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tone colour
noun
- the quality of a musical sound that is conditioned or distinguished by the upper partials or overtones present in it Often shortened totone See also timbre
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The clarina has been found more practical and more effective in producing the desired tone-colour.
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The seed from which our modern wealth of harmony and tone colour sprang was the perfect major triad.
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The suggestion, at the beginning, of the rising sun, is a mighty example of the overwhelming power of tone-colour.
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Certain brief scenes in Verdi's opera are Egyptian in tone colour.
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The movement is long, thoughtful, and no less apt in invention than rich and glowing in tone-colour.
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