LINKTV DW News March 17, 2016
[shrill flute plays] the particular combination of overtones that you hear gives each Musical Instrument its own sound. [single note played on various instruments] you could play a note say a g on a guitar, and you could play that same note on a flute. The fundamental frequency of the note, the g, is the same, but the timbre is not. And what makes the timbre is the mix of the overtones that you hear along with the fundamental note. [choir sings] leek timbre for me is the very essence of a particular sound and the way that it can be developed or changed in its smallest part so that it becomes s...