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(redirected from Tone colour)

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The babies were presented with sequences of sounds of different tone colour - different musical instruments, if you like - but all of the same pitch.
In the Chamber Music, the soft tone of clarinettist Ludmila Peterkova and the tone colour of Jiri Barta's cello play are used to wonderful effect.
It is a measure of Simpson's astonishing maturity, even at just 19, that he can play up to three repeated phrases, and give each one a different life and tone colour.
 
 
 
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