timbrally

Adverb

timbrally (not comparable)

1. With regard to timbre.
   • Perimeter Drive explores the potential for a single instrument to function timbrally, harmonically, and rhythmically as a multiple resource.1984, Carol Gertrud Isaac, Three compositions: Perimeter drive, A quartet, Shot?, page v
   • The first represents the degree of variation of successive harmonic peaks in the spectrum (this would indicate a timbrally rich music); the second, the relative strength of a tonal centre (e.g. a stable, predictable music); and the third, the degree of minor-to-major tonality, so that a higher...2015 December 8, “Colour Association with Music Is Mediated by Emotion: Evidence from an Experiment Using a CIE Lab Interface and Interviews”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI