| 单词 | high c |
| 释义 | > as lemmashigh C high C n. Music a musical note, two octaves above middle C (see middle C n. at middle adj. and n. Compounds 1a), at or near the upper limit of a soprano's vocal range; also the note an octave below this similarly at or near the upper limit of a tenor's vocal range; sometimes (in extended use) as the type of a very high note. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > [noun] > high pitch > high sound or note sharp1612 treblea1616 high C1837 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [noun] > diatonic scale series > notes in diatonic scale > notes of specific scales bemola1327 bequarrea1350 rec1550 G1562 E1596 B1597 A1609 Ca1616 middle C1660 A (also C, D etc.) sharp1783 high C1837 H1880 1837 Musical World 27 Jan. 83 The B flat..is the highest horn used in this country; though the high C horn is used abroad. 1898 G. B. Shaw Perfect Wagnerite 61 A specifically contrapuntal theme, points d'orgue, and a high C for the soprano. 1904 G. H. Lorimer Old Gorgon Graham: More Lett. vii. 152 When she began to snore in her upper register and to hit the high C, he judged the coast was clear. 1975 D. DeNitto & W. Herman Film & Crit. Eye v. 69 Looming shadows at an inappropriate moment can imbue a scene with melodrama, like a tenor in an opera holding a high C when asking someone to pass the wine. 1998 Gramophone Jan. 99/3 Sembrich has some odd irregularities of vibration and when she decides to try for something above the high C we rather wish she would not. 2012 J. Irving In One Person (2013) v. 128 Gerda Mühle could be vibrant but effortless from a low G to dizzying flights above high C. < as lemmas |
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