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- ==Timbre== The tone is fatter and usually regarded as more mellow and dark than the trumpet or cornet. The sound of the flugelhorn has been described ...12 KB (1,704 words) - 20:41, 28 December 2023
- of gamelan music more clearly if only in timbre: "It was the sound itself ... human, performance and improvisation, timbre, rhythm, and the sense of ...11 KB (1,717 words) - 02:43, 15 March 2025
- #039;s pitch and various aspects of its timbre are very flexible, allowing ... range of expressions in pitch, volume, and timbre, especially in comparison ...19 KB (2,947 words) - 17:48, 28 March 2024
- ideas regarding orchestration and timbre became the subject of great admiration among the leading exponents of the avant-garde. == Webern's ...12 KB (1,713 words) - 06:59, 31 July 2023
- === Technique and timbre === Heifetz is considered to be one of the greatest violinists of the twentieth century, as he possessed an immaculate ...17 KB (2,485 words) - 08:45, 23 December 2024
- amounts of color and effect. Their unique timbre allows them to project even ... are much more rarely called for. Their timbre is entirely different, more ...15 KB (2,396 words) - 20:32, 28 December 2023
- of any melody are duration, pitch, and quality [timbre, texture, and loudness]." Such separate and single notes featuring duration, pitch, and ...8 KB (1,288 words) - 18:34, 19 December 2024
- Besides this, the timbre of almost any instrument is not exactly the same for all notes played on that instrument. For this reason a song that ...10 KB (1,613 words) - 02:12, 3 March 2025
- the heads produce a warmer, better quality timbre. Timpani heads are sized ... to wrap the head all contribute to the timbre the stick produces. ...25 KB (3,944 words) - 23:36, 30 April 2023
- series as well as a distinctly more transparent timbre. and the realization of a hushed, mellow timbre. Muting in the guitar family ...26 KB (3,682 words) - 21:00, 26 February 2023
- category:image wanted Little Walter (born Marion Walter Jacobs) (May 1, 1930 – February 15, 1968) was a blues singer, harmonica player, and ...9 KB (1,411 words) - 00:17, 12 March 2025
- decreases, and slow changes in the timbre of the interval's sound begin to appear—an effect known as beating. As the adjustment becomes ...10 KB (1,548 words) - 21:15, 13 September 2025
- in key, it at call refer to changes in tempo, timbre, and other musical parameters. As tonality emerged as the prevalent syntax of Western music ...13 KB (2,131 words) - 08:21, 1 June 2025
- Bengal. The bÄyÄñ has a much deeper bass timbre or tone, much like its distant cousin, the kettle drum. The playing technique for both drums ...11 KB (1,728 words) - 02:05, 27 February 2023
- centre of the dimo to create a penetrating buzzy timbre, is an art form in itself. The dimo covered mokong has a distinctive resonating effect ...13 KB (2,031 words) - 09:18, 15 January 2023
- or blowing techniques on the shakuhachi, the timbre of each possibility is taken into account when composing or playing. The shakuhachi has a range ...13 KB (2,089 words) - 12:20, 27 January 2023
- the snare drum's characteristic buzzing timbre. While the snare drum currently almost always uses metal wire rather than gut cord, the North ...15 KB (2,212 words) - 04:45, 18 April 2024
- Varèse's music features an emphasis on timbre and rhythm. He was the inventor of the term "organized sound," a phrase meaning ...13 KB (2,028 words) - 01:30, 16 January 2023
- music where a high-pitched harmony with a nasal timbre is sung over the main melody. Bluegrass harmonies often feature two voices with a dissonant ...15 KB (2,227 words) - 05:41, 16 November 2023
- vestiges of African origins in its rhythms and timbre, giving plaintive expression to experiences of oppression, cultural dislocation, and anomie. ...14 KB (2,084 words) - 04:32, 17 June 2023
