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Definition of Alto
	Alto 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. An alto singer. Related Definitions: Alto, An, And, Between, By, Contralto, Female, Formerly, In, Instrumental, It, Male, Music, Now, Or, Part, Singer, Soprano, Sung, Tenor, The

Alto Quotations I was born in Palo Alto, California in 1961. Eric Allin Cornell I remember once, when I started writing for the alto saxophone, a saxophonist told me to think of it as being like a cross between an oboe and a viola, but louder. Gavin Bryars I don't know what I was trying to get out of a tenor - but it never really satisfied me until one day I picked up my alto and I said, "Where have you been?" and I said right here for now on! Jerome Richardson Only the French, I guess, really use tenor and alto to any great extent in the orchestra. Gerry Mulligan So I played alto for quite a while until I saved up the money for the baritone. Gerry Mulligan

Alto Translations alto in German is Altstimme {f} alto in Spanish is contralto

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