hit the right note
strike the right note

Presents for teacher: but have you hit the right note?

Somehow I hit the right note, something they were missing.

When he hits the right notes, the experience can be exhilarating.

"It just hit the right note at the right time."

Other touches seem to have hit the right note.

The singers were trying to hit the right notes.

"Great music is not about hitting the right note."

Hit the right note at the indicated time and you hear a wailing guitar.

It was like a bad singer who used vibrato to make sure she hit the right note at least some of the time.

However, failing to hit the right note can lead to ridicule from your colleagues.

On balance I think that the Commission has hit the right note here.

Players get points by hitting the right notes at the right time.

The casual friendliness of these places seems to be hitting the right note, too.

He hits the right notes and no others, having reworked some of the text from stories published years before.

In that respect, I think that the report largely hits the right note.

P16 iPhone aims to hit the right note at the high end.

In this past week's programme Frankie was definitely not hitting the right notes.

Over and over the actors rehearse, struggling to hit the right note.

On her final "solo," she would finally hit the right note, causing the entire orchestra to applaud.

After work, she rehearses the role of Maria in a community theater production, struggling to hit the right notes and remember her lines.

Hitting the right note will be crucial for the latest addition to the Royal Family.

"It used to be bad form to turn your back on a high muckymuck, and I think you hit the right note.

Did the performers hit the right notes?

So I let him bring his flute, which sounds quite nice with the cello whenever they hit the right notes."

But woe to the beers that don't hit the right notes, barnyard or otherwise.

There was none; he seemed to have struck the right note.

She couldn't seem to strike the right notes with him these days.

She tried to strike the right note, but was not wholly successful.

Does Henley's report on music education strike the right note?

Just to make sure they strike the right note.

But the new owner seemed to strike the right notes in yesterday's statement.

He had struck the right note, and Byrd could not remain silent.

He had struck the right note by his appeal to planetary pride.

They're striking the right note, but it's not a tune we can afford to listen to for the next three years.

This is truly amazing because she knew exactly how to strike the right notes."

"You have to strike the right note, the right tone."

He'd struck the right note, so much so that he had to stop the men from cheering him.

Happily most of the performances strike the right note.

The plain red canvas awning out front strikes the right note.

It took 12 takes to strike the right note of spontaneous awkwardness in this scene.

She projected a plain, earthy responsibility that struck the right note with the public.

Until recently I assumed there just weren't enough people rattling around town who could strike the right note.

I could see that Twain was idling, hoping to strike the right note.

He had struck the right note when he appealed to her courage.

Stylistically, I thought Obama struck the right note last night.

A polished communications message that stands out from the competition and will strike the right note every time it's seen.

It also strikes the right note of doubt.

So are buskers in Gloucester striking the right note with their audience?

This illustrious lawyer struck the right note at starting.