– Timbre is also Called Tone Colour
– Real World Instruments have a Fundamental Frequency that Determines the Musical “Pitch” Plus other Harmonic Frequencies that Determine the “Timbre”
– the Timbre is what Makes One Voice or Instrument Sound Different from another
– Timbre is Spectra (Tonal Quality = Sound Spectrum, Partials) & Envelope (Shape = Attack, Sustain, Release, Decay)
– Tonal Quality of a Sound (Violin and a Flute at the same Pitch have a different Tonal Quality)
– Timbre is also a Envelope which is the Shape in Time characterised by its Attack, its Steady State and its Decay
– What is a Instrument Made Of also Defines a Timbre (Wood, Metal, Plastic etc.)
– or the Shape and Size (Shortest Strings on the Piano are the Highest and Vice Versa)
– How is that Sound Made (Hit something, String something, Breath into something etc.)
– all these are the Key to Unique Timbres of Instruments and Human Voices
– it can be Helpful to Give Each Instrument a Timbre a Different Color and by Mixing the Instruments you Get New Colours (Just as an Orchestra Creates a Mix of Timbres and a Painting a Mix of Colours)
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