timbre

quality of a musical note or sound or tone, independent of pitch and volume
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timbre

Summary

timbre is a musical concept[1]. timbre ranks in the top 5% of musical_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,015 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • timbre's instance of is recorded as musical concept[3].
  • timbre is a type of aspect of sound[4].
  • timbre's Commons category is recorded as Timbre (music)[5].
  • timbre's said to be the same as is recorded as Q12355812[6].
  • timbre's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Timbre[7].
  • timbre's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • timbre's described by source is recorded as Riemann's Music Dictionary[9].
  • timbre's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • timbre's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 11[11].
  • timbre's equivalent class is recorded as https://www.commoncoreontologies.org/ont00001338[12].
  • timbre's different from is recorded as Timbre[13].
  • timbre's different from is recorded as pitch[14].
  • timbre's different from is recorded as loudness[15].
  • timbre's P14541 is recorded as 1GnH66[16].
  • timbre's P14870 is recorded as ont00001338[17].

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Definition and Type

timbre's instance of is recorded as musical concept[3]. timbre is a type of aspect of sound[4].

Influence

Things named for timbre include Timbres, espace, mouvement[18], a musical work/composition[19] and Tembr[20], a brand[21], founded in 1964[22].

Why It Matters

timbre ranks in the top 5% of musical_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,015 views/month).[2] timbre has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] timbre is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

Entities named for timbre include Timbres, espace, mouvement[18], a musical work/composition[19] and Tembr[20], a brand[21], founded in 1964[22].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 24d ago · Mahir256 · 2026-09-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14870 → ont00001338
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/53024|batch #53024]]"
  2. 5w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → https://www.commoncoreontologies.org/ont00001338
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: https://www.commoncoreontologies.org/ont00001338"
  3. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1GnH66
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  4. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bibliothèque nationale de france id → 12130878c
    Fast id → 1152492
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|11 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 26459, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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