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Meanings of alto in English
Of or being the highest male voice; having a range above that of tenor.
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Usage of alto in English
1
He called Willie's number immediately, bracing himself for Lettie's voluminous alto voice.
2
On surged the voices, bass, soprano, alto, tenor, in loud and mighty
3
If man needs treble and alto, I hope he may get them.
4
When Holly spoke again, her voice was layered with bass and alto.
5
Following the fourth bong, Aunt Klara's alto bellowed up through the floorboards.
6
Dev belts out hymns in his brassy alto while I flip pages.
7
She began to sing a slow sad song in a husky alto.
8
A moment later I was startled to hear an alto sax come in.
9
From inside we heard the Widow's gentle, yet insistent alto voice.
10
The former might be sung by baritone, but the latter requires an alto.
11
Between an alto and a soprano it is about a fourth.
12
Some of them change from soprano to alto and end by that route.
13
Bobby Watson on saxes, mainly alto, is a former Art Blakey Jazz Messenger.
14
I could hear Bettina's soft alto beckoning me from the dryer.
15
Drusilla Osborn was first, then Lettie Burley, an alto, came next.
16
For me, as an alto sax player, all jazz stems from Charlie Parker.
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United States of America
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