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sonority

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The quality or state of being sonorous; sonorousness.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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In f-major, c* [a C major chord] is a sonority contained within the overtones of the tonic f. Jean-Philippe Rameau

The piano is the only keyboard instrument in which one can grandly vary the effects of the harmonics or overtones of a chord at will by balancing the sonority in different ways. Charles Rosen

If the coda consists of a consonant cluster, the sonority decreases from left to right, as in the English word help. Source: Internet

In England, the Kirkman and Shudi firms produced sophisticated harpsichords of great power and sonority. Source: Internet

Gut strings produce a sonority far different from steel, generally described as softer and sweeter. Source: Internet

Moreover, the combination of three different horns creates issues with sonority, because the piping shared among all three sides (that is, the lead pipe and bell) are mathematically disproportional to two or all three horn lengths. Source: Internet

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