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sound equally tuned in relation to each other as they play the same note, and while playing at the same amplitude level each instrument will still sound distinctively with its own unique tone color. Experienced musicians are able to distinguish between different instruments of the same type based on their varied timbres, even if those instruments are playing notes at the same fundamental
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In simple terms, timbre is what makes a particular musical instrument or human voice have a different sound from another, even when they play or sing the same note. For instance, it is the difference in sound between a guitar and a piano playing the same note at the same volume. Both instruments can
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is played, the sound is a combination of 440 Hz, 880 Hz, 1320 Hz, 1760 Hz and so on. Each instrument in the orchestra or concert band produces a different combination of these frequencies, as well as harmonics and overtones. The sound waves of the different frequencies overlap
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in a given sound, grouped into three sections. It is basically a proposal of reducing a huge number of sound partials, that can amount to dozens or hundreds in some cases, down to only three values. The first tristimulus measures the relative weight of the first harmonic; the second tristimulus
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Many commentators have attempted to decompose timbre into component attributes. For example, J. F. Schouten (1968, 42) describes the "elusive attributes of timbre" as "determined by at least five major acoustic parameters", which
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that passes through a gamut of orchestral timbres. First the woodwind (flute, followed by oboe), then the massed sound of strings with the violins carrying the melody, and finally the brass (French horns).
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Acoustical Society of America Standards Secretariat (1994). "Acoustical Terminology ANSI S1.1–1994 (ASA 111-1994)". American National Standard. ANSI / Acoustical Society of America.
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originates in the world of color, describing the way three primary colors can be mixed together to create a given color. By analogy, the musical tristimulus measures the mixture of
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measures the relative weight of the second, third, and fourth harmonics taken together; and the third tristimulus measures the relative weight of all the remaining harmonics.
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Psychoacoustic experiments from the 1960s onwards tried to elucidate the nature of timbre. One method involves playing pairs of sounds to listeners, then using a
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Often, listeners can identify an instrument, even at different pitches and loudness, in different environments, and with different players. In the case of the
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Luce, David A. (1963). "Physical Correlates of Nonpercussive Musical Instrument Tones", Ph.D. dissertation. Cambridge: Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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An example of a tonal sound is a musical sound that has a definite pitch, such as pressing a key on a piano; a sound with a noiselike character would be
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for their pre-existing English meanings. Determined by its frequency composition, the sound of a musical instrument may be described with words such as
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Abbado, Adriano (1988). "Perceptual Correspondences: Animation and Sound". MS Thesis. Cambridge: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. p. 3.
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made significant contributions to its development during the nineteenth century. For example, Wagner's "Sleep motif" from Act 3 of his opera
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algorithm to aggregate their dissimilarity judgments into a timbre space. The most consistent outcomes from such experiments are that
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However, more evidence, studies and applications would be needed regarding this type of representation, in order to validate it.
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The richness of a sound or note a musical instrument produces is sometimes described in terms of a sum of a number of distinct
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produces a harsh, even and aggressive tone). On electric guitar and electric piano, performers can change the timbre using
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multiples of the fundamental frequency, such as ×2, ×3, ×4, etc. Partials are other overtones. There are also sometimes
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Erickson gives a table of subjective experiences and related physical phenomena based on Schouten's five attributes:
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and combine, and the balance of these amplitudes is a major factor in the characteristic sound of each instrument.
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of the fundamental frequency. Most instruments produce harmonic sounds, but many instruments produce partials and
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A Large Set of Audio Features or Sound Description (Similarity and Classification) in the CUIDADO Project
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from the late 1960s to the 2000s, the timbre of specific sounds is important to a song. For example, in
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illustrates the increasing role of differentiated timbres in music of the early twentieth century.
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Noise, including random pulses characterized by the rustle time (the mean interval between pulses)
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in terms of rise, duration, and decay (ADSR, which stands for "attack, decay, sustain, release")
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The physical characteristics of sound that determine the perception of timbre include frequency
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The term "brightness" is also used in discussions of sound timbres, in a rough analogy with
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renat (a xylophone-like instrument) is related to the seven-tone near-equal tempered
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Grey, John M. (1977). "Multidimensional perceptual scaling of musical timbres".
