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In music, timbre (/ˈtæmbər, ˈtɪm-, ˈtæ̃-/), also known as tone color or tone quality (from psychoacoustics), is the perceived sound of a musical note, sound or tone. Timbre distinguishes sounds according to their source, such as choir voices and musical instruments.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| bright | instance of | the sound of a musical instrument may be described with words | 0.80 | text |
| dark | instance of | the sound of a musical instrument may be described with words | 0.80 | text |
| warm | instance of | the sound of a musical instrument may be described with words | 0.80 | text |
| harsh | instance of | the sound of a musical instrument may be described with words | 0.80 | text |
| and other terms | instance of | the sound of a musical instrument may be described with words | 0.80 | text |
| the stringed rebab or the voice | instance of | the inharmonic spectra of Balinese metallophones combined with harmonic instruments | 0.80 | text |
| are related to the five-note near-equal tempered slendro scale commonly found in Indonesian gamelan music.EnvelopeThe timbre of a sound is also greatly affected by the following aspects of its envelope | instance of | the inharmonic spectra of Balinese metallophones combined with harmonic instruments | 0.80 | text |
| are related to the five-note near-equal tempered slendro scale commonly found in Indonesian gamelan music | instance of | the inharmonic spectra of Balinese metallophones combined with harmonic instruments | 0.80 | text |
| the spectral centroid | instance of | using a measure | 0.80 | text |
| Timbre | related to ASA definition | The Acoustical Society | 0.60 | section |
| Timbre | related to ASA definition | America | 0.60 | section |
| Timbre | related to ASA definition | ASA | 0.60 | section |
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