sensibility to, awareness of, or ability to express delicate shadings of the tone quality distinctive of a musical instrument
Timbral nuances
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a sound of definite pitch; the quality of a sound; the American word for note
Arco
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play a stringed instrument with a bow as opposed to plucked or pizzicato; the bow of a stringed instrument
Arrange
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to set a work originally written for one instrument (or set of instruments) for another instrument or set of instruments
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muffle, deaden or restrain the tone of an instrument
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