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Tenor is an English word with synonyms like high or meaning. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Tenor meaning

  1. A musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto.
  2. A person, instrument, or group that performs in the tenor (higher than bass and lower than alto) range.
  3. A musical part or section that holds or performs the main melody, as opposed to the contratenor bassus and contratenor altus, who perform countermelodies.

Synonyms of Tenor

high meaning strain direction vocaliser vocalizer vocalist singer pitch singing voice tenor voice high-pitched substance

Using Tenor

  • The main meaning on this page is: 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.
  • Useful related words include: high, meaning, strain, direction.
  • In the example corpus, tenor often appears in combinations such as: the tenor, tenor of, tenor and.

Context around Tenor

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 7 start, 9 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Tenor

  • In this selection, "tenor" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, alt, irish, necked, banjo, clef and basset stand out and add context to how "tenor" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 4 alt tenor and basset and alt and tenor 4 alt. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "tenor" sits close to words such as alibaba, antarctica and antoine, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with tenor

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Any potential violence spurred by Trump’s comments could change the tenor of reaction. (14 words)

He’s engagingly sung by tenor Elgan Llŷr Thomas, making his Opera North debut. (14 words)

A document highlighted the implications of the extension of the tenor of 2022 Supplementary Act. (15 words)

In the previous example, "the world" is compared to a stage, describing it with the attributes of "the stage"; "the world" is the tenor, and "a stage" is the vehicle; "men and women" is the secondary tenor, and "players" is the secondary vehicle. (43 words)

This is no mere coincidence, for brass bands used to employ a section of alto, tenor and bass trombones in the early to mid-19th century, later replacing the alto with a tenor trombone, all the while notated in the corresponding clefs. (42 words)

IFC's proposed facility comprises a US$200 million debt package, including up to US$100 million from IFC for a tenor of up to 9 years with the remainder funded by a syndicate of commercial banks. (37 words)

Example sentences (20)

He also shows the different "registers" of consort possible, 2′ (discant, alt, and tenor), 4′ (alt, tenor, and basset), and 8′ (tenor, basset, and bass).

Tenor banjo Four-string banjo Irish tenor banjo from Gold Tone The shorter-necked, tenor banjo, with 17 ("short scale") or 19 frets, is also typically played with a plectrum.

Agricola also calls the tenor "altus," mistakenly depicting it as a little smaller than the tenor in the woodcut (above, middle right).

All of the "modern" instrument names represent exceedingly rare instruments with the exception of the E Tenor/Alto (unless one counts, controversially, the baritone horn as the B Tenor/Baritone member of the family).

As the true tenor clef has fallen into disuse in vocal writings, this "octave-dropped" treble clef is often called the tenor clef.

In the previous example, "the world" is compared to a stage, describing it with the attributes of "the stage"; "the world" is the tenor, and "a stage" is the vehicle; "men and women" is the secondary tenor, and "players" is the secondary vehicle.

Tenor voice is notated in bass clef where the tenor and bass are written on the same stave.

This is no mere coincidence, for brass bands used to employ a section of alto, tenor and bass trombones in the early to mid-19th century, later replacing the alto with a tenor trombone, all the while notated in the corresponding clefs.

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Aaron Blake, another tenor, also threatened to steal the show when he opened the fourth and final act as a smoothly elegant Garter King of Arms.

A document highlighted the implications of the extension of the tenor of 2022 Supplementary Act.

Any potential violence spurred by Trump’s comments could change the tenor of reaction.

As Fixed Deposit interest rates have gone up in recent times, it becomes a natural question for depositors, especially senior citizens, as to what will be the ideal tenor for them to invest in FD.

At one point the tenor Joshua Ellicott left the stage, and one wondered if he too was trying to help.

Born in Paris into a Christian Armenian family that prized culture, the young tenor learned basic Yiddish while growing up in the city’s Jewish quarter.

Both Aldous Huxley (experimenting with mescaline) and Robert Graves (mushrooms) quoted Wordsworth’s poetry to convey the tenor of their experiences.

From the two-year tenor all the way to 30-year, U.S. yields are below the current Fed funds rate of roughly 4.8 percent as markets have dramatically repriced the rates outlook.

He’s engagingly sung by tenor Elgan Llŷr Thomas, making his Opera North debut.

IFC's proposed facility comprises a US$200 million debt package, including up to US$100 million from IFC for a tenor of up to 9 years with the remainder funded by a syndicate of commercial banks.

Key commercial terms, such as pricing mechanism, volume and tenor, have been agreed to, but the contract is subject to finalization, which is anticipated in the first quarter of 2023.

Kristin and Josh's loved ones arrived to the gentle accompaniment of a string quartet playing from a balcony - only for the tenor of the music to drastically change.

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Common combinations with tenor

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "tenor" in a sentence?
An example: "He also shows the different "registers" of consort possible, 2′ (discant, alt, and tenor), 4′ (alt, tenor, and basset), and 8′ (tenor, basset, and bass)." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "tenor" from authentic English texts.
What does "tenor" mean?
Tenor means: A musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto.
What are synonyms of "tenor"?
Common synonyms of "tenor" include: high, meaning, strain, direction, vocaliser, vocalizer, vocalist, singer. Plus 5 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "tenor" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "tenor", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.