Music for Voices

Vocal Range:


  • Treble- A young boys unbroken singing voice
  • Soprano-
  • Mezzo Soprano- Woman's lower voice
  • Contralto (alto) Very high female voice
  • Counter-Tenor - Male Alto(very high)
  • Tenor- Man's Medium to high
  • Baritone- Medium to low male voice 
  • Bass- The lowest male voice

Treble Example: 

Mezzo Soprano Example:

Counter-Tenor Example:
Bass Voice:

Baritone Voice:
Tenor:
Contralto Voice:


Types of solo songs:

Lied (plural - lieder): A German solo songs during the Romantic Period that uses German poems as lyrics, it is written with a piano as a duet.
 

Aria: Is a solo song that is part of a larger piece- either an opera or oratorio and was any expressive melody.  

Opera: Is a play that is sung, whilst people are acting.
Oratorio: A large musical composition including an orchestra, a choir and soloists but unlike operas they are strictly a concert piece, where everyone is standing still and are singing about religion.


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