0 a woman singer with the lowest female singing voice, or this type of voice
1 a woman’s singing voice in the lowest range, or a woman with this range
Contralto voices range generally from G, below middle C in the treble clef, up to F, the upper line of the clef.
He has been chided by some because he has a magnificent contralto voice and scarcely ever uses it.
Unconsciously her slightly husky contralto voice had sunk lower and trembled audibly.
She is charmed above all by the very lowest notes (referred to in the jargon of singing as the chest voice) of mezzos and contraltos.
That kind of life develops the bass voices, the contralto voices, the tenor voices.
A demanding work, it requires 14 soloists (three sopranos, one contralto, two tenors, four baritones, and four basses).
