soprano voice

collocation in English

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soprano
adjective
uk
/səˈprɑː.nəʊ/us
/səˈpræn.oʊ/
having a voice that uses the ...
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voice
noun
uk
/vɔɪs/us
/vɔɪs/
the sounds that are made when people speak ...
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(Definition ofsopranoandvoicefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This can be observed with the harp glissando and unisonsopranovoiceexamples, because in both cases many sustaining harmonic partials overlap temporally.
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Thesopranovoicewas thus assigned to the female protagonist, the tenor voice to the male protagonist.
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The voices of the soprano-soloist and virtual soprano create a semi-acousmatic space where the source bonding3 of thesopranovoiceis no longer certain.
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She has a beautifulsopranovoice.
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The simplest solution is to avoid placing the fifth of the chord in thesopranovoice.
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The first version consisted of onesopranovoiceaccompanied by a string quintet (two violins, one viola, two cellos).
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The first chorale phrase appears in thesopranovoiceover imitative counterpoint in the lower voices and staccato chords in the accompaniment.
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She was unpretentious, shy and devout, and possessed a crystal-clearsopranovoiceprojected with a wistful quality and earnestness that audiences found touching.
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The settings are for a solosopranovoicegiven remarkable soaring melodies against a full orchestra, and all four songs have prominent horn parts.
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She became famous as a singer of bolero music in part due to the way she sang them with hersopranovoice.
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She has a 4-octavesopranovoice, and plays piano, keyboards, santour (hammered dulcimer), dumbek, guitar, flute, and various other instruments.
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One admirer has written that her sometimes uncertainsopranovoicewas tenuous but perched on the edge of beauty.
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The lyricsopranovoicegenerally has a higher tessitura than a soubrette and usually plays ingenues and other sympathetic characters in opera.
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The two oboes da caccia illustrate a movement of supplication even together with thesopranovoice.
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However, the soubrettesopranovoiceis limited even in this repertoire by its lack of coloratura skill and relatively limited range.
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Much of her work is forsopranovoicewith continuo accompaniment.
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Thesopranovoiceenters in bar 9, but only keeps the first two bars of the subject intact, changing the rest.
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If the root or (doubled) third is in thesopranovoice, all upper parts simply resolve down by step while the bass rises.
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I have a baritone voice, and hersopranovoicereally fits well with the range of the song.
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