His rich baritone voice has been described as "impressively sonorous". It is described as long and sonorous, a tonal language somewhat like a woodwind instrument. Pinza possessed a rich, smooth and sonorous voice, with a flexibility unusual for a bass. Guarneri's violins often have a darker, more robust, more sonorous tone than Stradivari's. Fassbender's narration was described as both "sonorous" and "laconic". She herself had a god gifted sonorous voice. Sabri started singing in his grand sonorous voice and blew everyone away. He notably translated Florante and Laura classically into sonorous Castilian. He also described Shuja's voice as "loud and sonorous". He also sang some roles with the company due to his sonorous bass voice. In linguistics, lenition is a sound change that alters consonants, making them more sonorous. Integral to the sound was Adrian Fisher's guitar playing and Martin Gordon's sonorous Rickenbacker bass. Over the Classical period, keyboard instruments became richer, more sonorous and more powerful. He was awarded the 'Kala Vachaspathi' for his sonorous voice. He was, for instance, alone of his time to use unexpected, sonorous, punning rhymes.