voice part

noun

, Music.

the melody or succession of tones for one of the voices or instruments in a harmonic or concerted composition.

voice part

First recorded in 1865–70

Song-paper: three-stave score, two staves being braced for the piano part, with a third for the voice part.

He flung up a hand to detain her, then poured out in a low voice part of the feeling pent up in him.

The interest may be said to be mainly concentrated in the orchestra, the voice part being strictly declamatory.

He has had to learn it from a score which has only his voice part written in it.

I not only thought the voice part out of place, but in bad taste per se.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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