alto

alto has 10 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 4.

Definitions

• n.. 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.
• n.. An alto singer.
• n.. the pitch range of the lowest female voice
• n.. (of a musical instrument) the second highest instrument in a family of musical instruments
• n.. the highest adult male singing voice
• n.. the lowest female singing voice
• n.. a singer whose voice lies in the alto clef
• a.. (of a musical instrument) second highest member of a group; "alto clarinet or recorder"
• a.. of or being the highest male voice; having a range above that of tenor
• a.. of or being the lowest female voice