The typical range of this voice is between A3 and A5. Many times, mezzo-sopranos will sing the same voice part as sopranos until there is a 3 way split between sopranos, mezzos, and altos. Spend some time experimenting with these different ranges and find where your voice feels most comfortable.
Header photo by: Kelly Sikkema. Username or Email Address. Remember Me. Stay Connected. Baritone The baritone is the second lowest singing range, and overlaps both Bass and Tenor. The baritone voice type is the most common type of male voice. Tenor The tenor is the highest type of male voice, typically comfortable between C3 to C5.
Mezzo-Soprano The mezzo-soprano voice is the middle-range voice type for females, overlapping both the alto and soprano ranges. Soprano The soprano is the highest singing voice. The typical soprano voice lies between C4 and C6. Tags vocal. But there are vocalists whose strong, best-sounding range falls in a distinctly different place from any of these four voices. The names for some of these ranges are:. Voices are as individual as faces; some altos will have a narrower or wider range, or the sweetest and most powerful part of their range in a different place than other altos.
These are approximate, average ranges for each voice category. Skip to main content. Classification of Human Voices. Search for:. Listen: Vocal Anatomy and Types. I was Classified as contralto but my tessitura mAde me sing with the tenors and it feels much betTer. I can reach preety low notes my lowest note is A1 and it is Completely impossible for me to sing anYthing hIgher than G4.
Hey Pietra, thanks for the question. Hope that helps! I would like to point out that Alto is not a voice type. You only use it to refer to the lower female part in choral music which is sung by mezzos and contraltos. Hey Rose, thanks for your comment. I would argue that the Alto is definitely a voice type since almost every singing technique and genre acknowledges it.
As far as Gaga and Beyonce, I would say that it can be subjective depending on which song you hear. Alto is definitely one of them. Hey so a big Discu on freddie mercurys singing voice. In the range of freddie mErcury he had around fOur And Half ocTaves from his studio recordings and sang in tenor. But he was actually naturally a baritone Rather than tenor.
And he knew That As well. Hey Morgan, thanks for your comment. I would argue that Freddie was a Tenor that could sing in the Baritone and Bass range as well. Like I mentioned in the article, vocal weight, tessitura and bridge location are also very important.
Just because someone loses a few notes at the top of the voice does not mean that they are a different voice type, since the vocal weight, timbre and bridge locations are about the same. Then the voice begins to change as we get older. Im a 14 year old girl who auditions many times a week and am often asked to put my voice part on my resume, but since my vocal range is so large, i am not really sure.
Hey Sophie, thanks for your message! Although range is not the only determination of your voice type, it can help. Also listen to your vocal tone. Does your voice sound heavy, light, brazzy, whispery? These can also be clues to your voice type.
Generally the heavier and thick the voice, the lower the voice type Lady Gaga is a Mezzo whereas Ariana Grande is a Soprano.
So yep, what do you think, cause even a bass does not have a tessitura like mine! If I understand correctly, you have a comfortable singing voice from d2 to d4, then can belt your falsetto voice up to around a B5.
Good stuff! Either Tenor or Baritone. If you feel like your voice is as heavy as John Legend, then perhaps baritone. However, I would say that the most important thing for you right now is developing your mixed voice so you have a smooth transition at that D4 up to the B5. It should sound like one single voice all the way through.
Rather than stopping around a D4 and having to push or strain up to the B5. Hey Ren, thanks for your kind words! Keep up the great work! Thank you for the article Matt, it was so informative on helping my understand voice types! Also, sorry for all caps lock, it seems to be stuck like this for some reason.
I understand you probably get questions like this every day though, so I apologise if this comment looks very familiar. Again, thank you for writing this article! Hey Anon, this is a great question! Yes, you seem to fall in the general range category of tenor, but as you said, the vocal weight is the most important thing to consider. Perhaps a dramatic deeper Tenor. Hard to say without a recording. Hey Katie, thanks for your message. Hello, I am not a professional singer but i enjoy singing.
I think I am an alto as I can sing from an e2 to a g5 and my first bridge is around a4. Is it this the confirmation that I am an alto? Hey Monica, great question! Regardless of your voice type, the most important thing is to work with singing techniques that help you expand and refine the range you have. Haha, contralto here! Recently been working on my voice after being inspired by Nick Pitera. Go check out his YouTube. Hoping to keep working on it! I feel most comfortable between F3 and around F5.
Hey joelle, a good rule for categorizing trans voice types would be to look at the equivalent voice type from the original gender. Or from baritone to Contralto, for instance.
I am a natural Alto, I think. THanks for this awesome article! I have heard of real bass singers. Such an informative article on all the different voice ranges and types. I thoroughly enjoyed reading every word!! I also downloaded your free cheat sheet… thankyou.
Thankyou so much for the INFo. Hey Michelle, thank you for your kind words! As a matter of fact, I teach many singers in Australia through online lessons. I sang along with your range and voice type videos, and according to those I have, comfortably, a range of Ex.
Yes sir! But if they did some training, they may be able to hit much higher notes. And THAT new range would reveal the true voice type of the singer. I was just an untrained Tenor.
This is much closer to the true Tenor range I have. I can sing a c 2 to a D 4 in chest and sing e4-a4 in head voice comfortably. I start feeling tensed when singing from e4 with chest voice.
With some training, you should be able to extend that much higher! Thank you so much for helping me out Now I can be proud of my voice and prove to my friends who are saying I am a woman in music My vocal range is C2 to F6 Thank you very much for helping. I have a really low voice for a girl.
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