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Timbre

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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In music history

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Tristimulus timbre model

Brightness

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Timbre

Nodes91
Edges90
Triples107
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.021978
Components1

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Timbre

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related to References · 48
Timbre → Academic Press, Acoustics, Albert Bregman, American Standard Acoustical Terminology, American Standards Association, Amsterdam, Aram Glorig, Baltimore, Berkeley, California Press, Co, Computer Music Journal, December, Dixon Ward, Elsevier, Erickson, GP-6-2, Hearing Musical Streams, Huntington, In Audiometry
related to history · 17
Timbre → Act, Berlioz, Debussy, Die Walküre, First, For, French, Instrumental, Mahler's, Norman Del Mar, Prélude, Scherzo, Sixth Symphony, Sleep, To, Wagner, Wagner's
related to Synonyms · 11
Timbre → Alexander Ellis, Determined, English, German Klangfarbe, Helmholtz, Hermann, However, In, John Tyndall, There, Tone
related to Attributes · 8
Timbre → ADSR, Changes, For, Many, Prefix, Range, Robert Erickson, Schouten
related to External links · 5
Timbre → An Exploration, John Grey, Musical Timbre, Ph, Thesis
related to ASA definition · 4
Timbre → Acoustical Terminology, America, ASA, The Acoustical Society
related to Envelope · 4
Timbre → ADSR, For, The, Thus
related to Brightness · 1
Timbre → The

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sound also musical instruments music frequency instrument note playing harmonics color pitch fundamental sounds different even envelope brightness tone terms

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brightinstance ofthe sound of a musical instrument may be described with words0.80text
darkinstance ofthe sound of a musical instrument may be described with words0.80text
warminstance ofthe sound of a musical instrument may be described with words0.80text
harshinstance ofthe sound of a musical instrument may be described with words0.80text
and other termsinstance ofthe sound of a musical instrument may be described with words0.80text
the stringed rebab or the voiceinstance ofthe inharmonic spectra of Balinese metallophones combined with harmonic instruments0.80text
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 envelopeinstance ofthe inharmonic spectra of Balinese metallophones combined with harmonic instruments0.80text
are related to the five-note near-equal tempered slendro scale commonly found in Indonesian gamelan musicinstance ofthe inharmonic spectra of Balinese metallophones combined with harmonic instruments0.80text
the spectral centroidinstance ofusing a measure0.80text
Timbrerelated to ASA definitionThe Acoustical Society0.60section
Timbrerelated to ASA definitionAmerica0.60section
Timbrerelated to ASA definitionASA0.60section

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