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baritone Definition

bari·tone (bar′ə tōn′, ber′-)

noun

  1. the range of a male voice between tenor and bass
    1. a voice or singer with such a range
    2. an instrument with a similar range within its family, as a baritone saxophone
    3. a part for such a voice or instrument
  3. a valved brass instrument of the saxhorn family pitched in B and often used in brass bands

Etymology: It baritono < Gr barytonos, deep-toned < barys, heavy, deep (see grave) + tonos, tone

adjective

of, for, or having the range of a baritone

baritone Usage Examples

Converse of subject

  • sing: Originally composed to be sung by a baritone; this works equally well when sung by a treble.

Converse of object

  • sing: He was chosen to sing the baritone solos in the four colleges performance of Mahler's Symphony No. 8 in the Royal Albert Hall.
  • play: David started playing the baritone at the age of eight with the Besses o'th ' Barn Boys Band.
  • have: Seriously, these guys and girls had baritone, soprano, beat box, English, Japanese, the works.

Adjective modifier

  • 2nd: Pete then moved onto 2nd baritone for a while.
  • Welsh: Welsh baritone Bryn Terfel has been awarded the Queen's Medal for Music in a ceremony at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
  • rich: The overall vocal range of the convicts is low and they should be able sing in a rich baritone if possible.
  • deep: Vocally it changes from deep baritones to the higher register strange chorus.
  • German: The German baritone, Peter Schüler, sang with brooding intensity as he grappled with Owen's darker texts.
  • high: Andrea Roberts hails from Indiana, and plays bass in the group, singing lead, tenor and high baritone.

Modifies a noun

  • sax: Welcome to the bass and baritone sax review section.
  • saxophone: Mr Turvey, on his baritone saxophone, played with the Band.
  • soloist: The chapel choir also provided a fine baritone soloist in the Five Mystical Songs.
  • saxophonist: Latterly managed by Alan Jones, one time manager of LA Guns and baritone saxophonist with 60s legends 'Amen Corner ' .
  • horn: He could play very little on the baritone horn except " Smoke on the Water.
  • voice: All sung with his warm, powerful, vibrant baritone voice.

Noun used with modifier

  • bass: I kept bursting into song - O Sio Mio or whatever leaped from by bass baritone chest and echoed around the walls.
  • solo: The pick of the soloists on the day was Jeff Lewis, the Band's solo baritone player.
  • lyric: Erwin Schrott was a superb Figaro, a real lyric baritone with a feel for the humor and the heart of this character.
  • st: Frank threw the score at me and told me to write several sections of solo horn parts for 1 st baritone.