Chapter 5—How Music Works, Part III: Dynamics, Timbre, and Instruments

Timbre: The Color of Music. 1999. Pacific Street Films and Educational Film Center. Annenberg Media. VHS and DVD. Available as streaming video from the Annenberg/CPB web site: http://www.learner.org/resources/series105.html. 30 mins.

Examines timbre in jazz and Indian, West African, Irish, Bosnian, Indonesian gamelan, and Japanese musics. This is part seven of the Exploring the World of Music series of twelve 30-minute programs.

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