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  2. Vocal range - Wikipedia

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    Singing and the definition of vocal range. While the broadest definition of "vocal range" is simply the span from the lowest to the highest note a particular voice can produce, this broad definition is often not what is meant when "vocal range" is discussed in the context of singing. Vocal pedagogists tend to define the vocal range as the total ...

  3. Kundiman - Wikipedia

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    Kundiman is a genre of traditional Filipino love songs. [ 1 ] The lyrics of the kundiman are written in Tagalog. The melody is characterized by a smooth, flowing and gentle rhythm with dramatic intervals. Kundiman was the traditional means of serenade in the Philippines. The kundiman emerged as an art song at the end of the 19th century and by ...

  4. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    A female singer with a range usually extending from the A below middle C to the F an eleventh above middle C. Mezzo-sopranos generally have a darker vocal tone than sopranos, and their vocal range is between that of a soprano and that of a contralto. MG See main gauche minore Minor key misterioso Mysterious mit Dämpfer (Ger.) With a mute M.M.

  5. Anak (song) - Wikipedia

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    "Anak" (Filipino for child or more gender specific my son or my daughter) is a Tagalog song written and performed by Filipino folk-singer Freddie Aguilar. It made the finals for the inaugural 1978 Metropop Song Festival held in Manila. It became an international hit, and was translated into 51 languages. [2] The lyrics speak of Filipino family ...

  6. Tenor - Wikipedia

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    A tenor is a type of male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types.It is the highest male chest voice type. [1] Composers typically write music for this voice in the range from the second B below middle C to the G above middle C (i.e. B 2 to G 4) in choral music, and from the second B flat below middle C to the C above middle C (B ♭ 2 to C 5) in ...

  7. Soprano - Wikipedia

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    A soprano (Italian pronunciation: [soˈpraːno]) is a type of classical singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types.The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C 4) = 261 Hz to "high A" (A 5) = 880 Hz in choral music, or to "soprano C" (C 6, two octaves above middle C) = 1046 Hz or higher in operatic music.

  8. Tagalog phonology - Wikipedia

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    In the Palatuldikan (diacritical system), it is denoted by the pakupyâ or circumflex accent when the final syllable is stressed (e.g. dugô 'blood'), and by the paiwà (grave accent) if unstressed (susì 'key'). When followed by /j/, it is often pronounced [ʃ], particularly by speakers in urban areas.

  9. Tessitura - Wikipedia

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    It is the range in which a given type of voice presents its best-sounding (or characteristic) timbre. This broad definition is often interpreted to refer specifically to the pitch range that most frequently occurs within a given part of a musical piece. Hence, in musical notation, tessitura is the ambitus, or a narrower part of it, in which ...