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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(music) The highest register of a woodwind instrument, or a specific note in this register.
He could fold the full pitch range of the horn into a short solo, from altissimo to the lowest notes, and connect rarefied ideas to the rich, soulful phrasing of saxophonists like Junior Walker.
Use altissimo when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Altissimo means (music) The highest register of a woodwind instrument, or a specific note in this register.
Common synonyms include high, high-pitched.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He could fold the full pitch range of the horn into a short solo, from altissimo to the lowest notes, and connect rarefied ideas to the rich, soulful phrasing of saxophonists like Junior Walker.
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