Leonard Mlodinow

The pitch, timbre, volume, speed, and cadence of your voice, the speed with which you speak, and even the way you modulate pitch and loudness, are all hugely influential factors in how convincing you are and how people judge your state of mind and character.

American Physicist

Cynthia Ozick

Sometimes writing has to be forced. In starting out, the shape and timbre and texture of what is to come is an uncertain chimera shimmering from behind a veil. You must not wait, loiter, dilly-dally. You must force your way painfully through.

American Novelist

Karlheinz Stockhausen

Or the other process that is important is that I compress longer sections of composed music, either found or made by myself, to such an extent that the rhythm becomes a timbre, and formal subdivisions become rhythm.

German Composer

Harry Knowles

Geekiness is that feeling of overwhelming passion for that thing in life that you focus on. Whether it be a nephew's first few steps or the timbre in one's voice when discussing the latest Cohen brothers film.

American Critic

Theaster Gates

I sometimes am challenged to imagine where the timbre of art should be. Should it be about objects that point to this current moment, or how objects are related to ideas of this current moment?

American Artist

Ellie Taylor

I feel like the timbre of your voice as a woman doesn't cut through as well as a loud bassy voice, so you need to noticeably speak up.

English Comedian

Julia Holter

I listen to the timbre of the music, and I fit my voice to blend with that timbre.

American Musician

Ryuichi Sakamoto

As soon as I choose the timbre of an instrument, that dominates how I compose.

Japanese Composer

Timbre can carry emotions, making sounds feel happy, sad, or scary.

Emotional Impact

Timbre refers to sound quality, not how loud or soft it is.

Not Volume

Timbre helps us identify who is speaking even without seeing them.

Voice Recognition

Different instruments have unique timbres, like voice fingerprints.

Identify Instruments

Musical genres may favor certain timbres for a characteristic sound.

Genre Influence

Use adjectives like bright, dark, warm, or rich to describe timbre.

Describing Sound

 That's register. Then we have timbre. It's the way your voice feels. Again, the research shows that we prefer voices which are rich, smooth, warm, like hot chocolate. Well if that's not you, that's not the end of the world, because you can train. Go and get a voice coach.

How to speak so that...

 is a distinctive ringing timbre called a singer’s squillo. Opera singers work for decades to create their squillo. They can produce higher frequencies by modifying the shape and tension in their vocal folds and vocal tract.