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Timbre : The Color of Music
Title
Timbre : The Color of Music / Annenberg Learner (Firm).
Publication
[Place of publication not identified] : Annenberg Learner (Firm), [1999]
Distribution
New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Infobase, 2016.
Copyright Notice Date
©1999
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (1 video file (26 min., 3 sec.)) : sound, color.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Originally released by Annenberg Learner (Firm), 1999.
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on February 17, 2016.
Closed-captioned.
Title from distributor's description (Infobase, June 2, 2016)
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
The tone color of music- or "timbre," as we call it in the Western tradition- is influenced by both technical and aesthetic factors. This program examines the creation and effects of timbre in jazz, Indian, Arabic, Irish, Bosnian, and Renaissance musics.
Variant and related titles
Color of Music
Films on demand.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
Series
Exploring the World of Music
System details note
Streaming video file.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience
9 & up.
Contents
Defining Timbre (2:01)
Overtone Series (1:37)
Instrument Classification (3:16)
Timbre and the Instrument Maker (2:20)
Timbre and the Instrumentalist (2:15)
Tabla Timbre (2:04)
Oud Timbre (2:03)
Vocal Timbre (2:24)
Timbre and Early Music (5:47)
Credits: Timbre: The Color of Music-Exploring the World of Music (1:01)
Videorecording number
113456s Infobase
113463 Infobase
Genre/Form
Internet videos.
Also listed under
Annenberg Learner (Firm)
Infobase, film distributor.
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