Baritone vs. Alto — What's the Difference?

A baritone is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the bass and the tenor voice-types. The term originates from the Greek βαρύτονος (barýtonos), meaning "heavy sounding".

The musical term alto, meaning "high" in Italian (Latin: altus), historically refers to the contrapuntal part higher than the tenor and its associated vocal range. In 4-part voice leading alto is the second highest part, sung in choruses by either low women's or high men's voices.

An adult male singing voice between tenor and bass

A low female singing voice; a contralto.

An instrument that is second lowest in pitch in its family

A countertenor.

A male singer or voice with a range higher than a bass and lower than a tenor.

The range between soprano and tenor.

An instrument that sounds within this range.

A singer whose voice lies within this range.

A vocal or instrumental part written in this range.

An instrument that sounds within this range.

A valved brass instrument similar to but larger than the euphonium.

A vocal or instrumental part written in this range.

The male voice between tenor and bass

A musical part or section higher than tenor and lower than soprano, formerly the part that performed a countermelody above the tenor or main melody.

The musical range between tenor and bass

A person or musical instrument that performs the alto part.

A person, instrument, or group that performs in the range between tenor and bass

An alto saxophone

A brass instrument similar to the euphonium, but with a cylindrical bore instead of a conical one; a baritone saxhorn

Formerly the part sung by the highest male, or counter-tenor, voices; now the part sung by the lowest female, or contralto, voices, between in tenor and soprano. In instrumental music it now signifies the tenor.

(linguistics) barytone.

An alto singer.

See Barytone.

A singer whose voice lies in the alto clef

A male singer

The lowest female singing voice

The second lowest adult male singing voice

The highest adult male singing voice

The second lowest brass wind instrument

The pitch range of the lowest female voice

Lower in range than tenor and higher than bass;

Of or being the lowest female voice

Of or being the highest male voice; having a range above that of tenor

(of a musical instrument) second highest member of a group;