Definitions
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- adjective Of or pertaining to the
timbre of a sound
Etymologies
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Examples
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It seems to me that what classical musicians learn aurally is largely rhythmic and timbral, which is a different proposition than being expected to learn a series of pitches by ear.
All your compliments and your cutting remarks / Are captured here in my quotation marks
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Led by playing of uncommon mellowness and timbral purity from clarinetist Anthony McGill, enhanced by the elegant understatement of veteran violist Michael Tree and the character-rich keyboard work of pianist Anna Polonsky, they brought out the genial warmth in Mozart's writing.
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What's more, Mr. Curatolo's voice is not merely "admirably precise" -- it is quite gorgeous, actually, and thoroughly at home within the minute timbral variations of vintage McCartney.
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What's more, Mr. Curatolo's voice is not merely "admirably precise" -- it is quite gorgeous, actually, and thoroughly at home within the minute timbral variations of vintage McCartney.
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"Movement" coasts on a stasis of guitar washes, but is able to transcend the lack of timbral variety with engaging, layered harmonic interplay.
Daniel J. Kushner: Anti-Cinematic: The Music of Kyle Bobby Dunn
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What's more, Mr. Curatolo's voice is not merely "admirably precise" -- it is quite gorgeous, actually, and thoroughly at home within the minute timbral variations of vintage McCartney.
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"Movement" coasts on a stasis of guitar washes, but is able to transcend the lack of timbral variety with engaging, layered harmonic interplay.
Daniel J. Kushner: Anti-Cinematic: The Music of Kyle Bobby Dunn
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The piece makes much of the timbral overlap between cello and violin, and relates to a wider "web" of chamber pieces.
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What's more, Mr. Curatolo's voice is not merely "admirably precise"--it is quite gorgeous, actually, and thoroughly at home within the minute timbral variations of vintage McCartney.
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What's more, Mr. Curatolo's voice is not merely "admirably precise"--it is quite gorgeous, actually, and thoroughly at home within the minute timbral variations of vintage McCartney.
qroqqa commented on the word timbral
"Pertaining to musical timbre", heard just now on the wireless twice in quick succession, pronounced (by a USAan) three syllables 'tæːmbərəl, from the de-nasalized 'timbre' 'tæːmbər.
November 11, 2008