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I have not posted here in a very long time due to an incident that I will now overlook to comment on this article. There are too many errors here that I do not know where to begin. Maria Callas having b6, carey a dramatic soprano - HUH!!!! What the ####!!! Yes, Callas was a dramatic soprano, but she did not have a b6, even an f6 was extremely rare if ever done at all. Carey a dramatic soprano, come on! She does not have the vocal weight. Dramatic soprano means BIG as IN REALLY BIG, capable of singing over a 100 piece orchestra without the aid of a mic and the vocal weight - think birgit nilsson for example, that was a dramatic soprano!
I wont even go to counter-tenors. There are men out there who can sing higher than most female singers - male sopranos! and britney spears being a soubrette, let alone a soprano - that is laughable! I haven't heard her sing the c above middle c.
You want to know about voices, then read about it somewhere else and not this clap-trap of an article that someone posted!
>THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FEMALE VOICES
>
>SOUBRETTE
>
>Soubrette- Young singers. Timbre: light voice, best in
>middle voice, no extensive coloratura. Range: between
>C4 and G5.
>(Britney Spears, Mandy Moore; most probably, but it
>might be because they don't have much training.)
>
>SOPRANOS
>
>Highest female voice. Range from E3 to F6
>
>1) COLORATURA. Timbre: Light voice; can sing through
>scale, hold notes or jump octaves very easily. Range:
>from around E3 to F6 in full voice.
>
>--(Piccolo) coloratura: The lightest and sweetest
>voice, they have great agility and the hability to do
>high and fast melissmas. A pure coloratura can hit C7
>in full voice (super-head voice).
>(Minnie Riperton, Lamya, Arianna)
>--Lyric coloratura: slightly stronger voice than
>piccolo but not heavy, still high, agile and sweet.
>They can usually sing up to B-b6.
>(Shanice, Angela Via, Debelah Morgan)
>--Dramatic coloratura: They are considered "weird
>sopranos" and are the hardest to find. Their vocal
>chords are so special that have the power and stamina
>of a dramatic soprano when singing over large
>orchestras, and also the range and agility of a
>coloratura. Their voices are heavier and stronger than
>a lyric coloratura and lyric soprano but with the
>hability to hold notes longer. Their upper note is
>about B-b6 too.
> (Mariah Carey, Maria Callas, (opera singer),
>
>
>
>2) LYRIC SOPRANO: Timbre: beautiful, bright and
>crystal clear tone like coloratura's, but stronger.
>Range shorter..about E3 to C6 in full voice. 70% of
>women are lyric soprano.
>(Linda Eder, Emma Shapplin, Lara Fabian, Sarah
>Brightman, Jessica Simpson, Regine Velasquez etc)
>
>3) SPINTO SOPRANO: Edgier sound and stronger voice,
>with more weight than lyric soprano...can hold notes
>for a longer time without any vibratto. Range about E3
>to C6 in full voice.
>(Christina Aguilera, Rachel Lampa)
>
>4) DRAMATIC SOPRANO: Heaviest and most powerful
>soprano voice; They have more stamina to sing over
>large orchestras. Tessitura is lower than other
>sopranos. Range E3 to C6
>(Taylor Dayne, Anastacia).
>
>
>MEZZOS SOPRANOS
>
>Literally "medium soprano" or middle female voice.
>With tessitura about a minor third lower than the
>lyric soprano. Timbre: very soulful, dark, smoky.
>Range is about C3 to B-b5
>
>--Lyric Mezzo or LeggieroMezzo: Lighter mezzo voice,
>range up to B below high C.
>(Celine Dion)
>
>--Dramatic Mezzo or HendelMezzo: same range as lyric
>mezzo, but fuller sound, powerful.
>(Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Beyonce)
>
>
>CONTRALTOS
>
>Or also called just ALTO...The lowest female voice.
>Their voice are dark and deep, fairly rare. They can
>sing in the range of tenor or counter tenor, from
>about E3 or D3 to E5.
>(India Arie, Rachelle Ferrell, Toni Braxton, Anita
>Baker, Traci Chapman).
>
>
>MALE VOICES
>
>TENOR
>
>High Male Voice. Timbre: Light, colorful, and
>flexible. Range C (below middle C) to E above high C.
>
>--Tenor Leggiero or Countertenor - Highest male voice;
>often refered to as "alto". Timbre: Light and sweet
>voice with very high range.
>--Lyric Tenor - Strong, but not heavy lyrical voice.
>Range up to high C (which is one octave below the
>soprano high C)
>--Spinto or Heroic- range up to high B with stronger
>and more full voice.
