Reg Boyle <bandb@n...> wrote: Reg Boyle <bandb@n...> wrote: > So given that ALTO does not follow the spelling of either > ALTUS or ALTER , how do you choose altus?
We know for sure from context. Besides the contratenor altus part, we also had the contratenor bassus line. They became altus and bassus for short. Bass means low, so they must have meant high for alto.
Tako
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