1) Against high 2) Against high in Italian 3) Against high but in Italian 4) Against high but Italian 5) Alto 6) Female singing voice 7) Italian opera terminology 8) Italian musical term 9) Italian vocal term 10) Low-pitched 11) Low-voiced female 12) Lowest female singing voice 13) Lowest female voice
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1) Alto
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A contralto, or sometimes alto, is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range is the lowest female voice type, with the lowest tessitura. The contralto`s vocal range falls between tenor and mezzo-soprano; typically between the F below middle C (F3 in scientific pitch notation) to the second F above middle C (F5), although at the e....
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• (n.) The part sung by the highest male or lowest female voices; the alto or counter tenor. • (a.) Of or pertaining to a contralto, or to the part in music called contralto; as, a contralto voice. • (n.) the voice or singer performing this part; as, her voice is a contralto; she is a contralto.
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Contralto is the lowest range of the female voice, typically g-g'. Has come to be used synonymously with alto. (Contra means against so a contra-voice/instrument is that which sings/plays 'against' the primary voice/instrument)
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in vocal music, the second-highest voice in four-part music, also called alto (q.v.).[2 related articles]
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Con·tral'to noun [ Italian , from
contra +
alto . See
Alto .]
(Mus.) (a) The part sung by the highest male or lowest female voices; the alto or counter tenor.
(b) the voice or singer performing this part; as, her voice is a
contralto ; she is a
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In music, contralto is the highest voice of a male adult, or the lowest of a woman or boy. It is also known as Alto or counter-tenor. The usual range of the contralto voice is from G, below middle C, to the C above that; though exceptionally it embraces two octaves.
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n] - a woman singer having a contralto voice 2. [n] - the lowest female singing voice
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The lowest female voice. True contralto roles are relatively rare in opera.
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adjective of or being the lowest female voice
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alto noun the lowest female singing voice
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Low-register female voice, a high (falsetto) male voice, or a low-register boy's voice; also called an alto
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Lowest female singing voice.
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the deepest female voice
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The lowest female singing voice
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The lowest female voice. Similar to mezzo-sopranos, they frequently embody female villains or ‘trouser roles’, ie roles written for men with higher voices (such as in Baroque opera).
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the lowest female voice
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