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timbre::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | quality, timber, tone |
| Type of | sound property |
| Has types | colour, colouration, harmonic, nasality, plangency, register, resonance, reverberance, ringing, shrillness, sonority, sonorousness, stridence, stridency, color, vibrancy, coloration |
the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely.
Examples of timbre
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His voice was without volume, devoid of resonance and utterly lacking in timbre.
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I'm a singer but I was born with an ugly timbre, but take real care of my voice.
From the guardian.co.uk
Focalisation gives us not the character's voice, but the timbre of their thought.
From the guardian.co.uk
Hard limiting or clipping can result, affecting the tone and timbre of the music.
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A warm voice with a bright, full timbre, which can be heard over a big orchestra.
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Many commentators have attempted to decompose timbre into component attributes.
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The timbre of your voice, surrounding noises and cell coverage all have an impact.
From the usatoday.com
The change to piano music represents a change in the timbre, or sound quality.
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Many of these rely on timbre measurements to sort songs into genres, for instance.
From the economist.com
- (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet"
- In music, timbre (like the "tambour" of "tambourine", or spelling pronunciation) is the quality of a musical note or sound or tone that distinguishes different types of sound production, such as voices or musical instruments. ...
- Timbre is the third album by American singer/songwriter Sophie B. Hawkins, released in 1999 (see 1999 in music). This album was re-released in 2001 with a bonus disc. One release has censored lyrics in "The Darkest Childe" and "Help Me Breathe".
- The quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume
- An attribute of auditory sensation allowing a subject to judge that two sound similarly presented and having the same loudness and pitch are dissimilar, e.g. trumpet vs. violin.
- Quality of musical tone; thin, thick, light, dark, sharp, dull, smooth, rough, warm, cold, etc.
- The quality of a sound that distinguishes it from other sounds of the same pitch and volume. The distinctive tone of an instrument or a singing voice.
- Timbre, or tone colour, refers to the particular quality of a musical note. For example, middle C played on a piano has a different timbre from middle C played on a French horn. The timbre of a note is determined by the particular combination and intensity of harmonic partials present in the signal.
- The term used to denote the tone color of a specified instrument or piece of music, for example, "rough" or "bell-like." The concept of timbre is useful when trying to describe music in words, for instance, a fiddle has a different timbre than a trumpet. ...
