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Japanese: contralto
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…It is a musical term derived from the Latin altus (high), and was originally used to mean the "high" voice, contratenor altus, in contrast to the tenor, who plays the fixed melody. This is also shortened to contralto. In general, it often refers to (1) the second-highest voice in the four-part composition (the voice below the soprano and above the tenor), or (2) the lowest female voice type (Figure 1). …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "contralto" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ラテン語のaltus(高い)を語源とする音楽用語で,元来は,定旋律を担うテノールに対して〈高い〉声部contratenor altusの意で用いられた。これが省略されてコントラルトcontraltoとも呼ばれる。一般に,(1)4声作法において上から2番目の声部(ソプラノの下でテノールの上の声部),(2)女性の最も低い声種(図1)を指すことが多い。…

※「contralto」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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