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Another word for timbre

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Noun

  1. A sound of distinct pitch and quality

      1. The timbre of a singing voice or an instrument.
      1. A sound of distinct pitch, quality, and duration; a note.
      2. The interval of a major second in the diatonic scale; a whole step.
      3. A recitational melody in a Gregorian chant.
      1. A system or arrangement of seven tones built on a tonic key.
      2. The arrangement of all the tones and chords of a composition in relation to a tonic.
      3. The scheme or interrelation of the tones in a painting.
    See also:

    sounds

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Another word for timbre

Noun
  1. See also:

    pitch

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • Hence we must put down the quality or timbre as depending on the form.

  • The Scottish timbre is rarely wanting, even in places where scholastic or classical custom might have claimed, as in other literatures, an exclusive privilege.

  • The substance which determines the form of a column of air is demonstrabl y indifferent for the timbre or quality of tone so long as the sides of the tubes are equally elastic and rigid.

  • The quality or timbre of sound, i.e.

  • Timbre itself is, as Helmholtz shows, a kind of harmony felt but not heard.

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