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From:  "Tako Oda" <toda@m...>
"Tako Oda" <toda@m...>
Date:  Sat Mar 17, 2001  6:18 am
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] Contraltos or Altos?


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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  Replies Name/Email Yahoo! ID Date Size
10329 Re: Contraltos or Altos? Reg Boyle   Sat  3/17/2001   2 KB
10332 Re: Contraltos or Altos? Tako Oda   Sat  3/17/2001   2 KB
10333 Re: Contraltos or Altos? Stephanie Franklin   Sat  3/17/2001   2 KB
10334 sorry Stephanie Franklin   Sat  3/17/2001   3 KB
10382 Re: sorry richardnpam@c...   Sun  3/18/2001   4 KB
10410 Lost top notes (was: Contraltos or Altos?) Karen Mercedes   Mon  3/19/2001   4 KB
10335 Re: Contraltos or Altos? gsanders@b...   Sat  3/17/2001   2 KB
10342 Countertenors - step-sisters of the fach system W Tako Oda   Sat  3/17/2001   3 KB
10343 Labels thomas mark montgomery   Sat  3/17/2001   3 KB

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