alto-Alto: meaning, definitions and translations

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What is alto? alto is Alto

What is Alto?

  • La plus grave des voix de femme ; celle qui a cette voix.(On dit de préférence contralto.)

    The most serious of the woman voices; the one with that voice. (Preferably called contralto.)

  • Instrument à quatre cordes de la famille du violon, accordéà la quinte grave.(Légèrement plus grand que le violon, il fait partie du quatuor à cordes.)

    Four-stringed instrument of the violin family, tuned to the serious quintet. (Slightly larger than the violin, it is part of the string quartet.)

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