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Noun
/ˈaltō/,
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altos, plural;
  1. A voice, instrument, or part below the highest range and above tenor, in particular

  2. The highest adult male singing voice; countertenor

  3. The lowest female singing voice; contralto

  4. Denoting the member of a family of instruments pitched second or third highest
    • - alto flute
  5. An alto instrument, esp. an alto saxophone

  1. of or being the lowest female voice
  2. a singer whose voice lies in the alto clef
  3. countertenor: of or being the highest male voice; having a range above that of tenor
  4. (of a musical instrument) second highest member of a group; "alto clarinet or recorder"
  5. ALTO is an interbank network in Indonesia. It was founded on 1994. ALTO is owned by PT ALTO Network.
  6. Alto is a musical term, derived from the Latin word altus, meaning "high", that has several possible interpretations.
  7. Alto is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 110 km south of Turin and about 45 km southeast of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 113 and an area of 7.6 km². ...
  8. The Xerox Alto was an early personal computer developed at Xerox PARC in 1973. It was the first computer to use the desktop metaphor and graphical user interface (GUI).
  9. Altos is a district and locality of the Cordillera Department, Paraguay.
  10. 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; A person or instrument that performs the alto part
  11. (altos) bongos, bozos, broncos, bulldoze, campos, condos, elbows, expos, furloughs, gauchos, gizmos, halos, hippos, inflows, intros, limos, logos, makos, meadows, minnows, nachos, nachos, outflows, pharaohs, ponchos, primrose, promos, rainbows, rhinos, rockrose, salvos, sideshows, silos, tempos, ...
  12. (altos) not to be confused with "Tom's toes," "Bubba's toes" or "Dori-toes".
  13. (altos) the boys who sing in the vocal range between tenor and soprano.
  14. Timbre tends to be heavy and full. Vocal Range: E, below middle C, to B below High C.
  15. high; often refers to a particular range of voice, higher than a tenor but lower than a soprano
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  17. A singer whose vocal compass is between the G below middle C and the D above the treble clef. In men, this is usually achieved by a bass singing falsetto, in women it is usually referred to as contralto.
  18. The deeper of the two main divisions of women's or boys voices, the Soprano being the higher.
  19. A prefix to cloud-type names for clouds generally found between 3000 and 7000 metres. Alto comes from the Latin word meaning "middle." E.g., Altostratus.
  20. one of the "C" clefs, which specifies that the middle line of the staff is designated as "C".
  21. the lowest female voice or unchanged boy’s voice; the range of pitch of an instrument within a particular family of instruments.
  22. An upper middle pitched instrument between Soprano and Tenor as alto sax, alto flute, etc.
  23. The lowest female voice. Often a "duchess" or "matron" type role. There's usually only one of these parts in a G+S operetta.
  24. the second highest voice in Western harmony
  25. A voice of medium-high range, or an instrument of medium-high pitch in a group of related instruments. Alto is below soprano and above tenor.