As he wondered how long he had been engaged in watching Dave's blunders and jerked out the brass watch to see, his voice rumbled and boomed with a jarring timbre and suddenness that make Dave jump.
It will be found that the low muscles of the body exert more strength on sombertimbre than on clear tone.
In the clear timbre of the voice, the bright tone, the ring of high placing, predominates.
Again, give utterance to tone or words which express sadness, sorrow, or intense pleading, using the somber timbre of the voice, and much more strength will be required.
In clear tone or timbre there is more reed effect than flute.
In these days poetry is usually a flower of evil or good; but it is the timbre of poetry that wears most surely, and there is no timbre that has not strong roots among the clay and worms.
One night I must sing a part with thick, heavy, rich tones; the next night my tones must be thinned out in quite another timbre of the voice, to fit an opposite character.
They all sing the great florid arias, but each with her own peculiar timbre of voice, her individual nuance and manner of expression.
It is suggested that the name clarinet or clarinetto was bestowed on account of the resemblance in timbre between the high registers of the clarino and clarinet.
The timbre resulting from the combination of conical bore and single-reed mouthpiece has in the lowest register affinities with the cor anglais, in the middle with the saxophone, and in the highest with the clarinet.
As it is with mechanical improvements, so is it to a still greater degree with changes in the function of timbre in art.
Timbre itself is, as Helmholtz shows, a kind of harmony felt but not heard.
The two described as being partly controlled by composer and partly by the interpreter are timbre and phrasing, and we shall accordingly treat these first.
Timbre or tone-quality is less important than either tempo or dynamics, and is obviously less under the control of the conductor.
And yet its present purity of timbre was like a normal and natural part of her, like her heavy tresses and glorious eyes or the brave strong soul of her.
Signore Cole, we give again to the world a great voice, a ripe full-throated organ, with flexibility, with a timbre magnifico!
For instance, he did not like the combination of piano and orchestra, nor the timbre of a string quartet or quintet, and least of all the effect of the piano with one or more stringed instruments.
The timbre of her voice was more like the oboe than the flute, and was penetrated by such indescribable beauty, warmth, and passion, that everyone who heard it was fascinated and carried away.
The tinny voice behind his head, its timbre changed by the weighting of its diaphragm, said: "All readings check within accuracy of instruments.
The roar of the pushpots outside the ship had long since lost the volume and timbre of normal atmosphere.
Further removed stand the celesta, glockenspiel and xylophone, which instruments, though melodic, are too characteristic in timbre to be employed over frequently.
The influence of the timbre of one group on another is noticeable when the groups are doubled; for instance, when the wood-wind timbre is closely allied to the strings on the one hand, and to the brass on the other.
Chords in three-part harmony are generally given to two instruments of one timbre and a third instrument of another, but never to three different timbres.
The object is to attain great purity and abundance of tone, without impairing the timbre of the solo instrument (especially in the high and low registers), or to produce a certain highly-coloured effect.
The question as to which group will predominate in timbre depends upon the number of instruments employed.
Resonance is greatly reduced, the silvery tone of the instrument so lost and a timbre resembling that of the oboe and Eng.
Considering the instruments it comprises, the string group offers a fair variety of colour, and contrast in compass, but this diversity of range and timbre is subtle and not easily discerned.
We frequently meet with the combination of strings and wood-wind in the light of comparison of one timbre with another, either in long sustained notes, or tremolando in the strings.
The shrill timbre of the shriek cut through the roaring of the motors, even through the thick padding of the big plane's cabin walls that reduced that roaring to a not intolerable growl.
The whistling changed in timbre and became flutelike, then changed again, nearly to its original pitch and tone.
He would smile and frown, laugh and shout, growl and whine, the pitch and timbre of his inarticulate utterance indicating the emotion which prompted it to about the same degree as does an intelligent dog's language to his master.
Every musical sound, if of a timbre at all rich (and hence pre-eminently the human voice), contains some of these upper partials.
The peculiar timbre of her voice, with its modulations of audacity and sadness, would have given interest to the most inane chatter.
Even Tim blanched; for in the voice he recognized the timbre of insanity.
His voice, deep and resonant with a timbre that went to women's hearts, thrilled her delightfully.
There was something in the very timbre of his voice which seemed to assume Ruby's agreement.
But now he realized that its timbre was completely changed by some emotion which had for the moment entire possession of her.
The timbre of the accordion is coarse and devoid of beauty, but in the hands of a skilful performer the best instruments are not entirely without artistic merit.
The timbre is crystal and pure, like clear, running water.
The quality or timbre of the adult woman’s voice is wholly unlike that of the child’s thin register.
It is again proven by the continual improvement in the power and timbre of the tone through this period, always premising, be it understood, that the voice is used properly, and never forced beyond its natural capabilities.
Strength or loudness of tone is determined primarily by the width or amplitude of the vibrations of the vocal membrane, and quality or timbre is determined by the form of the vibration.
The strength and timbre of the male falsetto depends partly upon the character of the vocal bands and partly of course upon the size and shape of the resonance cavities.
This stamp was discovered by the present author, and was first chronicled in an article by him in Le Timbre Poste, of February, 1873.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "timbre" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: color; coloring; inflection; key; mood; spirit; temper; timbre; tonality; tone; voice
