Talk:tenor

RFV discussion: September 2015–January 2016
Rfv-sense: adjective: Of or pertaining to the tenor part or range.

The example sentence he has a tenor voice strikes me as nominal, not adjectival. Renard Migrant (talk) 14:24, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
 * This is an RfD issue, not an RfV one. How do you explain phraseology like "tenor horn", "tenor trombone", "tenor saxophone", "tenor clef" or "tenor drum"?  Tenor as a word works the opposite way from the way you're alleging. Pur ple back pack 89   04:23, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I, as a native speaker who has spent a fair amount of time in musical situations, as well as the lemmings, strongly disagree that such a use is nominal. I would say that "tenor voice" and all the examples PBP used are evidence of widespread use of the adjectival sense. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 05:06, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
 * A few citations of tenor behaving like an adjective:


 * 1962, Frank Howard Richardson, For Parents Only: The Doctor Discusses Discipline
 * Many a star athlete has very little hair anywhere except what he wears on top of his head, and a voice that is  absolutely tenor.
 * 2009, Richard Smith, Can't You Hear Me Calling: The Life of Bill Monroe, Father of Bluegrass, Da Capo Press ISBN 9780786731169
 * Sometimes Charlie would sing notes that were more tenor than original melody, forcing Bill to sing a high baritone-style line.
 * 2012, Lily George, Captain of Her Heart, Harlequin ISBN 9781459221239, page 173
 * The door swung open, and a masculine voice—a little more tenor than Brookes&#39;s bass tones—called, “Brookes, come in. Do you have your colleague with you?”
 * 2015, Michael J. Senger Sr., The Connection, Lulu Press, Inc ISBN 9781257217854
 * Kahn was not a big man and he had a voice that was a little more tenor than most preferred.
 * Smurrayinchester (talk) 12:56, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Since nobody has objected to the last four citations, I am placing them in the entry. If this RfV passes, I will likely create adjective senses for soprano, alto, bass and maybe baritone, as if this is verifiable, those likely are as well. Pur ple back pack 89   13:15, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * To answer the original question, "[h]ow do you explain phraseology like "tenor horn", "tenor trombone", "tenor saxophone", "tenor clef" or "tenor drum"?" using the noun, 'tenor' (like car door does not justify car). However I don't dispute Smurrayinchester's citations. Renard Migrant (talk) 13:18, 4 September 2015 (UTC)


 * RFV-passed. - -sche (discuss) 02:04, 31 January 2016 (UTC)