Timbre is the sound source in music and is the character or quality of a musical sound, such as the sound of a violin, piccolo, trombone, etc. This video chat with Maestro George Marriner Maull considers what gives different instruments their timbres, such as the material it is made of, its size, and how the sound is made.

Originally released by The Discovery Orchestra, 2012. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on July 03, 2023.