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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Alto \Al"to\, n.; pl {Altos}. [It. alto high, fr L. altus. Cf {Alt}.] 1. (Mus.) Formerly the part sung by the highest male, or counter-tenor, voices; now the part sung by the lowest female, or contralto, voices, between in tenor and soprano. In instrumental music it now signifies the tenor. 2. An alto singer. {Alto clef} (Mus.) the counter-tenor clef, or the C clef, placed so that the two strokes include the middle line of the staff. --Moore.
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