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alto singing voice the range of which is lower than the soprano by the interval of a fifth. More generally, the term refers to the register in which this voice sings, i.e., the second highest part in a four-part musical texture, and to instruments utilizing this register. See countertenor .

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alto highest male voice, counter-tenor. XVII. — It. alto high — L. altus.

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