Soprano vs. Alto
Sopranonoun
Musical part or section higher in pitch than alto and other sections.
Sopranonoun
Person or instrument that performs the soprano part.
Sopranoverb
To sing or utter with high pitch, like a soprano singer.
Sopranonoun
The treble; the highest vocal register; the highest kind of female or boy's voice; the upper part in harmony for mixed voices.
Sopranonoun
a female singer
Sopranonoun
the highest female voice; the voice of a boy before puberty
Sopranonoun
the pitch range of the highest female voice
Sopranoadjective
having or denoting a high range;
Soprano
A soprano ([soˈpraːno]) is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hz to (A5) = 880 Hz in choral music, or to (C6, two octaves above middle C) = 1046 Hz or higher in operatic music.
Altonoun
A musical part or section higher than tenor and lower than soprano, formerly the part that performed a countermelody above the tenor or main melody.
Altonoun
A person or musical instrument that performs the alto part.
Altonoun
An alto saxophone
Altonoun
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.
Altonoun
An alto singer.
Altonoun
a singer whose voice lies in the alto clef
Altonoun
the lowest female singing voice
Altonoun
the highest adult male singing voice
Altonoun
the pitch range of the lowest female voice
Altoadjective
of or being the lowest female voice
Altoadjective
of or being the highest male voice; having a range above that of tenor
Altoadjective
(of a musical instrument) second highest member of a group;
Alto
The musical term alto, meaning in Italian (Latin: altus), historically refers to the contrapuntal part higher than the tenor and its associated vocal range. In 4-part voice leading alto is the second highest part, sung in choruses by either low women's or high men's voices.
