Resumen

SHIMODA, Lucas Takeo. Timbres Selection and Mixing in Orchestral Discourse: Outline of an (Ex) Tensive Approach. Tóp. Sem [online]. 2022, n.47, pp.119-135.  Epub 31-Ene-2022. ISSN 2594-0619.

Usually defined as “tone color” or “sound fingerprint”, timbre has been often analyzed by acoustics and psychoacoustics by means of decomposition into its constituent phases. Despite its undeniable advances, such a morphological approach still cannot account for phenomena of selection and combination of timbre. In addition to the description of timbre morphology, I propose a syntagmatic approach aiming to satisfactorily explain combinatorial constraints, operable thanks to the extensive syntax operations of sorting and mixing as proposed by Claude Zilberberg (2004, 2016a, 2016b). These conceptual tools were applied to critical texts on the diachronic constitution of the European orchestra. The results point to an untapped high potential to the application of the tensive model for a semiotic account of timbre.

Palabras llave : extensive syntax; tone colour; orchestration.