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Voice Classification of Singers
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Voice Classification of Singers
Voice Types
Mezzo-Soprano
Denyce Graves singing the Habanera from Carmen
Alto
Bette Midler singing "Wind Beneath My Wings
Female Voices:
- Soprano
- Mezzo-Soprano
- Alto
- Contralto
Male Voices:
- Countertenor
- Tenor
- Baritone
- Bass
Voice Classification is the process by which human voices are evaluated and are thereby designated into voice types.
These qualities include but are not limited to:
Vocal
- range
- weight
- tessitura
- timbre
- transition points
Countertenor
David Daniels singing "Ombrai mai fu" by Handel
Soprano
Renée Fleming singing "Exsultate, jubilate" by Mozart
Contralto
Marian Anderson singing the spiritual "They Crucified My Lord"
Tenor
Luciano Pavarotti singing "Ave Maria" by Schubert
Baritone
Norman Garrett singing "Vision fugitive" by Jules Massenet
Bass
Soloman Howard singing "Ol' Man River" from Showboat (Music by Jerome Kern & Words by Oscar Hammerstein II)
Vocal Misclassification
- Premature concern with classification can result in misclassification.
- The typical choral situation affords many opportunities for misclassification to occur.
- There are fewer dangers in singing too low than in singing too high.
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