Plural of tenor

Forms of tenor

Tenors in a sentence

• There were single bass and double bass harmonicas, pipe harmonicas, chord harmonicas, horn harmonicas, chromatics, tenors, tremolos, polyphonias.2013, Janet Anderson, Far Away Places, page 103. From the entry polyphonia
• The great chazzanim, with the exception of very few, were tenors; or, if baritones, they "tenorized" their voices.1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 192. From the entry tenorize
• And that title song, an impishly dashing waltz for four tenors, remains one of Styne's least appreciated masterbits, truly imaginative writing from this supposed pop tunesmith.2015, Ethan Mordden, Open a New Window: The Broadway Musical in the 1960s, page 45. From the entry masterbit
• All the extant voices participate fully in the decani-cantoris split at that point, so one is tempted to assume that the tenors split into decani and cantoris parts as well.1988, Gordon Paine, Howard Swan, Five Centuries of Choral Music: Essays in Honor of Howard Swan, page 105. From the entry decani

Meaning of tenor

1. noun A musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto.
2. noun A person, instrument, or group that performs in the tenor (higher than bass and lower than alto) range.
3. noun A musical part or section that holds or performs the main melody, as opposed to the contratenor bassus and contratenor altus, who perform countermelodies.

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Questions about the plural of tenor

What is the plural of tenor?

The plural of tenor is tenors.

Is tenor countable?

Tenor is a countable and uncountable noun.