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ID: 300206739
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300206739

 

Record Type: concept
alto (musical range attributes, <attributes and properties by specific type>, Attributes and Properties (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Describes musical instruments, especially winds, that are the second highest in pitch among the members of their family. Alto instruments typically have a range about a 5th below that of the highest members of the family. With regard to human voices, describes a singer whose voice is pitched higher than a tenor but lower than a soprano.
 
Terms:
alto (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,U)
alto (Spanish-P,D,U,U)
中音 (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U)
zhōng yīn (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U)
zhong yin (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U)
chung yin (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U)
alt (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  D.DC

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Physical Attributes Facet
Physical Attributes Facet
Hierarchy of Attributes and Properties (hierarchy name)
.... Attributes and Properties (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of <attributes and properties by specific type>
........ <attributes and properties by specific type> (G)
Hierarchy of musical range attributes
............ musical range attributes (G)
Hierarchy of alto
................ alto (G)

Additional Notes:
Chinese (traditional) ..... 指樂器家族中,特別是風管樂器,其成員裡音調的第二高音,中音樂器的音程通常比家族中最高音調者低五度音。若指人聲,描述歌手的音調高於次中音,低於高音。《新葛洛夫音樂與音樂家辭典》(New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians;1980) 
Dutch ..... Beschrijft muziekinstrumenten, in het bijzonder blaasinstrumenten, met de op een na hoogste toonhoogte in hun familie. Altinstrumenten hebben gewoonlijk een bereik dat ongeveer een vijfde lager is dan dat van de hoogste leden van de familie. Met betrekking tot menselijke stemmen beschrijft deze term een zanger wiens stem hoger is dan een tenor, maar lager dan een sopraan. 
Spanish ..... Describe instrumentos musicales, especialmente de viento, que son los segundos más altos en tono entre los miembros de su familia. Instrumentos altos normalmente tienen un rango de 5 bajos de los miembros más altos de la familia. En relación a voces humanas, describe un cantante cuya voz es ajustada más alta que un tenor pero más baja que una soprano.  

Sources and Contributors:
中音............  [AS-Academia Sinica Preferred]
...........  國家教育研究院-雙語詞彙、學術名詞暨辭書資訊網 January 9, 2012
...........  智慧藏百科全書網 January 9, 2012
alt............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred]
...........  AAT-Ned (1994-)
...........  Van Dale groot woordenboek (1994)
alto............  [CDBP-SNPC Preferred, VP Preferred]
...........  Randel, Diccionario Harvard de Música (1997)
...........  Random House Dictionary of the English Language (1987)
...........  Sadie, New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1980) I, 297
...........  Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961)
chung yin............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
....................  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
zhong yin............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
.......................  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
zhōng yīn............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
....................  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
 
Subject: .....  [AS-Academia Sinica, CDBP-SNPC, RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
............  Van Dale groot woordenboek (1994)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2001)
Chinese (traditional) .......... [AS-Academia Sinica]
.......... AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
.......... Van Dale groot woordenboek (1994)
Spanish .......... [CDBP-SNPC]
.......... TAA database (2000-)

 

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