Strain (music)
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A strain is a series of musical phrases that create a distinct melody of a piece. A strain is often referred to as a "section" of a musical piece. Often, a strain is repeated for the sake of instilling the melody clearly. This is so in ragtime and marches.
In the House M.D. episode Simple Explanation (Season 5), House is heard saying "You deduced that by removing your sunglasses to the strains of a Who song?"[1] The quote itself is a reference to a common plot device in CSI: Miami)
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