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Contralto : adj : of or being the lowest female voice [syn: alto]
(noun)
1: a woman singer having a contralto voice
2: the lowest female singing voice [syn: alto]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Contralto : \Con*tral"to\ (? or ?), a. (Mus.)
Of or pertaining to a contralto, or to the part in music
called contralto; as, a contralto voice.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Contralto : \Con*tral"to\ (? or ?), n. [It., fr. contra _ alto.
See Alto.] (Mus.)
(a) The part sung by the highest male or lowest female
voices; the alto or counter tenor.
(b) the voice or singer performing this part; as, her voice
is a contralto; she is a contralto.
Note: The usual range of the contralto voice is from G, below
middle C, to the C above that; though exceptionally it
embraces two octaves.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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