tenor

ténor

Chanteur dont la voix est assez aiguë, au-dessus de celle d’une basse ou d’un baryton.

En anglais simple : A male singer with a fairly high voice, above a bass or baritone.

• The tenor sang beautifully.
• They invited a famous tenor to perform at the concert.
• The choir needs two more tenors.

Synonymes : tenor singer

Expressions courantes : a famous tenor, an operatic tenor, a tenor soloist

ténor

Registre de chant masculin assez aigu, au-dessus de la basse et du baryton.

En anglais simple : A fairly high singing range for men, above bass and baritone.

• He sings tenor in the choir.
• The melody lies comfortably within the tenor range.
• She wrote separate parts for tenor and bass.

Expressions courantes : sing tenor, tenor range, tenor part, second tenor

ténor

Instrument, ou son registre, dont les sons sont plus aigus que la basse et plus graves que l’alto.

En anglais simple : An instrument, or its musical range, that sounds higher than bass but lower than alto.

• She plays tenor in the band.
• He bought a tenor rather than an alto saxophone.
• The tenor section carries the tune here.

Expressions courantes : play the tenor, a tenor saxophone, tenor horn, tenor section

ténor

Dont le registre se situe entre la basse et l’alto, ou qui est écrit pour ce registre.

En anglais simple : Having or written for a musical range above bass and below alto.

• He has a tenor voice.
• She plays the tenor saxophone.
• The tenor part begins after the bass solo.

Expressions courantes : tenor voice, tenor saxophone, tenor part, tenor clef