| Display title | Westminster Chimes |
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This attribute controls the content of the description and og:description elements. | The most common tune played by clock chimes, in both in Real Life and fiction, is the one known as Westminster Quarters. The tune is constructed from five different sequences combining four pitches. Not all five are played at once: even at the full hour, only the last four are used, followed by between one and twelve strokes on a deeper bell. The most popular of these sequences would seem to be the fourth (mi, do, re, sol) and fifth (sol, re, mi, do). (These are also played at third quarter, followed by the first.) Therefore, the most commonly heard in fiction are the fourth and fifth sequences, or the fourth alone, often repeated for effect in either case. |