Baritone

//ˈbæɹ.ɪ.toʊn// noun

noun ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The male voice between tenor and bass.
  2. 2
    the second lowest brass wind instrument wordnet
  3. 3
    The musical range between tenor and bass.
  4. 4
    the second lowest adult male singing voice wordnet
  5. 5
    A person, instrument, or group that performs in the range between tenor and bass.
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  1. 6
    a male singer wordnet
  2. 7
    A brass instrument similar to the euphonium, but with a cylindrical bore instead of a conical one; a baritone saxhorn.
  3. 8
    Alternative form of barytone. alt-of, alternative
Adjective
  1. 1
    lower in range than tenor and higher than bass wordnet

Synonyms

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lowsopranobariaccompanimentalpenhornalphorn

Example

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"I feel so bad for the baritone saxes, who often have 200 measures of nothing but whole notes."

Etymology

From Italian baritono, from Ancient Greek βαρύτονος (barútonos), from βαρύς (barús, “heavy”) + τόνος (tónos, “tone”). Doublet of baryton and barytone.

Related phrases

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