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Tenor
/tɛnə(ɹ)/
A musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto.
📖 Definitions of "Tenor"
noun
- 1
A musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto.
- 2
A person, instrument or group that performs in the tenor (higher than bass and lower than alto) range.
- 3
A musical part or section that holds or performs the main melody, as opposed to the contratenor bassus and contratenor altus, who perform countermelodies.
- 4
The lowest tuned in a ring of bells.
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to the tenor part or range.
"He has a tenor voice."
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