Crossword clues for altissimo
The Collaborative International Dictionary
high-pitched \high-pitched\ adj.
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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, screechy, squeaking, squeaky, squealing; soprano, treble; sopranino; tenor]
Syn: high.
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set at a sharp or high angle or slant; as, a high-pitched roof.
Syn: steeply pitched, steep.
Wiktionary
n. (context music English) The highest register of a woodwind instrument, or a specific note in this register
WordNet
adj. very high
Wikipedia
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 notes are those based on the third, fourth, and higher harmonics. The altissimo register is also known as the high register.
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.