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See Barytone.

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  1. a. & n. See Barytone.
  2. a. Grave and deep, as a kind of male voice.
  3. a. Not marked with an accent on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood.
  4. n. A male voice, the compass of which partakes of the common bass and the tenor, but which does not descend as low as the one, nor rise as high as the other.
  5. n. A person having a voice of such range.
  6. n. The viola di gamba, now entirely disused.
  7. n. A word which has no word/accent">accent marked on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood.
  8. adj. lower in range than tenor and higher than bass
  9. n. a male singer
  10. n. the second lowest adult male singing voice
  11. n. the second lowest brass wind instrument
  12. See Barytone. 1. (Mus.) Grave and deep, as a kind of male voice. 2. (Greek Gram.) Not marked with an accent on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood. 1. (Mus.) (a) A male voice, the compass of which partakes of the common bass and the tenor, but which does not descend as low as the one, nor rise as high as the other. (b) A person having a voice of such range. (c) The viola di gamba, now entirely disused. 2. (Greek Gram.) A word which has no accent marked on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood.