A person or musical instrument that performs the alto part.
A musical part or section higher than tenor and lower than soprano, formerly the part that performed a countermelody above the tenor or main melody.
An alto saxophone
A sound made by, or resembling that made by, a musical instrument.
Emotive stress used to increase the power of delivery in speech.
Reciting in a musical prolonged tone; intonating or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice, as of a priest.
The rise and fall of the voice in speaking.
Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise.