Klarinet Archive - Posting 000738.txt from 1997/08

From: "C Henderson" <chenderson@-----.au>
Subj: Timbre
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 23:08:22 -0400

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.