alto horn

alto horn in American English noun. a valved brass musical instrument, varying in shape, that is the alto member of the cornet family; althorn.

brass The tenor horn (British English; alto horn in American English, Althorn in Germany; occasionally referred to as E♭ horn) is a brass instrument in the saxhorn family and is usually pitched in E♭.

Two basic types of alto horns: bell front and upright. The instruments in the picture above are both alto horns. The bell front instrument on the left is a Besson 2-20 alto horn in F and E-flat. The upright bell instrument on the right is a Yamaha YAH-601ST.

The pocket solo alto horn is 12 3/4" long (the regular solo alto being 16 1/2"), which is only 1/4" longer than the Boston Three Star cornets.

Tenor horn Tenor horn and alto horn are different names for the same instrument. It is a brass instrument that plays in the alto range, similar to a horn, but is pitched in the key of Eb. It resembles a baritone or a euphonium in appearance but is smaller in size.

The musical term alto, meaning "high" in Italian (Latin: altus), historically refers to the contrapuntal part higher than the tenor and its associated vocal range. In 4-part voice leading alto is the second-highest part, sung in choruses by either low women's or high men's voices.

The term alto is also used for musical instruments having a more or less comparable range - e.g., alto saxophone, alto clarinet, alto flute. The meaning of alto in French is “tenor violin” or “tenor saxhorn” - a pitfall for translators; contralte in French means the English “alto.”

Nowadays, the word “alto” is a general term used to describe a lower female voice rather than a specific vocal category. Chorus music usually calls for an “alto” part for voices with a strong middle and lower register, but there's no real separate alto voice type in Western music.

: the second highest member of the saxophone family pitched in F or E-flat.

The alto range in choral music is approximately from F3 (the F below middle C) to F5 (the second F above middle C). In common usage, alto is used to describe the voice type that typically sings this part, though this is not strictly correct.

The alto clef, also called the C clef, is placed on a musical staff whose middle line represents the middle C note. The middle C note, or middle C, as it is commonly called, is the C note that separates upper range notes from lower range notes. On a piano, middle C is located exactly in the middle of the keyboard.

An alto is the female voice type with the lowest range, which is considered a middle voice in a classical choral setting. Historically, there are four primary voice types: Soprano- the highest voice type of all, highest female voice. An outer voice. Alto- the lowest female voice type.