ClassificationOf

Voices

By: Miss Gloria Lora Diuco

*Why is it so important to know your voice type?

Classification

TENOR-Highest Male Voice

Tenor voices are used for solos

PAVAROTTI

BARITONEMiddle voice

Lies between the BASS and TENOR voices. It is the most common male voice

KRIS

ALLEN

BASSlowest male voice

Bass Singers: My Top Ten

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkdRfocAsRY

Types ofFEMALE VOICES

Highest Female Voice

SOPRANO

Highest SOPRANO Voice

COLORATURA

VERY WIDE RANGE, SHE CAN EVEN SING NOTES BELOW THE MIDDLE c

Mezzo-Soprano*MOST COMMON FEMALE VOICE

*strong middle voice*tone is darker or deeper than the soprano

Britney belongs to the middle voice groupHer tessitura are the notes within the middle C scale

Contraltolowest female voice

most unique among females

ALTO- notes to be sung /SECTION IN A CHOIRand is not exactly a voice type

Contralto

*If you are a Contralto, can you still give justice

to a Celine Dion song?

How?

Through transposition-lower the pitch, adjust the key signature

ImportantTerms

Tessitura refers to the vocal range within which our

voice is at its most comfortable and sounding its best.

Some vocal instructors call this our sweet voice...

FALSETTOFalsetto singing was used in the days

when women were not allowed to sing in churches.

It is generally more damaging to train with notes that are too high for our range, than to train with notes that are too low for our voice

WE NEED TO KNOW OUR VOICE TYPE

*Understanding one’s voice type is essential in order too guide us with our song choices

*on how to produce sounds that are more relax and healthy

Each one of us has been bestowed with a unique voice.Be proud of it. Use it for God’s greater glory.

Nobody has the right to say ,“I sound like an ambulance siren or

a LAUGHING hyena”

I AM UNIQUE