"It still looks as though the economy is going to end the year on a soft note."

The soft notes of the flute came from an African girl.

She has a beautiful, clear voice that took the difficult soft high notes with ease and was firm throughout the range.

Julian whistled a long, soft note, but he did not laugh.

"She taught me to sing soft high notes, for example," he recalls.

The only signs of effort come with soft sustained high notes, though she manages them quite well.

James tried to stop himself, but her voice was the soft musical notes of a siren.

Within a few soft notes, another man had joined him in unison.

I lowered my eyes to the keyboard and then hit a few soft notes.

The music continued, soft high notes, so light and sad.