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The timbre of a sound is also greatly affected by the following aspects of its
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is double the fundamental frequency. Other significant frequencies are called
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played on electric guitar through very loud guitar amplifiers and rows of
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McAdams, Stephen, and Albert Bregman (1979). "Hearing Musical Streams".
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Music in Transition: A Study of Tonal Expansion and Atonality, 1900–1920
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metallophones combined with harmonic instruments such as the stringed
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Reports of the 6th International Congress on Acoustics, Tokyo, GP-6-2
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scale in which they are tuned. Similarly, the inharmonic spectra of
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Wessel, David (1979). "Low Dimensional Control of Musical Timbre".
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Instrumental timbre played an increasing role in the practice of
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vol. 1, edited by Jerry V. Tobias, . New York: Academic Press.
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or the voice, are related to the five-note near-equal tempered
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Latham, Peter. (1926) "Wagner: Aesthetics and Orchestration".
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of a sound, quite dissimilar to the ensuing lasting vibration
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A Tristimulus Method for the Specification of Musical Timbre
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finds, "scaled to the concerns of much contemporary music":
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Schouten, J. F. (1968). "The Perception of Timbre". In
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Noisy, with or without some tonal character, including
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is an essential part of the style's musical identity.
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attributed to a single instrument". However, the word
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Mahler, Symphony No. 6, Scherzo, Figure 55, bars 5–12
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a singable melody accompanied by subordinate chords
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1168: 1159: 1146: 1145: 1143: 1140: 1139: 1138: 1131: 1128: 1115: 1112: 1108: 1107: 1090: 1086: 1079: 1074: 1071: 1068: 1064: 1055: 1051: 1044: 1039: 1036: 1033: 1029: 1022: 1017: 1013: 1002: 998: 991: 986: 983: 980: 976: 968: 964: 960: 955: 951: 947: 942: 938: 931: 926: 922: 911: 907: 900: 895: 892: 889: 885: 878: 874: 868: 863: 859: 834: 831: 799: 796: 774: 744:Sixth Symphony 736:Norman Del Mar 651: 648: 619: 616: 581:equal tempered 488: 485: 475: 474: 471: 467: 466: 463: 459: 458: 455: 449: 448: 445: 439: 438: 435: 431: 430: 427: 423: 422: 419: 415: 414: 411: 407: 406: 403: 396: 395: 392: 388: 387: 380: 360: 359: 349: 334: 328: 323: 318:Range between 306: 303: 290: 289:ASA definition 287: 195: 192: 180:sul ponticello 163:and loudness. 