#timbre__timber__quality__tone the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet"
supertype: #sound_property_or_value__sound_property__soundproperty an attribute of sound
subtype: #resonance.timbre the quality imparted to voiced speech sounds by the action of the resonating chambers of the throat and mouth and nasal cavities
subtype: #color.timbre__colour the timbre of a musical sound; "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music"
subtype: #harshness__harshnes__roughnes harsh or rough to the ear
subtype: #gruffness__gruffnes__hoarsenes__huskiness__huskines a throaty harshness
subtype: #mellowness__fullness__richness the property of a sound that has a rich and pleasing timbre
subtype: #nasality a quality of the voice that is produced by nasal resonators
subtype: #nasal_twang__nasaltwang__twang exaggerated nasality in speech (as in some regional dialects)
subtype: #plangency__reverberance__ringing__sonorousnes__vibrancy having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant
subtype: #shrillness__stridence__stridency having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound
subtype: #register the timbre characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice
subtype: #head_register__head_voice__head_tone the higher ranges of the voice in speaking or singing; the vibrations of sung notes are felt in the head
subtype: #falsetto a male singing voice with artificially high tones in an upper register
subtype: #chest_register__chestregister__chest_voice__chestvoice__chest_tone__chesttone the lower ranges of the voice in speaking or singing
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