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| | Wicks Organ Company |
 | | They are the attack, or the very first instant of speech; the tone quality, or color that distinguishes one kind of sound from another; and the volume, or strength of the tone, each judged strictly by ear. | | | Exposed pipes give the organ tone brightness and clarity, illustrating the rule that what can be seen in the room can also be heard best in the room. | | | The pipes are in the chamber and the sound enters the church through the opening(s). |
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| | Articles - Timbre |
| | William Sethares (2004) wrote that just intonation and the western equal tempered scale are derived from the harmonic spectra/timbre of most western instruments. | | | Surpassing Debussy is Klangfarbenmelodie and surpassing that the use of sound masses. | | | The timbre of a sound is also greatly effected by the following factors: attack, decay, sustain, release, and transients. |
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http://www.zforever.com/articles/Timbre
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| | Claudio Abbado -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | American symphony orchestra based in Chicago, Ill., renowned for its distinctive tone and its recordings under such conductors as Fritz Reiner and Sir Georg Solti. | | | Founded by Theodore Thomas in 1891 as the Chicago Orchestra, it operated as the Theodore Thomas Orchestra from 1905 to 1913, when it was named the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. | | | Italian-born orchestra conductor Claudio Abbado succeeded André Previn in 1979 as principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO), a group he had directed regularly over the previous 13 years. |
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http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9003230
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| | definition of subdued |
| | Color, Conquered, Crushed, Glaring, In, Mild, Not, Of, Overpowered, Soft, Subdue, Submissive, Tone | | | Color, Conquered, Crushed, Glaring, Mild, Soft, Subdue, Submissive, Tone | | | Dictionary Home Add the "Word of the Day" to Your Site - it's Easy! |
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