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Canto :: Canto (n.) The highest vocal part; the air or melody in choral music; anciently the tenor, now the soprano..

Contratenor :: Contratenor (n.) Counter tenor; contralto.

Tenor :: Tenor (n.) That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding.

Tenor :: Tenor (n.) An exact copy of a writing, set forth in the words and figures of it. It differs from purport, which is only the substance or general import of the instrument..

Falsetto :: Falsetto (n.) A false or artificial voice; that voice in a man which lies above his natural voice; the male counter tenor or alto voice. See Head voice, under Voice..

Bassetto :: Bassetto (n.) A tenor or small bass viol.

Tenor :: Tenor (n.) A person who sings the tenor, or the instrument that play it..

Univocal :: Univocal (n.) Having always the same drift or tenor; uniform; certain; regular.

Homotonous :: Homotonous (a.) Of the same tenor or tone; equable; without variation.

Thread :: Thread (n.) Fig.: Something continued in a long course or tenor; a,s the thread of life, or of a discourse..

Contralto :: Contralto (n.) The part sung by the highest male or lowest female voices; the alto or counter tenor.

Corno Di Bassetto :: Corno di bassetto () A tenor clarinet; -- called also basset horn, and sometimes confounded with the English horn, which is a tenor oboe..

Tenor :: Tenor (n.) Stamp; character; nature.

Part :: Part (n.) One of the different melodies of a concerted composition, which heard in union compose its harmony; also, the music for each voice or instrument; as, the treble, tenor, or bass part; the violin part, etc..

Sing :: Sing (v. i.) To utter sounds with musical inflections or melodious modulations of voice, as fancy may dictate, or according to the notes of a song or tune, or of a given part (as alto, tenor, etc.) in a chorus or concerted piece..

Violoncello :: Violoncello (n.) A stringed instrument of music; a bass viol of four strings, or a bass violin with long, large strings, giving sounds an octave lower than the viola, or tenor or alto violin..

Register :: Register (v. i.) The compass of a voice or instrument; a specified portion of the compass of a voice, or a series of vocal tones of a given compass; as, the upper, middle, or lower register; the soprano register; the tenor register..

Contraindicate :: Contraindicate (v. t.) To indicate, as by a symptom, some method of treatment contrary to that which the general tenor of the case would seem to require..

Tenor :: Tenor (n.) A state of holding on in a continuous course; manner of continuity; constant mode; general tendency; course; career.

Counter Tenor :: Counter tenor () One of the middle parts in music, between the tenor and the treble; high tenor..

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