# Law And Order TV Show: What Are The Instuments And Chords For "Da-Da"?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 27, 2003, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-and-order-tv-show-what-are-the-instuments-and-chords-for-da-da/215558 "2003-11-27T09:17:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-and-order-tv-show-what-are-the-instuments-and-chords-for-da-da/215558/1 "2003-11-27T09:17:08Z")

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You know, that sound between each “chapter” of the story.

Da da…

I can’t make out the instuments…is it totally synthetic or are they real?

And to those who are musically inclined, what are the chords?

Just curious…lordknows we hear it enough…

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**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-and-order-tv-show-what-are-the-instuments-and-chords-for-da-da/215558/2 "2003-11-27T13:02:27Z")

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According to the “trivia” section on IMDB, the sound was created by using a dozen sounds.

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> The distinctive “thunk-thunk” sound effect used in between scenes was created by combining close to a dozen sounds, including that of a group of monks stamping on a floor!

From [this page](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098844/trivia)

Robin