Look up: Alto

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   Alto
   Alto is a town partly in Banks County and partly in Habersham County Georgia, USA. Alto is a town in Fond Lac County Wisconsin, USA. Alto is a town in Cherokee County Texas, USA. Alto is a township in Roberts County South Dakota, USA. Alto is a township in Lee County Illinois, USA.
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   alto
   [adj] - of or being the lowest female voice 2. [adj] - (of a musical instrument) second highest member of a group 3. [n] - a singer whose voice lies in the alto clef 4. [n] - the pitch range of the lowest female voice
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   Alto
   (voice) Lowest female voice
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   Alto
   Al'to noun ; plural Altos [ Italian alto high, from Latin altus . Confer Alt .] 1. (Mus.) Formerly the part sung by the highest male, or counter-tenor, voices; now the part sung by the lowest female, or contralto, voices, between in tenor and soprano. In instrumental music it now signifies the tenor. 2. An alto singer. Alto cle ...
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   alto
   Origin: It. Alto high, fr. L. Altus. Cf. Alt. ... 1. Formerly the part sung by the highest male, or counter-tenor, voices; now the part sung by the lowest female, or contralto, voices, between in tenor and soprano. In instrumental music it now signifies the tenor. ... 2. An alto singer. Alto clef the counter-tenor clef, or the C clef, placed so that ...
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   alto
   noun the pitch range of the lowest female voice
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   alto
   noun a singer whose voice lies in the alto clef
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   alto
   adjective of or being the lowest female voice
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   Alto
   `Alto` is a musical term, derived from the Latin word `altus`, meaning `high`, that has several possible interpretations. When designating instruments, `alto` frequently refers to a member of an instrumental family that has the second highest range, below that of the treble or soprano . Hence, for example, the term `alto saxophone`. In other `families`, such as the trombone, there is no soprano, the alto having been the highest, although it is a...
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    Alto
    • (n.) Formerly the part sung by the highest male, or counter-tenor, voices; now the part sung by the lowest female, or contralto, voices, between in tenor and soprano. In instrumental music it now signifies the tenor. • (n.) An alto singer.
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    Alto
    (from the article `Xerox PARC`) ...new information technologies that were not necessarily related to the company`s core photocopier business. Many innovations in computer design ... ...(PARC), which became a hotbed of computer research. In the coming years scientists at PARC pioneered many new technologies. Xerox built a ... [2 relat...
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    alto
    (Italian: `high`), in vocal music the register approximately between the F below middle C to the second D above—the second highest part in four-part ...
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    alto
    
    1. the lowest female singing voice
    2. the highest adult male singing voice
    3. the pitch range of the lowest female voice
    
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    Alto
    A prefix to cloud-type names for clouds generally found between 3000 and 7000 metres. Alto comes from the Latin word meaning 'middle.' E.g., Altostratus.
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    alto
    alto, singing voice the range of which is lower than the soprano by the interval of a fifth. More generally, the term refers to the register in which this voice sings, i.e., the second highest part in a four-part musical texture, and to instruments utilizing this register. See countertenor.
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