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Noun- The general range of a melody or voice part.

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Usage examples (31)
  • Noun, : an uncomfortably high tessitura
  • A publicidade já faz parte da tessitura do nosso mundo de ideias.
  • Pl á cido said the same thing, that he has to work hard to sing the tessitura.
  • Source: CNA: Indagine sulle aziende artigiane di tessitura dell’area tessile pratese, 1981.
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