The duduk's haunting nasal tones vanished beneath a rhythm section vaguely suggesting Gerry Rafferty's "Baker Street," the tripping arpeggios of Jose Feliciano-style guitar, and the tranquilizing tones emanating from Yanni's own piano.

As the squealing modem tones - so very 90's - emanate from the computer speakers, I contemplate how, with some effort, I could pipe them into my laptop, linking it by this convoluted route to the outside world.

She had been midway through a slice of toast, but her jaw froze in horror as those soft mellow American tones emanated from the machine.

Bizarre tunings and unpleasant tone emanated from the woodwinds (flutes especially), and even the orchestra's vaunted brasses struggled (trumpets especially).

The deep, calm, bell-like tones emanated no more from the image than from anywhere else in the chamber.

"Mr McInnes," they heard, metallic, voice-disguiser tones emanating from the small speaker next to the rotating spools of the cassette, which seemed to be operational in spite of the contraption's lack of casing and generally disembowelled appearance.

The Shadow laughed again, and his tone, though louder, did not emanate from that room.

There is indeed among the best singers a strange process whereby beautiful tone emanates from beautiful diction.