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Definition of Baritone

Baritone See Barytone. Grave and deep, as a kind of male voice. Not marked with an accent on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood. A male voice, the compass of which partakes of the common bass and the tenor, but which does not descend as low as the one, nor rise as high as the other. A person having a voice of such range. The viola di gamba, now entirely disused. A word which has no accent marked on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood. Related Definitions: Accent, An, And, As, Barytone, Bass, Being, But, Common, Compass, Deep, Descend, Disused, Does, Entirely, Gamba, Grave, Having, High, Has, Kind, Last, Low, Male, Marked, No, Nor, Not, Now, Of, On, One, Other, Person, Range, Rise, See, Such, Syllable, Tenor, The, Understood, Viola, Voice, Which, With, Word

Baritone Quotations The soprano has all those other instruments in it. It's got the soprano song voice, flute, violin, clarinet, and tenor elements and can even approach the baritone in intensity. Steve Lacy When I was a young man, I was a baritone, very far from possessing the whole range of the tenor then. Placido Domingo I used a baritone guitar with a very unusual tuning that became the body of the composition, while the classical guitar is on top of it with the main rhythm part. Lee Ritenour So I played alto for quite a while until I saved up the money for the baritone. Gerry Mulligan The baritone can serve functions that the alto and tenor cannot, in orchestral voicing. Gerry Mulligan

Baritone Translations baritone in Hungarian is baritonista, bariton baritone in Swedish is baryton

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