timbre

Example Sentences

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Silvestrov’s instructions call for a baritone that sounds like a tenor, and Krimmel, with his clarified timbre and gossamer top notes, fits the brief exquisitely.

From New York Times

Scott Johnson, a composer and guitarist who forged an original style involving the rhythmic cadences of speech and the gestures and timbres of popular music, died on Friday in Manhattan.

From New York Times

Yet with a little sugar, and a simmering dembow beat, Towers’ gristly timbre elasticized into a warm, caramelized tone all his own.

From Los Angeles Times

They share the same voice, except one imagines the actor trading in the desert's worth of sand in his timbre for a mountain of Keystone state gravel.

From Salon

As she listened, she would pick apart details like phrasing, timbre and vibrato, exploring what made one singer different to another.

From BBC