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- Dictionarysoprano/səˈprɑːnəʊ/
noun
- 1. the highest singing voice: "a piece composed for soprano, flute, and continuo"
- 2. an instrument of a high or the highest pitch in its family: "a soprano saxophone"
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A soprano ( [soˈpraːno]) is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types.
SOPRANO definition: 1. a woman or girl with a voice that can sing the highest notes: 2. a boy with a voice that sings…. Learn more.
SOPRANO meaning: 1. a woman or girl with a voice that can sing the highest notes: 2. a boy with a voice that sings…. Learn more.
noun. the highest adult female voice, having a range approximately from middle C to the A a thirteenth above it. the voice of a young boy before puberty. a singer with such a voice. the highest part of a piece of harmony. the highest or second highest instrument in a family of instruments. ( as modifier ) a soprano saxophone. soprano.
A soprano is a woman, girl, or boy with a high singing voice. She was the main soprano at the theatre. American English : soprano / -ˈprɑn-, səˈprænoʊ /
Soprano generally refers to female voices, although it is also applied to boy sopranos (also called trebles) and to male castrati singers of the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. In music written in four parts, the soprano part is the highest part.
so·pran·o. (sə-prăn′ō, -prä′nō) n. pl. so·pran·os. 1. The highest singing voice of a woman or young boy. 2. A singer having such a voice. 3. The tonal range characteristic of a soprano. 4. An instrument that sounds within this range. 5. A vocal or instrumental part written within this range.