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 3185: 3174: 3171: 3169: 3166: 3164: 3161: 3159: 3156: 3155: 3153: 3138: 3135: 3133: 3130: 3128: 3125: 3124: 3122: 3120:Miscellaneous 3118: 3112: 3109: 3107: 3104: 3102: 3099: 3097: 3094: 3092: 3089: 3088: 3086: 3080: 3074: 3071: 3069: 3066: 3064: 3061: 3059: 3056: 3054: 3051: 3049: 3046: 3044: 3041: 3039: 3036: 3034: 3031: 3029: 3026: 3024: 3021: 3019: 3016: 3014: 3011: 3009: 3006: 3004: 3001: 2999: 2996: 2994: 2991: 2989: 2986: 2984: 2981: 2979: 2976: 2974: 2973:Backup vocals 2971: 2970: 2968: 2964: 2958: 2955: 2953: 2950: 2946: 2943: 2941: 2940:Mezzo-soprano 2938: 2936: 2933: 2931: 2928: 2926: 2923: 2921: 2918: 2916: 2913: 2911: 2910:Bass-baritone 2908: 2906: 2903: 2902: 2901: 2898: 2897: 2895: 2891: 2885: 2882: 2880: 2877: 2875: 2872: 2870: 2867: 2866: 2864: 2860: 2852: 2849: 2848: 2847: 2844: 2840: 2837: 2835: 2832: 2831: 2830: 2827: 2825: 2822: 2820: 2817: 2815: 2812: 2810: 2807: 2803: 2800: 2798: 2795: 2794: 2793: 2790: 2788: 2785: 2783: 2780: 2779: 2777: 2775:Singing types 2773: 2764: 2759: 2757: 2752: 2750: 2745: 2744: 2741: 2729: 2726: 2724: 2721: 2719: 2716: 2714: 2711: 2709: 2708: 2704: 2702: 2699: 2697: 2694: 2692: 2689: 2687: 2684: 2682: 2679: 2677: 2674: 2672: 2671: 2667: 2665: 2662: 2660: 2657: 2656: 2653: 2649: 2642: 2637: 2635: 2630: 2628: 2623: 2622: 2619: 2607: 2604: 2602: 2599: 2597: 2594: 2592: 2589: 2587: 2584: 2582: 2579: 2577: 2574: 2572: 2569: 2567: 2564: 2562: 2559: 2557: 2554: 2553: 2551: 2547: 2541: 2538: 2536: 2533: 2531: 2528: 2527: 2525: 2521: 2513: 2510: 2509: 2508: 2505: 2503: 2502:Bass-baritone 2500: 2498: 2495: 2493: 2490: 2486: 2483: 2481: 2478: 2476: 2473: 2471: 2468: 2467: 2466: 2463: 2459: 2456: 2455: 2454: 2451: 2449: 2446: 2443: 2439: 2436: 2434: 2433:Mezzo-soprano 2431: 2427: 2424: 2422: 2419: 2417: 2414: 2412: 2409: 2407: 2404: 2402: 2399: 2398: 2397: 2394: 2392: 2389: 2388: 2386: 2384: 2380: 2374: 2371: 2369: 2366: 2364: 2361: 2359: 2356: 2355: 2353: 2351: 2347: 2343: 2339: 2332: 2327: 2325: 2320: 2318: 2313: 2312: 2309: 2297: 2294: 2293: 2291: 2287: 2281: 2278: 2276: 2273: 2271: 2268: 2266: 2263: 2261: 2258: 2256: 2253: 2251: 2248: 2246: 2243: 2241: 2238: 2236: 2233: 2231: 2228: 2226: 2223: 2221: 2218: 2216: 2213: 2211: 2208: 2206: 2203: 2201: 2198: 2196: 2193: 2191: 2188: 2186: 2183: 2181: 2178: 2176: 2173: 2171: 2170:Mezzo-soprano 2168: 2166: 2165:Messa di voce 2163: 2161: 2158: 2156: 2153: 2151: 2148: 2146: 2143: 2141: 2138: 2136: 2133: 2131: 2128: 2126: 2123: 2121: 2118: 2116: 2113: 2111: 2108: 2106: 2103: 2101: 2098: 2096: 2093: 2091: 2088: 2086: 2083: 2081: 2078: 2076: 2073: 2071: 2068: 2066: 2063: 2061: 2058: 2056: 2053: 2051: 2048: 2046: 2043: 2041: 2038: 2036: 2033: 2031: 2028: 2026: 2023: 2021: 2018: 2016: 2013: 2012: 2010: 2006: 2000: 1997: 1995: 1992: 1990: 1987: 1985: 1982: 1980: 1977: 1975: 1974:Literaturoper 1972: 1970: 1967: 1965: 1964:Kapellmeister 1962: 1960: 1957: 1955: 1952: 1950: 1947: 1946: 1944: 1940: 1934: 1931: 1929: 1926: 1924: 1921: 1919: 1916: 1914: 1911: 1909: 1906: 1904: 1901: 1899: 1896: 1894: 1891: 1889: 1886: 1884: 1881: 1879: 1876: 1874: 1871: 1870: 1868: 1864: 1858: 1855: 1853: 1850: 1848: 1845: 1843: 1840: 1838: 1835: 1833: 1830: 1828: 