WHAT IS TIMBRE?Timbre (pronunced "TAM-BER") is the quality that lets you know which is the SOUND SOURCE or
the KIND OF SOUND. It is called the COLOR OF MUSIC.
If a flute plays a note, and then an oboe plays the same note (same pitch), for the same length of time, at the same intensity, you can still easily distinguish between the two sounds, because a flute sounds different from an oboe. This difference is in the timbre of the sounds.
IN PHYSICS it depends on the WAVES FORM or the HARMONICS combination in the vibrations.
IN MUSIC we have different types of voice:
the KIND OF SOUND. It is called the COLOR OF MUSIC.
If a flute plays a note, and then an oboe plays the same note (same pitch), for the same length of time, at the same intensity, you can still easily distinguish between the two sounds, because a flute sounds different from an oboe. This difference is in the timbre of the sounds.
IN PHYSICS it depends on the WAVES FORM or the HARMONICS combination in the vibrations.
IN MUSIC we have different types of voice:
Different instruments: shapes, material, how to play them
We
can play a string intrument bowed (violin), plucked (guitar) or
beated (piano)
We can play woodwinds or brass blowed
We can play percussion instruments shaken (maracas), tapped (bongo) or banged (drumkit)
