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What is another word for timbres?

Pronunciation: [tˈambəz] (IPA)

Timbres refer to the tonal quality or colour of a sound. Synonyms for timbres may include the term "tone," which refers to the character or quality of a sound, and "timbre," which is used to describe the tonal quality of a musical note or sound. Other possible synonyms include "resonance," which is the quality of a sound that makes it more or less prominent, "sonority," which refers to the character or quality of tone, and "vibration." These words are often used interchangeably to describe the sound quality of musical instruments, voices, and other sound-producing entities.
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For the first time in the Christian world, the beauties of tonal timbres were made audible-almost visible; the quality appealed to the eye, the inner eye.
"Melomaniacs"
James Huneker
The man's quick ear detected many new, rich timbres, as if made by strange instruments.
"Melomaniacs"
James Huneker
The voice is often seriously impaired in using the high notes in both chest and head registers, by forcing of the high notes, and exaggerating the timbres and, if often renewed, will eventually destroy the best voice and the tremolo follows in consequence and the once promising voice is lost and forever inevitably destroyed.
"Sixty Years of California Song"
Margaret Blake-Alverson

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