TIMBRE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster Timber and Timbre the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as; the resonance by which the ear recognizes and identifies a voiced speech sound… See the full definition
definition and examples of timbre - Music Theory Academy Timbre Definition Timbre can be defined as describing the tone-colour or tone quality of a sound It is how we identify the difference between the quality of tone of one instrument voice from another For example, if a flute and an oboe are playing the same note, the pitch may be the same, but the timbre of each of the sounds is very different