Name the characteristic of sound that helps us to distinctly identify the sounds of different instruments playing at same amplitude and frequency?

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Timbre or quality of sound.
It is the characteristic by which we can distinguish between two sounds that have the same pitch and loudness.
Quality is also known as timbre.
Quality indicates property through which be able to distinctly identify the sound produced by two or more instruments playing at the same time. Hence, the ability to distinguish between two sounds that have the same pitch and loudness defines the quality of sound.

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