alto
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Immanuel Wilkins’s alto saxophone and Joel Ross’s vibraphone initially function as dual narrators.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025
“Chulahoma” is riveting for Mr. Sewell’s lines, which are alternately gritty and soaring, and for Mr. Lloyd’s playing, which hints at the blues-based melodicism of yet another dear, departed friend, the alto saxophonist Ornette Coleman.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025
I was in marching band when I was in high school, I played the alto saxophone.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2025
"Her rich alto voice sounded like she was still singing in church, but the lyrics were pure 70s pop/soul," noted US music source Soul Tracks of the track.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2025
The music on the stand in front of me is illuminated, and I fall in love with the light, the alto clef curlicuing around the cloudy patterns from Papa's pipe.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
Vocabulary lists containing alto
Music - Introductory
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Music - Middle School
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Music - High School
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