Mene
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Mene is a noun meaning The high middle singing voice (especially as for a boy) or part in musical composition, corresponding roughly to the alto.
Meaning
The high middle singing voice (especially as for a boy) or part in musical composition, corresponding roughly to the alto.
Example Sentences
The voices include a counter (always below the tenor), a countertenor (moving above and below the tenor), mene, treble, and quadreble.
He starts out by saying that there are three sights, the mene, treble, and quadreble, but actually he discusses only two, the treble and quadreble, both of which are read at the transposition of an octave.
The counter involves transposition of the sighted note to the fifth below (for extremely low notes a twelfth), the mene and countertenor do not transpose, the treble transposes to the octave above, and the quadreble to the twelfth above.
Word Forms
- menes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include meane, mezzo, mezzo-soprano, melos, mediety, midhour.
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