Talk:alto

Chambers 1908 definition

Rather confusing: "Properly the same as counter-tenor, the male voice of the highest pitch (now principally falsetto), and not the lowest female voice, which is properly contralto, though in printed music the second part in a quartet is always called alto." Equinox ◑ 18:56, 28 August 2018 (UTC)

Adjective?

"Nouns often modified by "alto": saxophone, clarinet, flute, recorder, part, solo, voice, singer."

If "alto" modifies nouns, why isn't it listed as an adjective for those uses?

Steve Wise (talk) 21:25, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

• See the definition of attributive noun. SemperBlotto (talk) 06:53, 14 November 2018 (UTC)