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BASSO |
Singing voice |
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FALSETTO |
Singing voice |
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PIPES |
Singing voice |
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TENOR |
Singing voice |
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BASS |
Singing voice |
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SOPRANO |
Singing voice |
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CONTRALTO |
Singing voice |
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ALTO |
Singing voice |
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CASTRATO |
A male person castrated for the purpose of improving his
voice for singing; an artificial, or male, soprano. |
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TREBLE |
Playing or singing the highest part or most acute sounds;
playing or singing the treble; as, a treble violin or voice. |
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BREAST |
The power of singing; a musical voice; -- so called,
probably, from the connection of the voice with the lungs, which lie
within the breast. |
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QUAVER |
Especially, to shake the voice; to utter or form sound
with rapid or tremulous vibrations, as in singing; also, to trill on a
musical instrument |
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INTONATION |
Reciting in a musical prolonged tone; intonating, or
singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a
single voice, as of a priest. See Intone, v. t. |
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PORTAMENTO |
In singing, or in the use of the bow, a gradual
carrying or lifting of the voice or sound very smoothly from one note
to another; a gliding from tone to tone. |
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TRILL |
A shake or quaver of the voice in singing, or of the sound
of an instrument, produced by the rapid alternation of two contiguous
tones of the s... |
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BANSHIE |
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peasantry to warn a family of the speedy death of one of its members,
by wailing or singing in a mournful voice under the windows of the
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