He started out with a percussive and harmonized bass figure that led to rich, meditative chords.

Freight trains clack through the town, their whistles striking rich major chords that turn mournful as they fade.

He also has a fondness for rich chords, no matter what the idiom of the song.

The chord, rich and clean, rose from the piano like a phantom, filling his heart with joy.

She followed it with a trill of light notes, then several more rich and gentle chords.

The added instruments bolster the low register, making Mingus's unmistakably rich chords even gutsier.

The positive fallout from such an effort would be enormous striking a rich chord in this highly visible section of Cairo where it counts most.

It's evident he wished to surpass himself in "Answered Prayers" - to blow a higher note than ever before, or sound a richer chord.

It first appeared on the album Giant Steps, and is notable for its use of a variety of rich chords over a bass pedal.

The final track is an 18-minute meditation on four sustained chords, orchestrally rich and as simple as a mantra.