>
>--Dramatic Tenor or Heldentenor- A loud, thick voiced
>tenor with tremendous stamina, and a lower tessitura
>than the other tenors. Range up to high A (below high
>C).
>
>BARITONE
>
>Middle Male Voice, Timbre: thick, rich, and creamy.
>Range low G to B natural just below the Tenor high C.
>
>--Lyric baritone- Higher tessitura (average height of
>pitch within a piece), and very close to a Helden
>Tenor in vocal timbre, but with a lower tessitura.
>Range to G or A below high C.
>--Cavalier
>--Dramatic Baritone or Character - Stronger and fuller
>voice. More like a bass than a baritone, lacks the low
>bass notes. Lower tessitura with range to G below high
>C.
>-Wagnerian
>
>BASS
>
>Low Male Voice. Timbre: dark, heavy, and voluminous.
>Range low E to G above middle C.
>
>--Bass-Baritone: Right between Baritone and Bass.
>Often can sing Wagner Baritone roles, but with a
>slightly darker vocal timbre.
>--Basso Buffo: The word "buffo" means fool, or clown.
>The comic relief of the opera world. Usually a voice
>of indeterminate range but with enormous personality
>and range of colors.
>--Basso Cantante - High bass voice suitable for solo
>singing, Able to move through runs, but with real
>depth to tone. Range from low F to high F (2 octave
>split).
>--Basso Profundo or Heavy Bass - Lowest voice. Timbre:
>dark and deep bass voice with an unusual extension the
>bottom. -Range from low E to E below high C (2 octave
>split).
>
>TERMS YOU HAVE TO KNOW
>
>- Octave (The piano keyboard has a total of 52 "white
>keys" or 7 octaves. So each octave correspond to 8
>notes...In other words, an octave is an scale of 8
>notes starting from any note up to 7 notes above
>-being that the eight notes has twice as many
>vibrations as the starting note-... Usually people
>count octaves from C to C but it can be counted from
>any note up or down. How many octaves a person can
>have? let's say more than 2 is unusual. Professional
>singers with lots of training sometimes develop some
>2.5 or even 3 octave range and that's to say a lot.)
>
>-Vocal Timbre (The tone "color" of an instrument,
>voice, or
>register. Vocally, it's the traits that are found in
>the voices belonging to a certain fach. Example: a
>mezzo have a "dark and smoky" timbre)
>
>-Vocal Tessitura (The overall range of an instrumental
>or,
>more commonly, a vocal part. Example: The overall
>range of a mezzo soprano or "tessitura" is lower than
>a lyric soprano... A singer's tessitura is also
>defined as the most "comfortable" part of their total
>range, or the one they usually sing in)
>
>- Notes / Musical Notes (There's 7... C D E F G A
>B...and then C again; "do re mi fa sol la si...do")
>
>- Soprano (The terms means: The highest female voice)
>
>- Coloratura (is the ability to sing in very fast and
>high "melissmas")
>
>- Melissmas (Playing with phrases...let's say ad-lib,
>vamping, frills)
>
>- Piccolo (Means light and small in Italian)
>
>- Lyric tone ("Feminine" and sweet tessiture in voice)
>
>- Dramatic Tone (More heavy, powerful and maybe
>soulful tone in voice).
>
>- Types of soprano (From highest to lowest...soprano
>coloratura, soprano lyric, soprano spinto, soprano
>dramatic)
>
>- Mezzo or Mezzo Soprano (Middle female voice)
>
>- Numbers in notes (Give the octave in which the note
>is on the piano. Tenor sings between the 3rd and the
>4rd octave...sopranos sing between the 3rd, 4rd and
>5th octave (E3 to B-b5 for ex)...few soprano sing in
>the 6th..and even fewer in the 7th octave..but it's
>extremely rare in the world).
>
>- Octave Jumping (To jump from one octave to the
>next...from let's say...G4 to G5 without changing the
>dynamic of the voice...what Whitney does in "I believe
>in you and me" and other type of octave jumping is
>what Mariah does at the end of "Emotions", jumping two
>octaves from G4 to G6 in the first 2 high notes).
>
>- High ass notes :-) (Anything higher than B-b5;
>beyond this note, the human voice automatically
>switches in "super-head" voice; which resembles those
>whistle sounding notes Mariah does in "Dreamlover")
>
>- Pitch (the ability to match exactly the note that is
>emited on any note that is played on the piano. There
>are two ways of not being on pitch: Being "flat" means
>the note has not been reached, because it's slightly
>lower...Or, if the note sung is slightly higher, it
>means one is "sharp".)
>
>- Key of a song (often, though not always, reflected
>by the first note or chord of the song.)
>
>---------
>Articles by: Prince_Of_Pop; edited
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