timbres

Just as in Western music, there is a sound ideal in the music of China that originates in the language itself and runs from vocal production through the timbres of individual instruments to the sonorities of a full orchestra.

China Anhui Traditional Orchestra offers variety, energy 2011

But maybe even more remarkable than this instrumental interplay were the high, ravaged vocals of Ardoin, his coarse, dirty timbres possessed of an otherworldly quality akin to leather-throated bluesmen such as Patton and Blind Willie Johnson.

Review: 'Mama, I'll Be Long Gone' finally delivers a Cajun innovator his honor 2011

But so it went ... and the next time Gil and I met we were in a custom-fashioned sound booth (courtesy of Gil), made just for making noise with paper -- paper of all textures, thicknesses, grains, and timbres.

George Heymont: There's Art Right at Your Fingertips! George Heymont 2010

But maybe even more remarkable than this instrumental interplay were the high, ravaged vocals of Ardoin, his coarse, dirty timbres possessed of an otherworldly quality akin to leather-throated bluesmen such as Patton and Blind Willie Johnson.

Album review: "Mama I'll Be Long Gone: The Complete Recordings of Amede Ardoin" 2011

And why shouldn't they be, considering that their musical powers—in particular, their high notes and distinctive timbres—are undiminished, not to mention that they're able to swing players half their age into bad health?

Some Swinging Stalwarts and Surprises Will Friedwald 2011

But so it went ... and the next time Gil and I met we were in a custom-fashioned sound booth (courtesy of Gil), made just for making noise with paper -- paper of all textures, thicknesses, grains, and timbres.

George Heymont: There's Art Right At Your Fingertips! George Heymont 2010

Kallen envisioned a United States in the image of a great symphony orchestra, not sounding in unison the melting pot but rather one in which all the disparate cultures play in harmony while retaining their unique and distinctive tones and timbres.

Warren J. Blumenfeld: Challenging The Christian Month Of December Warren J. Blumenfeld 2011

Kallen envisioned a United States in the image of a great symphony orchestra, not sounding in unison the melting pot but rather one in which all the disparate cultures play in harmony while retaining their unique and distinctive tones and timbres.

Warren J. Blumenfeld: Challenging The Christian Month Of December Warren J. Blumenfeld 2011

But so it went ... and the next time Gil and I met we were in a custom-fashioned sound booth (courtesy of Gil), made just for making noise with paper -- paper of all textures, thicknesses, grains, and timbres.

George Heymont: There's Art Right At Your Fingertips! George Heymont 2010

Throughout most of the album, Dunn seems chiefly concerned with the timbres of the guitar and organ, and the varied textures these timbres can create as they move through a given phrase.

Daniel J. Kushner: Anti-Cinematic: The Music of Kyle Bobby Dunn Daniel J. Kushner 2011