[shrill flute plays] the particular combination of overtones that you hear gives each Musical Instrument its own sound. [single note played on various instruments] you could play a note say a g on a guitar, and you could play that same note on a flute. The fundamental frequency of the note, the g, is the same, but the timbre is not. And what makes the timbre is the mix of the overtones that you hear along with the fundamental note. [choir sings] leek timbre for me is the very essence of a particular sound and the way that it can be developed or changed in its smallest part so that it becomes something else. It can be a very pure sound like for instance, ohhhhhhh, which is, in a timbre, is very pure, and if we start applying Different Things to it, for instance, we can change the timbre of the sound by just changing the way that we create the sound. Ohhhhaaaahh. And in fact, what i was doing was actually just opening up the vowel sound to explore the harmonic makeup of that sound. [ligh
Was provided by the Annenberg Cpb project. [middle eastern violin music] [we three kings played on saxophone] male narrator what is it that distinguishes the sound of one instrument or voice from another . [ensemble playing turkish music] what accounts for the infinite variety of sounds that can be produced . [airy flutelike music] the quality of sound of instruments and voices are influenced by a number of factors that taken together produce what is called tone color or timbre. [sticks clacking] [cultural music montage] [playing buzzing and whirring sounds on a jewsharp] brown timbre is tone quality, you know, when you listen to a sound, when you listen to a musical note, you hear several things. [throaty singing] you hear the basic note, but you also hear some overtones. You hear some other sounds that are generated. [shrill flute plays] the particular combination of overtones that you hear gives each Musical Instrument its own sound. [single note played on various instruments] you c
[airy flutelike music] the quality of sound of instruments and voices are influenced by a number of factors that taken together produce what is called tone color or timbre. [sticks clacking] [cultural music montage] [playing buzzing and whirring sounds on a jewsharp] brown timbre is tone quality, you know, when you listen to a sound, when you listen to a musical note, you hear several things. [throaty singing] you hear the basic note, but you also hear some overtones. You hear some other sounds that are generated. [shrill flute plays] the particular combination of overtones that you hear gives each Musical Instrument its own sound. [single note played on various instruments] you could play a note say a g on a guitar, and you could play that same note on a flute. The fundamental frequency of the note, the g, is the same, but the timbre is not. And what makes the timbre is the mix of the overtones that you hear along with the fundamental note. [choir sings] leek timbre for me is the very
[middle eastern violin music] [we three kings played on saxophone] male narrator what is it that distinguishes the sound of one instrument or voice from another . [ensemble playing turkish music] what accounts for the infinite variety of sounds that can be produced . [airy flutelike music] the quality of sound of instruments and voices are influenced by a number of factors that taken together produce what is called tone color or timbre. [sticks clacking] [cultural music montage] [playing buzzing and whirring sounds on a jewsharp] brown timbre is tone quality you know when you listen to a sound when you listen to a musical note, you hear several things. [throaty singing] you hear the basic note, but you also hear some overtones. You hear some other sounds that are generated. [shrill flute plays] the partic ular combination of overtones that you hear gives each Musical Instrument its own sound. [single note played on various instruments] you could play a note say a g on a guitar, and you
The sound of one instrument or voice from another . [ensemble playing turkish music] what accounts for the infinite variety of sounds that can be produced . [airy flutelike music] the quality of sound of instruments and voices are influenced by a number of factors that taken together produce what is called tone color or timbre. [sticks clacking] [cultural music montage] [playing buzzing and whirring sounds on a jewsharp] brown timbre is tone quality you know when you listen to a sound when you listen to a musical note, you hear several things. [throaty singing] you hear the basic note, but you also hear some overtones. You hear some other sounds that are generated. [shrill flute plays] the partic ular combination of overtones that you hear gives each Musical Instrument its own sound. [single note played on various instruments] you could play a note say a g on a guitar, and you could play that same note on a flute. The fundamental frequency of the note, the g, is the same but the timbre