bar|i|tone

bar|i|tone
bar|i|tone «BAR uh tohn», noun, adjective.
–noun.
1. a) the male voice between tenor and bass: »

A baritone is lower than tenor but higher than bass.

b) a singer with such a voice. c) a part in music for such a voice or for an instrument of similar range.
2. a brass-wind musical instrument in B♭, that has the quality or range of this voice.
–adjective.
of or for a baritone. Also, British, barytone.
╂[< Italian baritono, learned borrowing from Greek barýtonos deep-sounding, baritone]

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