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The correct spelling is tenor.
How to pronounce tenor
/tɛnə(ɹ)/
nounIPA: /tɛnə(ɹ)/
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The correct spelling is tenor. A musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto. For example: "He has a tenor voice."
Usage Examples
“He has a tenor voice.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto.
- 2.A person, instrument or group that performs in the tenor (higher than bass and lower than alto) range.
- 3.A musical part or section that holds or performs the main melody, as opposed to the contratenor bassus and contratenor altus, who perform countermelodies.
- 4.The lowest tuned in a ring of bells.
- 5.Tone, as of a conversation.
adjective
- 1.Of or pertaining to the tenor part or range.
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