The mark consists of a banjo playing a melody in the key of B flat major, in 4/4 meter, and at a moderate tempo of 120 beats per minute. The melody consists of 13 notes in the following order: B-flat (quarter note), D (eighth note), F (quarter note, presented in the sheet music as two tied eighth notes), D (eighth note), B-flat (eighth note), D (eighth note), E-flat (quarter note), G (eighth note), E-flat (eighth note), B-flat (eighth note), G (dotted quarter note, presented in the sheet music as a tied eighth note and quarter note), and two B-flat quarter notes one octave apart (played simultaneously). The sound ends with three beats of rest.