strains

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the sound of music being played or performed:

strains of I could hear the strains of Mozart in the background.

After dinner you can relax to the sweet strains of Olivia's violin.

The crowd went wild as the strains of Van Halen and Chuck Berry filled the air.

They marched to the rousing strains of a brass band.

Strains of organ music rose to the cathedral's vast dome.