Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The timbre or quality of a compound musical tone, due to the relative number and intensity of the harmonics present in it; acoustic color. See
clang , n., 2, harmonic, and quality. Also calledclang-color .
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In the first case, the reader must already know the music to appreciate the floundering description of its particular clang-tint; in the second, he or she must grasp elementary music theory.
Thomas Larson's 'The Saddest Music Ever Written,' reviewed by Michael Dirda 2010
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In the first case, the reader must already know the music to appreciate the floundering description of its particular clang-tint; in the second, he or she must grasp elementary music theory.
Thomas Larson's 'The Saddest Music Ever Written,' reviewed by Michael Dirda 2010
qms commented on the word clang-tint
The scholar discerns a strange hint
Of old in a modern arrangement,
Like shawms and timbrels
Or sackbuts and cymbals
That color a toccata's clang-tint.
August 24, 2014