the second lowest brass wind instrument the second lowest adult male singing voice a male singer lower in range than tenor and higher than bass; "a baritone voice"; "baritone oboe
Not marked with an accent on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood
In music, a baritone is a man with a fairly deep singing voice that is lower than that of a tenor but higher than that of a bass. a baritone voice or instrument is lower than a tenor but higher than a bass. In vocal music, the most common category of male voice, between the bass and the tenor. Its range is approximately from the second A below middle C to the F above middle C. The term baritonus was first employed in 15th-century five-and six-voice part music; when four-part settings became standard, the baritone part was dropped, and natural baritones were forced to develop either their bass or tenor register. Instruments that play principally in the baritone register include the baritone saxophone and the baritone horn
A word which has no accent marked on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood
The middle male vocal part, in between the tenors and the basses Sometimes the term is used as a shorthand for the baritone horn, or the baritone saxophone