General qualities

Quiet/Loud
Low/High
Short/Long
Close/Distant
Non Dynamic/Dynamic
Tonal/Noisy
Natural/Artificial

Timbre

Dull/Bright
Smooth/Rough
Dry/Resonnant
Non Nasal/Nasal
Non Rich/Rich
Non Round/Round
Warm
Strident
Metallic

Morphology

Fast/Slow Attack
Fast/Slow Release
Crescendo/Decrescendo
Ascending/Descending
Constant/Fluctuating
Continuous/Discontinuous

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Low/High

Attributes low and high refer to the pitch of a sound. In music, pitch is relative to the position of a note in the scale. A sound at the bottom is qualified as low. A sound at the top is qualified as high.

Musical instruments Female/Male voices Environmental sounds Simple sounds Complex sounds

Musical instruments

Grave

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Aigu

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Female/Male voices

Grave

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Aigu

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Environmental sounds

Grave

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Aigu

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Simple sounds

Grave

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Aigu

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Complex sounds

Grave

GraveSynth2RV.wav 00:00

Aigu

AiguSynth2RV.wav 00:00

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