1825: 1823: 1820: 1818: 1815: 1813: 1810: 1808: 1805: 1803: 1800: 1798: 1795: 1793: 1790: 1788: 1787:Breeches role 1785: 1784: 1782: 1778: 1773: 1770: 1763: 1758: 1756: 1751: 1749: 1744: 1743: 1740: 1728: 1727:Voice leading 1725: 1723: 1720: 1718: 1715: 1712: 1709: 1707: 1704: 1702: 1699: 1697: 1694: 1692: 1689: 1687: 1684: 1682: 1679: 1677: 1674: 1670: 1667: 1666: 1665: 1662: 1660: 1657: 1655: 1652: 1650: 1647: 1645: 1642: 1640: 1637: 1635: 1634: 1630: 1629: 1626: 1622: 1615: 1610: 1608: 1603: 1601: 1596: 1595: 1592: 1584: 1579: 1575: 1570: 1566: 1564:0-520-02376-5 1560: 1556: 1555: 1550: 1546: 1542: 1541:0-12-691901-1 1538: 1534: 1529: 1525: 1524:0-88275-604-4 1521: 1517: 1513: 1508: 1504: 1499: 1498: 1486: 1482: 1476: 1469: 1463: 1455: 1451: 1447: 1443: 1439: 1435: 1430: 1425: 1421: 1417: 1413: 1406: 1399: 1395: 1389: 1387: 1378: 1374: 1370: 1366: 1362: 1358: 1354: 1350: 1346: 1342: 1335: 1329:, p. 11. 1328: 1327:Erickson 1975 1323: 1314: 1307: 1301: 1293: 1291:0-393-02193-9 1287: 1283: 1276: 1269: 1263: 1256: 1255:9780563084556 1252: 1248: 1242: 1235: 1234:3-540-76173-X 1231: 1227: 1223: 1219: 1215: 1211: 1205: 1198: 1197:Erickson 1975 1193: 1186: 1185:Erickson 1975 1181: 1172: 1163: 1156: 1155:Erickson 1975 1151: 1147: 1137: 1134: 1133: 1127: 1125: 1121: 1111: 1088: 1084: 1077: 1072: 1069: 1066: 1062: 1053: 1049: 1042: 1037: 1034: 1031: 1027: 1020: 1015: 1011: 1000: 996: 989: 984: 981: 978: 974: 966: 962: 958: 953: 949: 945: 940: 936: 929: 924: 920: 909: 905: 898: 893: 890: 887: 883: 876: 872: 866: 861: 857: 849: 848: 847: 844: 840: 830: 828: 824: 820: 815: 813: 809: 805: 795: 793: 789: 785: 781: 776: 773: 770: 763: 747: 745: 741: 737: 733: 732:orchestration 729: 725: 721: 717: 713: 712: 707: 701: 696: 690: 677: 675: 671: 670: 665: 661: 657: 656:orchestration 647: 645: 641: 637: 636:ADSR envelope 633: 624: 615: 613: 609: 605: 601: 597: 593: 589: 585: 582: 578: 574: 570: 567: 563: 559: 554: 553:instruments. 552: 548: 544: 540: 536: 532: 528: 524: 520: 516: 515: 510: 503: 499: 494: 484: 482: 472: 469: 468: 464: 461: 460: 456: 454: 451: 450: 446: 444: 441: 440: 436: 433: 432: 428: 425: 424: 420: 417: 416: 412: 409: 408: 404: 402: 398: 397: 393: 390: 389: 386: 385: 381: 379: 378: 374: 373: 370: 367: 365: 357: 353: 350: 347: 343: 339: 335: 332: 331:Time envelope 329: 327: 324: 321: 317: 316: 315: 313: 302: 300: 296: 286: 284: 280: 276: 272: 268: 264: 260: 256: 252: 248: 244: 240: 236: 232: 228: 224: 220: 216: 212: 208: 204: 200: 191: 189: 185: 184:effects units 181: 177: 173: 169: 164: 162: 156: 154: 150: 146: 142: 138: 134: 130: 126: 120: 66: 49: 45: 41: 37: 33: 29: 22: 3073:Vocal weight 3047: 3038:Sprechgesang 3033:Scat singing 2930:Countertenor 2824:Sign singing 2819:Scat singing 2705: 2701:Rustle noise 2668: 2647: 2606:Vocal weight 2595: 2470:Haute-contre 2453:Countertenor 2225:Solita forma 2105:Da capo aria 1999:Sprechgesang 1959:Kammersänger 1922: 1898:Haute-contre 1852:Sung-through 1705: 1631: 1582: 1573: 1553: 1532: 1515: 1502: 1484: 1480: 1475: 1462: 1419: 1415: 1405: 1393: 1344: 1340: 1334: 1322: 1313: 1305: 1300: 1281: 1275: 1267: 1262: 1246: 1241: 1209: 1204: 1199:, p. 6. 1192: 1187:, p. 5. 1180: 1171: 1162: 1157:, p. 7. 