Definition of tenor

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Tenor (n.) A state of holding on in a continuous course; manner of continuity; constant mode; general tendency; course; career.

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Baritone :: Baritone (n.) A male voice, the compass of which partakes of the common bass and the tenor, but which does not descend as low as the one, nor rise as high as the other..
Uniformity :: Uniformity (n.) The quality or state of being uniform; freedom from variation or difference; resemblance to itself at all times; sameness of action, effect, etc., under like conditions; even tenor; as, the uniformity of design in a poem; the uniformity of nature..
Trombone :: Trombone (n.) A powerful brass instrument of the trumpet kind, thought by some to be the ancient sackbut, consisting of a tube in three parts, bent twice upon itself and ending in a bell. The middle part, bent double, slips into the outer parts, as in a telescope, so that by change of the vibrating length any tone within the compass of the instrument (which may be bass or tenor or alto or even, in rare instances, soprano) is commanded. It is the only member of the family of wind instruments whos
Bassetto :: Bassetto (n.) A tenor or small bass viol.
Tenor :: Tenor (n.) A state of holding on in a continuous course; manner of continuity; constant mode; general tendency; course; career.
Falsetto :: Falsetto (n.) A false or artificial voice; that voice in a man which lies above his natural voice; the male counter tenor or alto voice. See Head voice, under Voice..
Contraindicate :: Contraindicate (v. t.) To indicate, as by a symptom, some method of treatment contrary to that which the general tenor of the case would seem to require..
Corno Di Bassetto :: Corno di bassetto () A tenor clarinet; -- called also basset horn, and sometimes confounded with the English horn, which is a tenor oboe..
Part :: Part (n.) One of the different melodies of a concerted composition, which heard in union compose its harmony; also, the music for each voice or instrument; as, the treble, tenor, or bass part; the violin part, etc..
Tenor :: Tenor (n.) Stamp; character; nature.
Mean :: Mean (n.) A part, whether alto or tenor, intermediate between the soprano and base; a middle part..
Contralto :: Contralto (n.) The part sung by the highest male or lowest female voices; the alto or counter tenor.
Univocal :: Univocal (n.) Having always the same drift or tenor; uniform; certain; regular.
Contratenor :: Contratenor (n.) Counter tenor; contralto.
Violoncello :: Violoncello (n.) A stringed instrument of music; a bass viol of four strings, or a bass violin with long, large strings, giving sounds an octave lower than the viola, or tenor or alto violin..
Keep :: Keep (v. t.) To cause to remain in a given situation or condition; to maintain unchanged; to hold or preserve in any state or tenor.
Bratsche :: Bratsche (n.) The tenor viola, or viola..
Purport :: Purport (n.) Design or tendency; meaning; import; tenor.
Canto :: Canto (n.) The highest vocal part; the air or melody in choral music; anciently the tenor, now the soprano..
Taille :: Taille (n.) The French name for the tenor voice or part; also, for the tenor viol or viola..
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