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Extremely high, in music
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altissimo
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n. (context music English) The highest register of a woodwind instrument, or a specific note in this register
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high-pitched \high-pitched\ adj. high in pitch or frequency; -- used of sounds and voices. Opposite of low . [Narrower terms: adenoidal, pinched, nasal ; altissimo ; alto ; countertenor, alto ; falsetto ; peaky, spiky ; piping ; shrill, sharp ; screaky, ...
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Altissimo (Italian for very high ) is the uppermost register on woodwind instruments . For clarinets , which overblow on odd harmonics , the altissimo notes are those based on the fifth, seventh, and higher harmonics. For other woodwinds, the altissimo ...
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adj. very high
Usage examples of altissimo.
Caesar ex eo loco quintis castris Gergoviam pervenit equestrique eo die proelio levi facto perspecto urbis situ, quae posita in altissimo monte omnes aditus difficiles habebat, de expugnatione desperavit, de obsessione non prius agendum constituit, quam rem frumentariam expedisset.
He made sad-faced Donate Benti superintendent of road construction from Pietrasanta to the base of the Monte Altissimo canal.