Meaning of quintina | Babel Free

Definitions

A Sardinian vocal technique in which four performers produce an apparent fifth voice.

Examples

“The quartet singing the liturgical music hears a fifth voice, the quintina, emerge — an acoustic effect of combined overtones, or so one might rationalize.”

“[…] often he experiences that the performance has an excellent amalgam also without the quintina, because he can feel the situation of "mutual harmony between himself and his friends" […]”

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