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tone colour

noun

  1. 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

The clarina has been found more practical and more effective in producing the desired tone-colour.

The seed from which our modern wealth of harmony and tone colour sprang was the perfect major triad.

The suggestion, at the beginning, of the rising sun, is a mighty example of the overwhelming power of tone-colour.

Certain brief scenes in Verdi's opera are Egyptian in tone colour.

The movement is long, thoughtful, and no less apt in invention than rich and glowing in tone-colour.

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