About The Word Contralto
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Contralto
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What's The Definition Of Contralto?
[n] the lowest female singing voice
[n] a woman singer having a contralto voice [adj] of or being the lowest female voice Synonyms | Synonyms for Contralto: alto | alto | low | low-pitched Related Terms | Find terms related to Contralto: accompaniment | alto | aria singer | baritenor | baritone | bass | basso | basso buffo | basso cantante | basso continuo | basso ostinato | basso profundo | bassus | blues singer | canary | cantatrice | canto | cantor | cantus | cantus figuratus | cantus planus | caroler | chanter | chantress | coloratura soprano | comic bass | continuo | countertenor | crooner | deep | deep bass | deep-echoing | deepmouthed | deep-pitched | deep-toned | descant | diva | dramatic soprano | drone | figured bass | grave | ground bass | heavy | Heldentenor | heroic tenor | hollow | hymner | improvisator | lead singer | lieder singer | line | low | low-pitched | Meistersinger | melodist | mezzo-soprano | opera singer | part | plain chant | plain song | prick song | prima donna | psalm singer | rock-and-roll singer | sepulchral | singer | singstress | songbird | songster | songstress | soprano | tenor | thorough bass | torch singer | treble | undersong | vocalist | vocalizer | voice | voice part | warbler | yodeler See Also | Anderson | Ernestine Schumann-Heink | Marian Anderson | Schumann-Heink | singer | singing voice | vocaliser | vocalist | vocalizer Contralto In Webster's Dictionary \Con*tral"to\ (? or ?), n. [It., fr. 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 contralto.
Note: The usual range of the contralto voice is from G, below
middle C, to the C above that; though exceptionally it
embraces two octaves.
\Con*tral"to\ (? or ?), a. (Mus.) Of or pertaining to a contralto, or to the part in music called contralto; as, a contralto voice. |
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