Barytone

Word BARYTONE
Character 8
Hyphenation bar y tone
Pronunciations /ˈbæɹɪtəʊn/

Definitions and meanings of "Barytone"

What do we mean by barytone?

A word that has a heavy stress or pitch accent on its penultimate syllable. noun

Relating to or being a word that has a heavy stress or pitch accent on its penultimate syllable. adjective

Having the quality of a voice or instrument intermediate between a bass and a tenor: as, a barytone voice. See II.

In Greek grammar: Pronounced with the (theoretical) grave accent on the last syllable (see grave, a.); having the last syllable unaccented: as, a barytone word, such as τόνος.

Causing a word to be without accent on the final syllable: as, a barytone suffix.

In music: A male voice, the compass of which partakes of the bass and the tenor, but which does not descend so low as the one nor rise so high as the other. noun

A stringed instrument played with a bow, resembling the viola da gamba, called in Italian viola di bardone or bordone. noun

The name usually given to the smaller brass sax-horn in or C. noun

In Greek grammar, a word which has the last syllable unaccented. noun

In Greek grammar, to pronounce or write without accent on the last syllable: as, to barytone a word.

Grave and deep, as a kind of male voice. adjective

Not marked with an accent on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood. adjective

A male voice, the compass of which partakes of the common bass and the tenor, but which does not descend as low as the one, nor rise as high as the other. noun

A person having a voice of such range. noun

The viola di gamba, now entirely disused. noun

A word which has no accent marked on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood. noun

Not having the acute accent on the final syllable of a word, especially with reference to Greek grammar adjective

An alternative (and rare) form of baritone, a male voice or instrument with that range. noun

The male voice between tenor and bass

The musical range between tenor and bass

A person, instrument, or group that performs in the range between tenor and bass

A brass instrument similar to the euphonium, but with a cylindrical bore instead of a conical one; a baritone saxhorn

Synonyms and Antonyms for Barytone

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The word "barytone" in example sentences

The prince was a great amateur of the peculiar viol called the barytone, and it was one of Haydn's duties to provide new compositions for this instrument. ❋ Unknown (1874)

Still more curious was the form of viol known as the barytone, which, in addition to an outfit of six catgut strings upon the finger board, was furnished with twenty-four wire strings, stretched close under the sounding board, where they sounded by sympathetic vibration. ❋ Unknown (1874)

Gantry, using his histrionic gifts and his "arousing barytone," latched onto the ministry because of the power it gave him over others. ❋ Unknown (2007)

A crude, profane, hard-drinking and oversexed football player from Paris, Kansas, Gantry latched onto the ministry because of the power it gave him over others, through the exercise of his histrionic gifts and his "arousing barytone." ❋ Wilfred M. McClay (2007)

Look at this broad-shouldered man with the bare muscular arms, and the thick, firm, black hair tossed about like trodden meadow-grass whenever he takes off his paper cap, and with the strong barytone voice bursting every now and then into loud and solemn psalm-tunes, as if seeking an outlet for superfluous strength, yet presently checking himself, apparently crossed by some thought which jars with the singing. ❋ Unknown (2004)

It was to this workman that the strong barytone belonged which was heard above the sound of plane and hammer singing — ❋ Unknown (2004)

The voice is strong and clear, but rather barytone than bass: in anger it becomes a shrill chattering like the cry of a wild animal. ❋ Unknown (2003)

This went far enough for attention to the music and the barytone. ❋ Unknown (2003)

David Bispham, the great barytone, always genial and generous, agreed to take part, and Clara Clemens, already accustomed to public singing, was to join in the program. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Her voice was the agreeable barytone of her years, its thin tones entirely gone, and her good English was like gentle music: nevertheless, an occasional strong tone or gesture revealed her determined will. ❋ Various (N/A)

The song and the singer drew closer, and the vigilence of Pierre ceased as he heard a mellow barytone ring out: ❋ John Frederick (N/A)

Don't talk of the solitude of a night in the primeval forests, however far from the abodes of man; -- the squirrels and the partridges may be asleep then and there, but the katydids are awake, and, with the support of contralto and barytone tree-toads, manage to keep up a concert which cannot fail to impress on you a sense of familiar and friendly company. ❋ Various (N/A)

His voice (barytone) is still of exquisite quality, and just the right volume for our hall. ❋ Frances Marie Antoinette Mack Roe (N/A)

Having myself a well-marked barytone voice of more than half an octave in compass, I sometimes add my vocal powers to her execution of: ❋ Various (N/A)

The human voice, perfect as it may be in tone, is yet always very deficient in compass, as is obvious from the fact that the bass voice, the barytone, the contralto, and the soprano have all different registers, and are all required to produce a complete vocal harmony. ❋ Various (N/A)

Montresor had a clever barytone voice, and sang with sufficient grace and memory for an amateur. ❋ Various (N/A)

He sang to her in his rich barytone songs of love. ❋ Lyndon Orr (N/A)

"'My true love hath my heart,'" replied McEwan, in his cheery barytone. ❋ Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale (N/A)

Marzials '"My True Love Hath My Heart," humming the words in an easy barytone. ❋ Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale (N/A)

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