He was strong where many tenors are weak: in soft, high lyrical passages.

There was a shifting, as of someone rising from his seat on a rock, and the soft passage of footsteps through the grass.

That said, her meltingly beautiful sound, especially in floated soft, high passages, is still remarkable.

His warm and full-bodied sound carries well even in softer passages.

Slowly she ran her finger deeper in the soft, silken passage.

He has power galore and brings rich shadings to softer passages.

By the same token, older listeners can then set the volume high enough to hear soft passages without blasting at the peaks.

In the quiet of your home, the soft passages are clearly heard without any analog tape noise.

In your car, these same soft passages can get lost amongst engine and road noise.

But I'd reckon you had a soft passage, didn't you?