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Mezzo-soprano: the middle female voice, between A 3 (A below middle C) and A 5 (two octaves above A 3) Contralto: the lowest female voice, F 3 (F below middle C) to E 5 (two Es above middle C). Rare contraltos possess a range similar to the tenor; Tenor: the highest male voice, B 2 (2nd B below middle C) to A 4 (A above Middle C), and possibly ...
Mesoeconomics or Mezzoeconomics is a neologism used to describe the study of economic arrangements which are not based either on the microeconomics of buying and selling and supply and demand, nor on the macroeconomic reasoning of aggregate totals of demand, but on the importance of the structures under which these forces play out, and how to measure these effects.
When the soprano and alto are notated in one staff, all stems for the soprano go up, and all for the alto go down. Similarly, when the tenor and bass are notated in one staff, the upper voice is marked by stems up, and both voices are written in bass clef, while the tenor is usually written in treble clef marked an octave down if it has its own staff.
Mezzo-soprano: middle-upper: Between soprano and alto Passaggio: crossing: A vocal range Soprano: upper: The highest vocal line Soprano sfogato: unlimited soprano: A soprano who has extended her upper range beyond the usual range of a soprano Spinto: pushed: A forceful voice, between the lyric and dramatic in weight Spinto soprano: pushed soprano
In non-classical music, singers are primarily defined by their genre and their gender, not their vocal range. [4] When the terms soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto, tenor, baritone, and bass are used as descriptors of non-classical voices, they are applied more loosely than they would be to those of classical singers and generally refer only to ...
A mezzo-soprano (Italian: [ˌmɛddzosoˈpraːno], lit. ' half soprano '), or mezzo (English: / ˈ m ɛ t s oʊ / MET-soh), is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types. The mezzo-soprano's vocal range usually extends from the A below middle C to the A two octaves above (i.e.
The soprano has the highest vocal range of all voice types, with the highest tessitura. A soprano and a mezzo-soprano have a similar range, but their tessituras will lie in different parts of that range. [6] The low extreme for sopranos is roughly A 3 or B ♭ 3 (just below middle C).
A sopranist is able to sing in the soprano vocal range which is approximately between C 4 and C 6, though at times may expand somewhat higher or lower. Men of all voice types can possess the wide-ranged and effective falsetto or head voice needed to produce the contralto, mezzo-soprano and soprano vocal ranges. Some countertenors can sing up ...