Word Finder - tenor

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A musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto.

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A person, instrument or group that performs in the tenor (higher than bass and lower than alto) range.

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A musical part or section that holds or performs the main melody, as opposed to the contratenor bassus and contratenor altus, who perform countermelodies.

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The lowest tuned in a ring of bells.

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Tone, as of a conversation.

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Duration; continuance; a state of holding on in a continuous course; general tendency; career.

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The subject in a metaphor to which attributes are ascribed.

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Time to maturity of a bond.

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Stamp; character; nature.

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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.

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

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A tenor saxophone.

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Of or pertaining to the tenor part or range.

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He has a tenor voice.

This, however, does not disturb the tenor of the following arguments.

To suppose Disraeli satisfied with the excuses made for his adoption of the "dishing" process is forbidden by the whole tenor of his teaching and conduct.

The tenor bell was generously donated by Ron Dove himself.

Moreover, the first trombone part of the 1890 edition, which is labeled ' 1. Posaune ', is written in tenor clef.

Wagner now settled for a time in Vienna, where Tristan and Isolde was accepted, but abandoned after fifty-seven rehearsals, through the incompetence of the tenor.

Children 's temperament affected the tenor of family relationships.

For Mozart I would use Bach alto, small bore tenor, large bore tenor.

He expected a tenor aria from Der Rosenkavalier to burst through his thin, mean lips at any moment!

Unusually, however, she has also reached the same successful heights playing tenor banjo.

Andrea Roberts hails from Indiana, and plays bass in the group, singing lead, tenor and high baritone.

Second section of CD inludes contains performance of all choral parts without the tenor choral part.

Such ringing as was done was mainly on the front six as the tenor clapper gave up the ghost soon after we began.

His tenor studies did not go all that well, and someone then suggested that he sing countertenor.

From my pew I often craved more soprano sound; elsewhere tenor sound was too dominant.

I make a Renaissance version by fitting a tenor drone in a common stock with the bass drone.

Will was also musically gifted, developing a fine tenor or light baritone voice.

A new external electro magnetic hammer was fitted to the tenor for an hour strike to operate.

For this month only, BTM members can watch exclusive footage of rising tenor star Alfie Boe.

Calls are are simply converted from circuit to packet and back again embedded gatekeeper Tenor has an integrated distributed gatekeeper embedded in the product.

When he joined the full band he changed to the tenor horn as 1st horn.

The heaviest bell, the ' tenor ', weighs 27 hundredweight, 2 quarters and 5 pounds and sounds a C sharp note.

Alma redemptoris mater is an anonymous setting by an unknown composer, here transcribed and transposed for soprano, alto and tenor solo voices.

The tenor of the ringing peal is also the bass bell of the carillon.

The orchestral repertoire for tenor is all too small.

The tenor and former student Rhys Meirion will perform Welsh composer Brian Hughes ' new Requiem at the College with Côr Godre'r Garth.

The tenor ringer even had to sit in the curtained wardrobe area!

Does anyone know where I can find some good sax quartet music for soprano, alto, tenor and bari sax quartet music for soprano, alto, tenor and bari sax?

Does anyone know where I can find some good sax quartet music for soprano, alto, tenor and Bari sax?

There is a seperate part included for tenor saxophone for versatility.

I was next playing seven-up, by Pearson, on my Tenor Horn.

Epic similes are more extended similes, which might involve multiple points of correspondence between tenor and vehicle.

The Flanagan Brothers In the comic skit Fun at Hogan's the stereotypical Italian tenor is silenced with.. .

Arnold Myers, Edinburgh. tenor slide trombone Bb, Pollet.

Most recently he was tenor soloist for the B Minor Mass, conducted by Peter Schreier.

Here, ace tenor saxophonist Mick Beck incorporates an amplified bassoon into an outing that defies even the most oddball stereotypes.

For clarity, the ' tenor ' clef should have an 8 subscript attached to the lower loop of the clef.

He delighted the audience when he introduced a special guest, Paul Williams, to sing tenor.

He had already rung the tenor to the Stedman peal at St Sidwell's that morning.

The songs are sung by the well-known tenor Ian Partridge accompanied by Richard Burnett at the piano.

In 1924, John McCormack, the world famous operatic tenor, leased the house from Lord Drogheda.

It was also refreshing to entrust a counter tenor with the alto part.

Erm, that would be an album by Andre Bocelli [an Italian tenor of some repute, should you not know] .

I fear the general tenor of the comments you get may be negative.

Lorna Anderson was the soprano, William Purefoy, counter tenor, and Quentin Hayes, baritone.

Nina's musical connections go further - her husband, Richard Coxon, is a freelance solo tenor.

Moreover, as tenor trombonists developed greater facility in the higher tessitura, the alto was increasingly dismissed as an outmoded upper-register tool.

Would the tenor trombone be provided by the orchestra?

Euphonium The euphonium (or tenor tuba) is larger in size than the tenor horn and can produce a lower range of notes.

John himself plays the harpsichord and is learning to play the tenor viol.

The top part can also be played on a tenor viol.