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View Poll Results: What is your vocal range?
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Soprano
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Mezzosoprano
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Alto
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Contralto
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Countertenor
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Castrati
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Tenor
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Baritone
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Bass-Baritone
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Bass
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23rd March 08, 02:22 PM
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For those of you with no idea, here's a little guide to the four main voice classifications:
A BRIEF GUIDE TO THE SATB CHOIR
In any chorus, there are four voice parts: soprano, alto, tenor, and bass. Sometimes these are divided into first and second within each part, prompting endless jokes about first and second basses. There are also various other parts such as baritone, countertenor, contralto, mezzo soprano, etc., but these are mostly used by people who are either soloists, or belong to some excessively hotshot classical a cappella group (this applies especially to countertenors), or are trying to make excuses for not really fitting into any of the regular voice parts, so we will ignore them for now.
Each voice part sings in a different range, and each one has a very different personality. You may ask, "Why should singing different notes make people act differently?", and indeed this is a mysterious question and has not been adequately studied, especially since scientists who study musicians tend to be musicians themselves and have all the peculiar complexes that go with being tenors, french horn players, timpanists, or whatever. However, this is beside the point; the fact remains that the four voice parts can be easily distinguished, and I will now explain how.
Last edited by Coemgen; 23rd March 08 at 02:28 PM.
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