Analysis of Timbre

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Spring 2019 | Dr. Megan L. Lavengood | George Mason University

Timbre is often described as a domain of music that is quite ineffable, with little standardized vocabulary to deal with it. Yet timbre might well be the most immediate aspect of sound that we as humans perceive. This course explores the ways in which musicologists have tackled the difficult task of analyzing timbre.

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Topics in Music Theory: Theories of Timbre and Timbral Analysis