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What is the noun for altos?

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alto
  1. A musical part or section higher than tenor and lower than soprano, formerly the part that performed a countermelody above the tenor or main melody.
  2. A person or musical instrument that performs the alto part.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “The choir director specifically sought out a talented alto to round out the harmonies in the choral performance.”
      “Mary Chapin Carpenter with her husky, honeyed alto is perhaps the most popular New Folk artist.”
      “Like this, singing alto part was begun because of my incapability to adjust myself to a higher tone.”
altoist
  1. A person playing alto saxophone or some other alto instrument.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Inner Space Music, led by trumpeter Loz Speyer and featuring altoist Chris Biscoe, play Dean Clough, Halifax on September 29 at 8pm.”
      “After Cannonball's death in 1975, Nat temporarily retired, but from 1976 he led his own groups, which usually included a Cannonball-styled altoist.”
      “Here he provides himself with the next best thing: a well-fortified, all-star nonet featuring five additional horns, including the altoist Ted Nash, the trumpeter Terell Stafford, and the trombonist Steve Turre.”
altoists
  1. plural of altoist
altos
  1. plural of alto
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “A third passage features a two-part canonic effect, grouping the sopranos with the tenors, and the altos with the basses.”
      “We've always had a choir made up of boy and girl trebles, together with male altos, tenors and basses.”
      “A third passage groups the sopranos with the tenors, and the altos with the basses.”
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