1150: 1117: 1109: 836: 826: 816: 801: 777: 768: 715: 709: 704: 699: 688: 667: 653: 644:synthesizers 631: 629: 571: 566:concert band 555: 542: 539:subharmonics 535:whole number 512: 506: 478: 470:Final sound 401:rustle noise 383: 382: 376: 375: 368: 361: 308: 292: 270: 266: 262: 258: 254: 250: 242: 239:John Tyndall 234: 230: 210: 206: 202: 199:Tone quality 198: 197: 165: 157: 137:musical note 129:tone quality 128: 124: 64: 62: 46:played on a 32: 3137:Vocal coach 3127:Vocal music 3058:Vocal range 3013:Lead vocals 2998:Death growl 2988:Chest voice 2809:Oversinging 2601:Vocal range 2556:Chest voice 2485:Heldentenor 2391:Boy soprano 2205:Prima donna 2180:Opera seria 2100:Convenienze 2090:Comprimario 2080:Chiaroscuro 1842:Patter song 1837:Opera house 1792:Chest voice 839:tristimulus 788:power chord 700:Die Walküre 689:Die Walküre 669:Die Walküre 575:wrote that 558:tuning note 509:frequencies 410:Coloration 364:white noise 139:, sound or 40:Spectrogram 3152:Categories 3096:Microphone 3008:Head voice 2983:Coloratura 2900:Voice type 2851:Beatboxing 2829:Sing-along 2782:A cappella 2581:Pedal tone 2571:Head voice 2401:Coloratura 2383:Voice type 2296:Hovsångare 2215:Ritornello 2210:Recitative 2200:Portamento 2160:Melodramma 2135:Intermezzo 2130:Impresario 2120:Falsettone 2085:Coloratura 1913:Répétiteur 1807:Head voice 1495:References 1487:51:162–71. 1268:Gramophone 1114:Brightness 823:brightness 780:rock music 769:(See also 640:transients 547:inharmonic 377:Subjective 305:Attributes 277:, such as 235:tone color 231:Klangfarbe 203:tone color 125:tone color 63:In music, 3173:Acoustics 3043:Tessitura 3018:Passaggio 2935:Contralto 2920:Baritenor 2591:Tessitura 2576:Passaggio 2566:Extension 2492:Baritenor 2458:Sopranist 2438:Contralto 2406:Soubrette 2373:Vocal fry 2270:Tessitura 2195:Pasticcio 2190:Passaggio 2125:Fioritura 2095:Contralto 2065:Cantabile 2055:Cabaletta 2035:Bel canto 1994:Spieloper 1989:Sitzprobe 1984:Singspiel 1979:Regieoper 1969:Leitmotif 1903:Intermède 1893:Entr'acte 1857:Surtitles 1827:Monodrama 1822:Melodrama 1817:Mad scene 1774:by origin 1717:Ululation 1438:0031-5117 1369:0001-4966 1270:(June): . 1142:Footnotes 1063:∑ 1028:∑ 975:∑ 884:∑ 843:harmonics 562:orchestra 556:When the 543:divisions 527:harmonics 523:overtones 487:Harmonics 479:See also 384:Objective 243:clangtint 176:sul tasto 3003:Falsetto 2993:Crooning 2915:Baritone 2884:Vocables 2839:Lip sync 2728:Waveform 2723:Tonality 2691:Overtone 2676:Loudness 2535:Sub-bass 2497:Baritone 2448:Castrato 2421:Dramatic 2363:Falsetto 2342:register 2250:Stagione 2220:Sinfonia 2145:Libretto 2115:Falsetto 2075:Cavatina 2070:Castrato 2050:Burletta 2045:Brindisi 1933:Travesti 1908:Overture 1847:Prompter 1802:Duodrama 1713:(figure) 1696:Sequence 1681:Phrasing 1664:Ornament 1644:Interval 1633:Balungan 1551:(1975). 1485:Acustica 1454:44778763 1446:11143454 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Index

Timbre (disambiguation)
Timber

Spectrogram
suspended chord
Fender Stratocaster
/ˈtæmbər,ˈtɪm-,ˈtæ̃-/
psychoacoustics
musical note
tone
oboe
clarinet
woodwind instruments
pitch
spectrum
envelope
sul tasto
sul ponticello
effects units
graphic equalizers
texture
multiple, interweaving melody lines
a singable melody accompanied by subordinate chords
Hermann von Helmholtz
John Tyndall
Alexander Ellis
colors of noise
pink
white
Acoustical Society of America

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