Corrected entry: Just before Lacombe is introduced to the committee, they play the audio tape where they recorded the large group of men singing the five tones. But the notes they're singing on that tape are a full step lower than the original singing.
Nicki
10th Mar 2005
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Correction: If the octave the 5 notes are in is too high for their vocal range, they'd have to pitch it lower to be able to sing it.
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Correction: The recording was cleaned up and enhanced for clarity and it might have changed because of this.