musical part or section that holds or performs the main melody, as opposed to the contratenor bassus and contratenor altus, who perform countermelodies
"Holder " 1 A high male voice between alto and baritone In early polyphonic music, it sang the cantus firmus in long held notes 2 Instruments in the tenor range
Any instrument of the range of C below middle C to G above middle C is said to be a tenor instrument, such as the tenor saxophoneSearch Google com for Tenor
The higher of the two kinds of voices usually belonging to adult males; hence, the part in the harmony adapted to this voice; the second of the four parts in the scale of sounds, reckoning from the base, and originally the air, to which the other parts were auxillary
The highest normal male voice, the name derives from mediaeval musical compositions in which the tenor carried the main melody line Other voices typically served as accompaniments to the tenor
the adult male singing voice above baritone an adult male with a tenor voice of or close in range to the highest natural adult male voice; "tenor voice"
1 Voice type A singer who has traded brain capacity for resonance 2 Musical part A line with only passing resemblance to the rest of the choral texture Most commonly written by assigning the "missing note" in a chord
The tenor of something is the general meaning or mood that it expresses. The whole tenor of discussions has changed. a tenor voice or instrument has a range of notes that is lower than an alto voice or instrument. High male voice range, extending from about the second B below middle C to the G above it. In the polyphony of the 13th-16th centuries, the tenor was the part that held (Latin, tenere: "to hold") the cantus firmus. Tenor voices are often classified as dramatic, lyric, or heroic (heldentenor). In instrument families, tenor refers to the instrument in which the central range is roughly that of the tenor voice (e.g., tenor saxophone)
the pitch range of the highest male voice pervading note of an utterance; "I could follow the general tenor of his argument" the adult male singing voice above baritone an adult male with a tenor voice of or close in range to the highest natural adult male voice; "tenor voice" (of a musical instrument) intermediate between alto and baritone or bass; "a tenor sax