voicing

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of voice

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The final regulation of the pitch and tone of any sound-producing entity, especially of an organ or similar musical instrument.
2. (countable, uncountable)A particular arrangement of notes to form a chord.
3. (countable, uncountable)The articulatory process in which the vocal cords vibrate.
4. (countable, uncountable)A classification of speech sounds that tend to be associated with vocal cord vibration.
5. (countable, uncountable)A phonological process that turns a voiceless sound into a voiced one.
6. (countable, uncountable)A sound made by the voice; vocalization.

   “Shrill voicings of seagulls”

   “Pete dressed Eddie's high-pitched voicings in the stick-sweet strings of the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.”