Klarinet Archive - Posting 000737.txt from 1997/08

From: "C Henderson" <chenderson@-----.au>
Subj: Timbre
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 23:08:21 -0400

Date: Monday, August 18, 1997 12:51:32
From: chenderson
To: klarinet digest
Subject: Timbre

Dee wrote:
> contribute some to the overall timbre of the sound.
>
> For the person who was unsure of spelling:
>
> timbre (pronounced like timber) not tamber
>
You may pronounce it like that in America, but here in Australia it's
pronounced "tamber" (that's about as close as we Aussies get to French
pronunciation! - which is where the word comes from). Incidentally, its

French meaning is the ring/sound of a bell.

Clare
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Clare Pascoe Henderson
variously clarinetist, writer/lecturer, herbalist
chook fanatic and menagerie manager
<chenderson@-----.au>
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