Definition of Altos. Meaning of Altos. Synonyms of Altos

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Definition of Altos

Altos
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.
Alto
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.

Meaning of Altos from wikipedia

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- Railroad, and his colleagues formed the Altos Land Company in 1906 and started the development of Los Altos. The company acquired 140 acres (57 ha) of...
- Los Altos Hills (US: /lɑːs ˈæltoʊs/; Los Altos, Spanish for "The Heights") is an incorporated town in Santa Clara County, California, United States. The...
- The State of Los Altos (Spanish: Estado de Los Altos), commonly known as Los Altos, was the 6th state of the Federal Republic of Central America from...
- Altos Labs, Inc. is an American biotechnology research company. Altos Labs' goal is to develop life extension therapies that can halt or reverse the human...
- son, Leland Stanford Jr. Palo Alto later expanded and now borders East Palo Alto, Mountain View, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Stanford, Portola Valley...
- an alto sax in his Symphonic Dances from West Side Story. Vincent d'Indy enlists two altos in his opera Fervaal. Darius Milhaud writes for an alto in...
- "male alto" for those countertenors who use a predominantly falsetto voice production (boys singing in their natural range may be termed "boy altos"). Voice...
- after Los Altos Hills, California, where he lived. In an interview from May 1979, the company's vice-president Roger V**** described the Altos' strategy...
- talents of local students. The on-site design school, Altos de Chavón School of Design (Spanish: Altos de Chavón La Escuela de Diseño) was founded in 1983...