so’pra

I. Over, above, upon, before. com’e s. As above. dis. Above. s. u’na cor’da. On one. string. par’te di s. Higher part. s. dominante. The dominant. s. quinta. Upper dominant. s. to’nica. Supertonic. soprano (so-pra’-n6), 7. (pl. -i), Sopran (z6-prin’), G. 1. The highest kind of human voice, differing from the alto in lying chiefly in the “head register”; this voice is typically a woman’s voice, but is also found in boys. It occurs naturally in some men (called falsetti, alt i natural i, or tenorint), but was obtained artificially in others (called evirati, castrati), particularly in the last century when the eunuch “‘artificial” sopranos achieved marvellous. power and agility. The soprano voice has an average range from c’-a’’ (Vide pitcH), the tones from f’ up being head-tones. The voice occasionally reaches lower, and often higher than this normal range, c’’’, being not untisual. A voice that reaches f’’’ or g’’’ is phenomenal (Agujari sang c’’’’ three octaves above mid-C). (Vide also mEzz0-SOPRANO.) Soprano voices are divided into the more powerful or dramatic (drammat’ico), and the flexible, and light or lyric (leggiero) (léd-ja’-r6) or légier (la-zha). 2. The part sung by the.685 highest voice or the highest instrument. 3. The instr. which is the highest of its cla (sometimes an extra high instr. is called sopranino). 4. The po e or of a soprano voice.