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Run-Leona Lewis

Reece-Bass

Chloe & Donna- Tenors

Myself, Natalie & Ashley- Altos

Sophie- Soprano

Hayley helped us work out which parts we were by how low or high we song. Once we had our parts we each practiced our parts in our groups,  We had a few attempts before recording our music just so we all knew when to come in. This was our final attempt at the song.

I think for my first time at singing i did really well, i think we all work really well as a group and i enjoyed it.

When Leaving the lecture i went away and looked at what bass, tenors, altos and sopranos are, i also looked at youtube clips of some examples.

Pitch Perfect is a perfect example for sopranos, altos and tenors when listening once i knew what each one was.

             

           Fung, R. (2012) 'Pitch Perfect- Bellas Finals'. Available at:https://www.youtube.com/watch?  
                                              v=cNSx1RdPl04 (Accessed: 18 January 2015)

Soprano   

Voice Type: Soprano, Range: B3 – G6

Soprano is the highest female voice type. There are many types of sopranos like the coloratura soprano, lyric soprano, the soubrette etc. which differ in vocal agility, vocal weight, timbre, and voice quality; I will talk about them in an upcoming article. All of the sopranos have in common the ability to sing higher notes with ease.

 Contralto

Voice Type: Contralto, Range: E3 – F5

Contralto is the lowest female voice type. In a choir, contralto’s are commonly know as altos and sing the supporting melody to the sopranos. This doesn’t mean that contraltos are not as important. On the contrary, because true altos are hard to find, a true alto has greater chances of a solo carrier than a soprano.

Tenor

Voice Type: Tenor, Range: C3 – B4

Tenor is the highest male voice type you will find in a typical choir. Though it is the voice type with the smallest range, it barely covers 2 octaves from C3 to B4, tenors are the most sought after choir singers for two major reasons. The first reason is that there aren’t as many men singing in choirs to begin with. The second reason is that most men, singers or not, fall under the baritone voice type.

Bass

Voice Type: Bass, Range: D2 – E4

Bass is the lowest male voice type, and thus a bass sings the lowest notes humanly possible. I tend to think of the deep bass notes as comparable to those of a violoncello, though some charismatic basses can hit notes lower than those of a cello. A bass will be asked to sing anywhere between a D2 and an E4. A cello’s lowest note is a C2.

(no date). Available at: choirly.com/whats-my-voice-type/