Questions tagged [tenor]
For questions regarding the vocal Fach located between baritone and countertenor. For tenor-based instruments like the tenor saxophone, please use the tag for the instrument family (e.g., saxophone).
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What do people mean by the term high tenor?
What do people mean by the term high tenor?
The term is mentioned on Is there any correlation between passaggios and tessitura?
The term was also used by a singing teacher I once had. She said that I ...
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Can spieltenors sing operetta
In opera we have spieltenors. They are good at singing comical roles.
Does this mean that they are good at singing operetta as that uses comical singing?
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Which D do I use with choral tenors
I'm writing an SATB choral piece and I want the voices to end on unison D's. I'm going for a low, rich, sonorous, powerful, truiumphant sound. I'm planning soprano and alto on D4 (just above middle C)...
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Which clef is used for the tenors here? [duplicate]
In modern typesetting, tenors usually have an F clef (or an octaving C clef, with the 8 indicated or omitted).
Consider following clef from Bellini's Norma (p. 125):
It looks like an (octaving) G ...
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What would you say my fach could be?
I know you've already seen loads of this but I think I might need professional advice, none is available where I am.
I am 17, I have a very full and resonant low register. I can give a loud D2. My ...
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Need help reading this music sheet
Complete newbie here, i've been handed this piece of music and im not completely sure how to read it. Can someone tell me how to read this piece and what is says?
i know it looks simple but im not ...
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Am I still a tenor?
I'm only 16 and I recently found how to mix my head and chest registers. I LOOOOOOVE singing in my passaggio, but it feels so unnecessary since it's so high, for a male anyway. My full range goes ...
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Bracket symbol added to G clef
What does the symbol mean that is added to the clef in the Tenor voice in Poulenc’s Mass in G Major? It has a similar shape to an old C clef, but it is added to the existing G clef.
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Which C# note shall the tenor sax produce when nothing is pressed?
Currently, I am practicing the left hand notes on my tenor sax and I noted a sharp difference between the A and G. Using cleartune app I discovered that I jump a whole octave and I don’t produce ...
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Tenor recorder music sheet notes
I recently purchased a tenor recorder and can play the soprano recorder.
I would like to know which note line do one play on a music sheet for the tenor recorder which is in C like the soprano ...
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How does this Baritone singer sing so high?
Caleb Hyles has the low end richness or a Baritone, but the range of a Tenor. What singing voice type is this, and if I'm correct that he's a Baritone, how does he sing so damn high with ease?
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Would a tenor have trouble singing in a baritone range?
When I sing higher songs, it’s much easier and I can do all sorts of fun things. However, I have a short beard and I talk with a deep, almost vocal fry voice, so it feels weird. It’s not really girly, ...
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How do I fix a stuck Joint on a plastic recorder
Help! I just purchased the MPI classic Tenor recorder in Matte black from Groth music
(http://www.grothmusic.com/p-24419-mpi-classic-tenor-recorder-outfit-baroque.aspx?utm_source=googlepepla&...
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Is there a correlation between bass and tenor singers?
I've noticed that a lot of singers who would be classified as a bass singer can sing in the tenor range. For example, Axl Rose and Brian Johnson come to mind. I've also read several forums where ...
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Low larynx and mask resonance
As a young tenor, I am, as many of us, constantly asking myself about the best techniques to have a powerful voice with thrilling laserbeam acuti.
If we look at very good historical tenors, we see ...
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Can't stop thinking about fingers
This is a problem I think I have always had, it has just become more apparent to me after a recent OCD diagnosis.
I can't stop thinking about my fingers, especially when playing fast or difficult ...
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What is the proportion of tenors?
I would like to know what is the percentage in the population that have a tenor voice.
I guess it is difficult to find this number. And I guess it changes depending on the region of the world, ...
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Playing tenor sax is easy for me. Is a clarinet really that hard?
I have a hard time getting notes out of my Artley clarinet. The guy who worked on it and inspected it (I bought it from a friend) said it's a good instrument, and he's done great work on my sax so I ...
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For ear training what is the best sound to match pitch against? How does this work across voice range?
So I have been practicing the piano for a few months now.
I'd like to get started on ear training and interval training. Parts of it is the constant recommendation I keep finding that I need to sing ...
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How to compose for male falsetto?
I'm writing a musical theatre piece and I want one of the male character's parts to be sung completely in falsetto, but I have no idea what clef to write it in. Would I write it in treble clef or ...
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Tenor recorder - Cannot reliably play middle C
I've recently received a tenor recorder, but after practicing for some time I find myself unable to reliably play middle C (Lowest possible note). The model is a Yamaha YRT-304B II, meaning it ...
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How much can one (on average) increase chest voice range before reaching genetic potential?
I have been receiving singing lessons for 3 months now, from (I believe to be) a fantastic vocal coach. I have managed to increase my range in this time, from my highest note being G4, to achieving B5 ...
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Eliminating Vocal/Glottal Fry
A little background: I'm a countertenor that sang faithfully since 1996 with my former church in the choir and as a soloist. I've also done some musical theatre. After we did a recording at church ...
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Am I a low tenor or a high baritone?
I'm a 13 year old singer, my voice already dropped (I think), i don't think it is likely that it'll change a whole lot more.
But anyways, my vocal range is : E2-B5 (a lot of low tenors have this ...
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Vocal fach and passaggio
I am somewhat of a newbie singer and wondering what my voice type is. Most singers are probably aware of the passaggio locations chart for men. But how exactly do you determinate these passaggio ...
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How to regain my voice
I've been a great singer since school but took a year long break now every time I sing with full fledged voice it feels hoarse after and I can't sing well after that for a day ,my voice durability ...
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