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Flipping amazing, Mike, and you captured it!

That tonal figure is known in musical parlance as a Major Triad, which is comprised of three tones: The Root note, the Major Third (four half-steps above the root), and a Perfect Fifth (three half-steps above the third).

In the case of your recorded message, it's an E Major Triad, made of the notes E, G#, and B (that's assuming my piano is in relative tune, haha).

Major triads have an up, bright, and happy feel. These popular songs were written and recorded in the key of E Major:

"Blue Eyes Cryin' in the Rain" (Willie Nelson), "No Rain" (Blind Melon), and "Georgia on My Mind" (Ray Charles).

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