tone colour
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Stockhausen's message – that melody, rhythm, harmony and tone colour were all aspects of vibration – held enormous appeal for him.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 5, 2012
The pianist's touch is the immediate producer of whatever variety or colour of tone the moment requires, whereas the organist is powerless to produce any change of tone colour except by pulling a different stop.
From Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered by Josef Hofmann
Just as these shadow languages of speech may distort or even absolutely reverse the meaning of the spoken word, so can tone colour and harmony change the meaning of a musical phrase.
From Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University by W. J. (Winton James) Baltzell
Lack of tone colour is not to be cured by cultivating a number of different sizes and shapes for the mouth and a selection of assorted smiles for the features.
From Spirit and Music by H. Ernest Hunt
One is the method of giving relief to form by contrasts of tone, colour, or tint.
From Line and Form (1900) by Walter Crane
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