alto

vocal and pitch range above tenor and below soprano in polyphonal settings
Event voice_type Q6983813
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alto

Summary

alto is a voice type[1]. alto draws 1,167 Wikipedia views per month (voice_type category, ranking #7 of 15).[2]

Key Facts

  • alto's instance of is recorded as voice type[3].
  • alto is a type of voice[4].
  • alto is a type of low voice[5].
  • alto's Commons category is recorded as Altos (register)[6].
  • alto's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
  • alto's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • alto's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedic Lexicon[9].
  • alto's described by source is recorded as Riemann's Music Dictionary[10].
  • alto's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[11].
  • alto's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12].
  • alto's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[13].
  • alto's different from is recorded as contralto[14].
  • alto's different from is recorded as deep contralto[15].

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Context

alto's instance of is recorded as voice type[3].

Why It Matters

alto draws 1,167 Wikipedia views per month (voice_type category, ranking #7 of 15).[2] alto has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] alto is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of
    Subclass of voice, low voice
    Instance of voice type
    Different from contralto, deep contralto
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 29967, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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