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Timbre   /tˈɪmbər/   Listen
Timbre

noun
1.
(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound).  Synonyms: quality, timber, tone.  "The muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet"





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"Timbre" Quotes from Famous Books



... wish to speak of the suggestion conveyed by means of tone-tint, the blending of timbre and pitch. It is essentially a modern element in music, and in our delight in this marvellous and potent aid to expression we have carried it to a point of development at which it threatens to dethrone what has hitherto been our musical speech, melody, in favour of what corresponds to the shadow ...
— Critical & Historical Essays - Lectures delivered at Columbia University • Edward MacDowell


Words linked to "Timbre" :   tone, music, coloration, register, shrillness, ringing, stridency, resonance, stridence, sound property, sonority, nasality, plangency, reverberance, harmonic, timber, sonorousness, color, vibrancy, colouration, colour, quality


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