Crossword clues for sonority
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sonority \So*nor"i*ty\, n. [L. sonoritas.] The quality or state of being sonorous; sonorousness.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1620s, from French sonorité and directly from Latin sonoritas "fullness of sound," from sonorus (see sonorous).
Wiktionary
n. The property of being sonorous.
WordNet
n. having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant [syn: plangency, resonance, reverberance, ringing, sonorousness, vibrancy]
Wikipedia
Sonority may refer to:
- sonorant
- sonority hierarchy, a ranking of speech sounds (or phones) by amplitude
- In music theory, a chord, particularly when speaking of non-traditional harmonies
- Audio management software, produced by Olympus
Syllables are associated with peaks of sonority (i.e., every syllable corresponds to a single sonority peak). The sonority of a sound is its relative loudness compared to other sounds.
Sonority is an album by American jazz bassist Curtis Counce featuring recordings from 1956 to 1958 which was released on the Contemporary label in 1989.
Usage examples of "sonority".
By the time Miss Tyler had returned with a tray, Lady Millicent had re-entered the parlor, and the musicians had switched to an allemande, from a suite by Herr Bach, whose sonorities included the sound of a few string instruments.
The same energy shone in his eyes, the same sonority rang in his voice, which had become slightly more brusque and authoritative from his longcontinued habit of command.
She focused on voices as if they were music: the measured sonority of Tintinnabulum, the staccato excitement of Faber, the seesawing oboe tones of the bio-philosopher whose name Bellis could never remember.
He was fond of chromatic harmonies and double stops, which imparted great sonority to his playing.
Neither in sonority nor in delicacy of tonal resource were the Egyptian instruments a tenth part as stimulating as those of to-day.
There are the baby grands, similar in shape and dimensions to an harpsichord, that require, for a perfect sound, a larger room, and then there is non plus ultra of instruments, the concert grand, whose sonority makes them perfect for concert halls.
She brought it to a rousing close, playing the last line in a slow ritard that allowed her to alternate chords first in the treble keys, then in the bass, using the sustain pedal to let them ring and create an effect that almost rivaled an organ for richness and sonority.
Still singing those impossible sonorities, he made a futile attempt to open with his foot a kind of seaman’s chest near the piano.
The pattern of notes her grandmother was playing tolled with the solemn sonorities of clanging bells.
Suldrun watched in fascination: slow-step, pause, little bow and swing of the arms in graceful style, then another step, and shimmer of silk, the rustle of petticoats to the careful sonorities of the music.
The structure changed, harmonies rearranged, and now it was God playing the church organ of the universe, beatific sonorities flowing from his hands, reverberating from the roof of Creation.