alto
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They’ve championed the resurgence of norteño-sax, a subgenre that fuses the accordion sounds of norteño music with an invigorating alto saxophone, made popular by legendary groups like Conjunto Primavera.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Of the four soloists, alto Beth Taylor and tenor Duke Kim were the most impressive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
He also admired alto saxophonist and R&B pioneer Louis Jordan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
Hearing Hawkins’s recording of “Body and Soul” as a fourth-grader had been a turning point for Rollins musically and eventually lead him to switch from alto to tenor saxophone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
Figure 6.21: In the top line, the melody is written out in concert pitch; on the second line it has been transposed to be read by an alto saxophone.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
But for my fellow altos, the melodic range of female alto songs and male tenor songs very closely overlaps; for example, Rihanna and Queen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2022
Unlike England or Germany, Poland has almost no countertenor tradition, in which adult male vocalists sing at altitudes usually reserved for boy altos or mezzo-sopranos.
From New York Times ● Mar. 4, 2022
"But if you notice, they are all from melodic lines and they move in intervals that can be taken by sopranos, altos, tenors and basses, and this is not possible to do like that."
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2021
“Pattern-mixing is a chorus, and you need altos, sopranos, tenors and a bass line,” Luckett says.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 11, 2021
After a shaky start, the altos started harmonizing mellow and deep.
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
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