tone colour or quality of sound heard

(Fr.) : The tone color that distinguishes the character of an instrumental or vocal sound. One speaks of the nasal timbre of the oboe or the dark timbre of the contralto voice.

The characteristic tone of a voice or instrument; a function of harmonics.

Tone color, or the particular sound of an instrument. The timbre of a trumpet, for example, is bright and brassy while the timbre of cello is mellow and warm.

The characteristic or quality of sound that distinguishes one instrument, voice, or sound source from another.

Timbre is a word that relates to the of the fundamental frequency to the level and number of the associated harmonics. The human ear can perceive differences in timbre. For example, two different instruments, such as a saxophone and a flute playing the same note or fundamental at the same loudness is sound different to the listener, due to the two instruments different number and level of related harmonics, which is also produced at the same time as the fundamental. The two instruments are said to have a difference in timbre.

The tone of a sound, which can range from clear to buzzing.

the subjective experience that identifies a particular sound and corresponds most closely to the mixture of sound waves composing it. (177)

(tam-burr) Same as tone color.

Tone quality resulting from a given alignment of fundamental and partials.

The tonal quality of a voice or instrument (e.g., raspy, rough, smooth, clear, etc.).

the quality of a sound related to its harmonic structure. Timbre is what gives a voice or instrument its sonic signature — why a trumpet and a saxophone sound different when they play the same note.

Tone color. The quality of a sound that distinguishes it from other sounds with the same pitch and volume.

The quality or colour of the tone.

The combination of harmonic frequencies in voices or instruments which give them their characteristic quality. Synonyms: 'Quality', 'Sonority', 'Tone Colour'.

The recognizable characteristic sound "signature" of a musical instrument, by which it is possible to tell an oboe, for example, from a flute when both are sounding the same note.

another word for tone

the distinctive tone quality of a sound

The tonal characteristics of an instrument that give it its own distinct sound which distinguishes it from other instruments.

Timbre is that attribute of auditory sensation in terms of which a listener can judge that two sounds similarly presented and have the same loudness and pitch are dissimilar. Put more simply, it relates to the quality of a sound Tone A tone is a sound wave capable of evoking an audiotory sensation having pitch

(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"

How an instrument sounds. The technical definition has to do with how an instrument amplifies the overtones of a note. Intuitively, it's that distinct sound that makes a piano a piano and not an oboe. If someone played a note on a piano, You would know, without looking, that a piano had been played, and not some other instrument.

The type of sound produced by an instrument or voice

the quality of a tone or sound.

tone color, an acoustical property of sound that makes it possible to distinguish between different musical instruments

The tonal "colour" of a sound. (Pronounced "Tamber")

The overall effect or quality of a bell's sound.

pronounced tamb'r] Tone quality, characteristic instrumental sound. Not especially a jazz term, but note that timbre is one of the basic dimensions of music along with rhythm, melody and harmony. Students sometimes have trouble developing a real jazz timbre. For the piano the word 'touch' is more usual.

The essential distinctive perceived quality of a sound, separate from loudness and pitch. That which allows us to recognize whether the same note has been played by a piano or a guitar, a clarinet or a trumpet, or sung by Pavarotti or Sinatra.

often referred to as tone quality; the quality of sound that distinguishes one instrument or voice from another

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. This term is rarely used in traditional-music circles, although the concept is important.

the characteristic sound of an instrument

Tone color. It's the quality of sound that makes one instrument or voice sound different from another. For example, a flute has a different timbre than a clarinet.

see tone colour

The blend of harmonics or overtones which distinguish the same note played from two different sources. (Tone Color.)

Quality of musical tone; thin, thick, light, dark, sharp, dull, smooth, rough, warm, cold, etc.

The tonal color of a sound, which reflects its harmonic content and envelope.

The quality of a sound that distinguishes one voice or instrument from another. Also tone color.

The timbre of the instrument is what makes an instrument sound like that instrument and not another, even though the other instrument may be playing the same pitch.

tam-bruh] Synonymous with tone color. The acoustical properties of a specific instrument or voice which contribute to its distinctive sound. For example, a flute has a different timbre than a clarinet.

Sounds of the instruments or voices. Mood of music - changes from happy/light to loud/angry.

The quality, or color, of a tone as it is produced on a specific instrument, as distinct from the different quality of the same tone played on some other instrument.

The unique quality of sound that distinguishes one type of instrument from all others.

The distinctive quality of tone of a sound.

The quality given to a sound, particularly a musical sound, by its overtones. In audio, a popular term describing the basic tonal quality of a sound system, particularly the speakers.

How the ear identifies and classifies sound. Example: the timbre of the same note played by two different instruments (flute and tuba) will not be the same.

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.

quality of the tone; depends upon the quality of the voice and the skill of the per­former; color tone.

the property of a sound that distinguishes it from all other. Tone color.

(tahmb). The characteristic quality of the sound produced by a particular voice or instrument.

The characteristics that differentiate one instrument, voice or sound from another. It can be thought of as the texture or characteristics that define a sound. Notes of the same pitch and volume may have a different timbre. In electronic music, timbre sometimes refers to a synthesizer voice or patch (see Multitimbral).

The general sound characteristics of a cymbal.

A unique quality of sound.

The characteristic quality of a sound, independent of pitch and loudness, depending on the number and relative strengths of its component frequencies, as determined by resonance.

An attribute of auditory sensation by which two sounds with the same loudness and pitch can be judged dissimilar.

Tone color or quality

The quality distinguishing a tone of a given pitch sounded by one instrument from that sounded by another. The differences are due to overtones and other impurities. See also overtone.

A term that describes the quality of vocal output, as the pure tone is enhanced by its overtones.

(1) Tone color. (2) One of the building blocks of a patch in a Roland synthesizer. Pronounced "tam-br."

In music, timbre, also timber (from Fr. timbre), (IPA /'tæmbəɹ/ as in the first two syllables of tambourine, or /'tɪmbəɹ/, like timber), is the quality of a musical note or sound that distinguishes different types of sound production or musical instruments. The physical characteristics of sound that mediate the perception of timbre include spectrum and envelope. Timbre is also known in psychoacoustics as sound quality or sound color.