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baritone

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bar⋅i⋅tone

[bar-i-tohn] Music.
–noun
1. a male voice or voice part intermediate between tenor and bass.
2. a singer with such a voice.
3. a large, valved brass instrument shaped like a trumpet or coiled in oval form, used esp. in military bands.
–adjective
4. of or pertaining to a baritone; having the compass of a baritone.
Also, barytone.


Origin:
1600–10; < It baritono low voice < Gk barýtonos deep-sounding. See barytone 2


bar⋅i⋅ton⋅al, adjective
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bar·i·tone also bar·y·tone   (bār'ĭ-tōn')   
n.  
    1. A male singer or voice with a range higher than a bass and lower than a tenor.

    2. An instrument that sounds within this range.

    3. A vocal or instrumental part written in this range.

  1. A valved brass instrument similar to but larger than the euphonium.


[Italian baritono, from Greek barutonos, deep sounding : barus, heavy; see gwerə-1 in Indo-European roots + tonos, tone; see tone.]
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