Types of Singing

A baritone is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the bass and the tenor voice types. It is the most common male voice.

A bass (/ b eɪ s / BAYSS) is a type of classical male singing voice and has the lowest vocal range of all voice types. According to The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, a bass is typically classified as having a vocal range extending from around the second E below middle C to the E above middle C (i.e., E 2 –E 4).

A bass (/ b eɪ s / BAYSS) is a type of classical male singing voice and has the lowest vocal range of all voice types. According to The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, a bass is typically classified as having a vocal range extending from around the second E below middle C to the E above middle C (i.e., E 2 –E 4).

Alto, which only exists in choral music (in classical music this range is called mezzo-soprano) is higher than contralto. A contralto's range is the same as a tenor's more or less, and an alto's range is the same as a countertenor.

A countertenor (also contra tenor) is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range is equivalent to that of the female contralto or mezzo-soprano voice types, generally extending from around G 3 to D 5 or E 5, although a sopranist (a specific kind of countertenor) may match the soprano's range of around C 4 to C 6.

A voice type classifies a singing voice by vocal range, vocal weight, tessitura, ... Contralto range: The contralto voice is the lowest female voice.

Mezzo-soprano range: The mezzo-soprano is the middle-range voice type for females. The mezzo-soprano voice lies between the soprano voice and contralto voice, over-lapping both of them. The typical range of this voice is between A3 (the A below middle C) to A5 (two octaves higher).

The Vocal Range for Males can be largely divided into Countertenor, Tenor, Baritone and Bass Voices. Find out more about these voice types and determine your own singing voice type!

1. Countertenor 2. Tenor 3. Baritone 4. Bass. Let us look at each of these male voices in more detail: 1. COUNTERTENOR. The Countertenor Voice may actually be unfamiliar to those of us not from the classical realm, as many of us would probably only have heard of the 3 main male voices – Tenor, Baritone and Bass.

A mezzo-soprano or mezzo (English: /ˈmɛtsoʊ/, /ˈmɛzoʊ/; Italian: meaning "half soprano") is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types.

A mezzo-soprano or mezzo (English: / ˈ m ɛ t s oʊ /, / ˈ m ɛ z oʊ /; Italian: [ˈmɛddzo soˈpraːno] meaning "half soprano") is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types.

Tenor is a type of classical male singing voice, the vocal range of which is between the countertenor and baritone voice types. The tenor's vocal range extends up to C 5, or "tenor high C". The low extreme for tenors is roughly A ♭ 2 (two A ♭ s below middle C).