Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗Of or pertaining to the tenor part or range.
A musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto. · A person, instrument, or group that performs in the tenor (higher than bass and lower than alto) range. · A musical part or section that holds or performs the main melody, as opposed to the contratenor bassus and contratenor altus, who perform countermelodies. · The lowest tuned in a ring of bells.
From Middle English tenour, from Anglo-Norman tenour, from Old French tenor (“substance, contents, meaning, sense; tenor part in music”), from Latin tenor (“course, continuance; holder”), from teneō (“to hold”). In music, from the notion of the one who holds the melody, as opposed to the countertenor.
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