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Meanings of high notes in English

We have no meanings for "high notes" in our records yet.
Usage of high notes in English
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Caffarelli's high notes weren't so good tonight; the prima donna was dreadful.
Cry to heaven
2
At Nice last weekend he hit the high notes on several occasions.
The Irish Times
3
The way y'u straddle them high notes is a caution for fair.
Wyoming: A Story of the Outdoor West
4
Once there rang out the high notes of a woman's hysterical laughter.
Gunsight Pass: How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a ...
5
Her low notes were voluptuous, her high notes rang with piercing sadness.
The Splendid Idle Forties: Stories of Old California
6
Her high notes, which had never been developed properly, were almost bad.
The Price She Paid
7
I can't hear the high notes, and I can't hear the low notes.
The Guardian
8
His career as a conductor, however, has endured both high notes and low.
BBC
9
A raven-haired woman was holding ridiculously high notes for a ridiculously long time.
Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony
10
Again Polly laughed, this time in high notes of wrathful derision.
The Town Traveller
11
And he has more exciting high notes than many of them.
The Irish Times
12
On her last world tour in 2010, she struggled to hit high notes.
Reuters
13
Shells tearing through the sky were the high notes of flutes.
All You Need Is Kill
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Her voice was strong, rising to a shriek at high notes.
The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825
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An orchestra full of recovering addicts is hitting the high notes.
BBC
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Anne-Marie Duff as Tolstoy's conflicted daughter also hits emotional high notes.
Reuters
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High notes through the time
High notes across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Less common
United States of America
Less common