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baritone

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for baritone.

Editorial note

A baritone voice doesn't sound different just because their voice is lower, but because of a different timbre.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

The male voice between tenor and bass.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of baritone gathered in one view.

noun

The male voice between tenor and bass.

noun

The musical range between tenor and bass.

noun

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

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for baritone.

Example sentences

1

A baritone voice doesn't sound different just because their voice is lower, but because of a different timbre.

2

A man with no vocal training is more likely to have the range of a baritone (a high bass).

3

Kristin Olsen, who plays baritone for my Sensorium Saxophone Orchestra, informed me of the event and connected me to Jonathan Marmor.

4

A typical baritone (middle range male voice) can sing choral bass parts well enough, but will find tenor parts relatively strenuous.

5

Your kid will be fine carrying anything short of a baritone by that age.

6

Whilst 7-string (and in Charlie Hunter's case, 8-string) guitars are possibly more versatile, I'm quite partial to baritone guitars.

7

A baritone sax could've cost five digits to replace, plus all the accessories.

8

There are Festas and bullfights, of which I have attended many, and even played Baritone in an Azorian-tradition marching band.

9

If you’re game, on electric you might enjoy a baritone scale guitar.

10

One of them even sang for me; he had a killer baritone.

11

Only particularly challenging baritone parts go above E4 or F4.

12

One of my annoyances is that most male pop singing is at too high a range for normal baritone men without vocal training to sing along.

Quote examples

1

There was a long-gone time when a baritone such as Perry Como or a bass such as Vaughn Monroe topped the hit charts; when a deep-voiced singer would bellow: "Old Man River, that Old Man River...

2

It did not fit with the image of myself that the high school version of me held in my head; "a man should be a baritone or bass after puberty!" I liked choir and stayed in it for all four years, but I was never particularly good at it so what the hell did I know anyway.

3

Here's how it starts (at least as much as I can capture it with just typing): "Endowed by nature with perhaps the most glorious baritone voice ever to be heard on an American stage since the memorable concert debut in 1835 of Millard Fillmore; endowed also with twelve incredibly agile fingers..."

Proper noun examples

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Baritone/bass vocals were not uncommon, but they were definitely drowned out by the radio and MTV.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use baritone in a sentence?

A baritone voice doesn't sound different just because their voice is lower, but because of a different timbre.

What does baritone mean?

The male voice between tenor and bass.

What part of speech is baritone?

baritone is commonly used as noun.