include large sections where they have to improvise (make something up) using particular chords.

But the idea of eating meat and drinking milk from cloned animals strikes a particular fear-inducing chord with some folks.

Her death struck a particular chord of horror here because it happened in front of her children and her mother.