alto




alto - noun

  • a singer whose voice lies in the alto clef
  • the lowest female singing voice
  • the highest adult male singing voice
  • (of a musical instrument) the second highest instrument in a family of musical instruments
  • the pitch range of the lowest female voice

    • alto - adjective

    • of or being the lowest female voice
    • of or being the highest male voice; having a range above that of tenor
    • (of a musical instrument) second highest member of a group

    alto - thesaurus

    contralto   countertenor  


    View spelling list -o words - musical and learn about the word alto in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 7. Long vowels e.g ee, ea or y? oa, o-e, or ow? u-e, ue, or ew?.

    Scrabble score for alto

    a is 1 l is 1 t is 1 o is 1
    Scrabble score = 4

    generated at 14:40:04 on 14-08-24

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