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Vocal Classification/Placement
What Is Voice
Voice is the sounds produced through the mouth by speaking or singing. The voice is an instrument like a trumpet or a violin. It possesses an extra ability because it can frame words and pronounce them simultaneously with the tones.
​VOICE PARTS.​ (Based on Pitch Level)
Conventionally, there are four (4) major Categories of Voices.
These Voice parts are are classified based on some of the following:
- Range
- Texture
- Tessitura
- Passagio
- Timbre (colour/ weight, etc)
These Voice Parts are:
Within these Voice parts, some exceptional qualities still differentiates and divides each of the Voices into various types.
Peculiar Qualities of a Voice type can make it like Lyrical, Dramatic, Bel Canto, Leggiero, Coloratura, etc
Female Parts
- Treble: This is simply the Boy Soprano voice
Usually done by young boys within the Prepubescent age. This is an age where the boys are still very young, innocent, pure, possibly virgins, whose voices are yet to be broken
They sound so angelic in the natural and pure state of their voice
Usually ranges from Middle C to top C, and even, E6
2). Soprano:
The highest female voice. The normal range of the soprano is about two octaves with its lowest note at middle C.
3). Contralto: The lowest female voice. Its lowest note is from F below middle C.
Male Parts
1). Tenor: The highest natural adult male voice starting usually at C below middle C
2). Bass:The deepest or lowest male singing voice. The range is about two octaves with the lowest note usually an octave and a 6th below middle C.
Other Sub – division are:
Mezzo Soprano : The term mezzo soprano is used for a female voice that has a range between the Soparano and Contralto.
Sopranino/Sopranist/Alto
CASTRATO : In olden days male sopranos who were castrated as boys in order to keep their soprano voices were known as CASTRATI.
COUNTER TENOR A very high and light sounding Adult male voice, sometimes mistaken as Soprano
It can also be referred to as Falsetto
FALSETTO : This is the voice normally cultivated by male. Light voice above the normal tenor range. Their normal pitch sounds like an unbroken voice. Tenor with a very high range. Also known as counter tenor or male alto.
BARITONE: This lies in between TENOR & BASS.
CONTRA BASS/BASSO PROFUNDO
Deepest and lowest possible voice type ever
It requires an extraordinary ability of dropping to unbelievably low pitches
Question of note: Is it right for a lady to say her voice is tenor or bass? Or for a man to claim that his voice is Soprano?
Direct answer - YES (But must be tested, certified and classified as such)
Often times, Men with Bass voices or Tenor voices, do join Sopranos and claim to be Soprano singers, without any proper classification whatsoever
That is wrong
A Man (real Adult) who can sing Soprano, may have some hormonal defects, which may have made the voice NOT TO GO THROUGH THE USUAL/NATURAL BREAK, each Male voice goes through towards the end of puberty/ adolescent age and graduation to adulthood
Also, a woman whose voice is unfortunately not preserved in their natural state, and or gets broken, may be able to sing the Male Parts
In essence, a Man can actually sing Soprano, while a woman can sing Tenor/Bass
But must be properly classified
*VOICE QUALITY.
When you combine your PITCH LEVEL (PL) and your VOICE QUALITY (VQ), you arrived at your VOICE TEXTURE & RANGE.(PL +VQ =VT &VR). As a singer, knowing your voice Texture (VT) and Vocal Range (VR) is of paramount importance because it becomes easy for you to know the song you will be able to deliver excellently and you will stop trying to be like every other singer you listen to or otherwise. Know that it is not every song you hear that you will be able to deliver excellently or exactly. Your VT and VR may be different from that of original singer. Voice Specialist believes that no two voices could exactly sound alike since no two people may have exactly the same size or shape of vocal cords and resonators. Your tonal quality may be dependent on the shape and condition of the resonators.
*Things to AVOID as a SINGER
- Screaming/ Shouting/Noise: It's one of the greatest enemies of a singer
It hurts the voice a lot. Your voice is your instrument, and needs to be preserved like every other Musical instrument
While other mistakes can make you have a bad performance, Shouting will make you have A ZERO PERFORMANCE
2). Don’t Sing out of your range. Save the high notes for when you can sing them because you can end up damaging your voice.
3). Don’t eat heavy meal or avoid prior to performance because it can make it harder to control breathing and projection.
4). Avoid shouting.
5). Rest your voice when ill.
6). Severe Coughing can injure the vocal cord.
7). Avoid tea, Coffee and alcohol before singing as these can have a dehydrating effects.
8). Avoid extremely cold water.
9). Listen to singers with good voices on a daily basis.
10). Drink plenty of water to keep your body hydrated and voice lubricated.
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