Evaluation of Timbre of Violin Tones According to Selected Verbal Attributes
Jan Štěpánek · 2002
Violin tones of five different pitches (B3, F#4, C5, G5 and D6) were evaluated according to four selected verbal attributes of timbre (sharp, dark, clear and narrow) and perceived sound quality. Magnitudes of verbal attributes and quality were detected separately for each pitch and each attribute in listening tests of groups of tones. Results of the tests are discussed regarding the concordance of listeners in individual parts of tests and retest stability. It revealed that better retest stability is in the tests with higher concordance. Interrelationships among verbal attributes exhibited stable relation among sharp, dark and clear, but narrow gradually changes its correlation with other attributes in increasing pitch. Perceived sound quality can be successfully predicted from studied verbal attributes.