MUS111H1 Lecture : Timbre
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Thursday, october 7, 2010 timbre/tone colour: timbre = tone colour = the sound of the sound i. e. bright/dark, cool/warm, smooth/raspy, thin/rich, clear/muddy, lean/dirty. Historical different of timbral preference: homogenous instruments of similar types i. e. perontinus, viderunt omnes (ca. very similar, all singing in the same ranger. all have the same similar tone colour: giovanni gabrieli, canzona duodecimi toni (1597) a lot of instruments were playing the same thing (the sound changes once things are slightly off) you can hear this because of the timbre. by doing this the sound becomes much richer: heterogeneous instruments of different types, i. e. j. s. warm: combinations of homogeneous and heterogeneous i. e. charles ives, the unanswered question (1906) trumpet darkened sound www. notesolution. com flutes start homogeneous, however, move towards being brighter and more piercing. Timbre as an element of performance i. e. alessandro scarlatti, si non dormite , cantata: hor che di.
