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ES: alto, I: contralto, F: alto, D: Alt, NL: alt, DK: alt, S: alt, FI: altto, matala naisääni.
A female voice of low range (contralto). Originally the alto was a
high male voice (hence the name), which by the use of falsetto reached the
height of the female voice. This type of voice is also known as
→counter tenor.
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