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A baritone's range might extend down to F2 or up to C5. The baritone is the most common type of male voice. [6] Baritone tessitura: Although this voice overlaps both the tenor and bass voices, the tessitura of the baritone is lower than that of the tenor and higher than that of the bass. [3]
Baritenor (also rendered in English-language sources as bari-tenor [1] or baritenore [2]) is a portmanteau (blend) of the words "baritone" and "tenor". [3] It is used to describe both baritone and tenor voices. In Webster's Third New International Dictionary it is defined as "a baritone singing voice with virtually a tenor range". [4]
A baritone [1] is a type of classical [2] male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the bass and the tenor voice-types.It is the most common male voice. [3] [4] The term originates from the Greek βαρύτονος (barýtonos), meaning "heavy sounding".
A bass-baritone is a high-lying bass or low-lying "classical" baritone voice type which shares certain qualities with the true baritone voice. The term arose in the late 19th century to describe the particular type of voice required to sing three Wagnerian roles: the title role in Der fliegende Holländer, Wotan/Der Wanderer in the Ring Cycle and Hans Sachs in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.
Abduction is when the posterior of the glottis is open. An example of adducted chest is belting as well as bass, baritone, and tenor classical singing. Abducted falsetto, on the opposite end of the spectrum, sounds very breathy and can possibly be a sign of a lack of vocal fold closure.
The baritone voice is typically written in the range from the second G below middle C to the G above middle C (G 2 –G 4) although it can be extended at either end.However, the baritone voice is determined not only by its vocal range, but also by its timbre, which tends to be darker than that of the typical tenor voice.
A bass 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).
Baritone and bass voices also use bass clef, and the tenor voice is notated in bass clef if the tenor and bass are written on the same staff. Bass clef is the bottom clef in the grand staff for harp and keyboard instruments. Double bass, bass guitar, and contrabassoon sound an octave lower than the written pitch; some scores show an "8" beneath ...