Singing voice Categories

Pitch Movement

Droning, melodious, monotonous, musical, trembling, quivery, plaintive, whining, melliflous, soaring, assured, in-tune, out-of-tune, light, nimble, graceful, agile, energetic, elegant, lively, sharp in pitch, flat in pitch

timbre tone/ quality of a voice

described by descriptive adjectives such as: rich, warm, light, dark, heavy, bright, metallic, velvety, reedy, shrill, piercing, thin, edgy, brilliant, lyric

Tempo (speed)

fast, heavy, agile, slow, light

Contralto

the lowest range of female voice

Bass

the lowest range of male voice

Mezzo-Soprano

the medium range of female voice: lower singing range and darker, richer timbre/ tone quality than the soprano range. Sub categories: lyric and dramatic

Baritone

the medium range of male voice. (lyric, verdi, dramatic)

Operatic/ Classical Singers

Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Contralto, Tenor, Baritone, Bass, Bel Canto.

Character voice

altered or modified singing/ speaking voice style of a specific role.

General Descriptive adjectives

amazing, astounding, confident, inspiring, seductive, sweet, thrilling, tender

tessitura

average notes in a piece of music to be sung, may be lower or higher

Loudness

big, booming, pale, rosy, resonant, tender, strong

Voice Quality

bleating, birdlike, light, low, pale, rosy, piping, rich reedy, rumbling shrill, silvery, sonorous, whining, colorless, creaky, croaky, deep, flat, flutelike, grating, gravelly, heavy, gruff, high, breathy, cracked, falsetto, gritty, harsh, hoarse, husky, raspy, rough, rumbling, thin, velvety, satiny, silky, whispery, strained, warm, string-like, full, full-bodied, smooth, sparking, clear, shiny, soaring, shimmering, brilliant, bright, dazzling, glittering, fruity, iridescent, crystalline, melodious, honeyed, soothing, effortless, seamless, ephemeral, lyrical

Legit voice

bright, classical tone quality used for higher range female singing roles

Belting Voice

bright, talky, chest voice quality for low range female singing roles

Continuity

clipped, staccato, velvety, satiny

tenor

highest range of male voice. sub categories: heldentenor or dramatic, lyric, leggiero.

Soprano

highest range of the female voice. Sub Categories: dramatic sings the heavy, dramatic roles. Spinto sings middle dramatic roles. Lyric sings the lighter rules. Soubrette, comic light soprano, and coloratura soprano are singers of florid music usually in a very high range

Bel Canto

literally means "beautiful singing" refers to the flowery, ornamental, and melodic style of singing. it also demands a smooth, flowing legato singing line. it can also refer to the style of operatic music that became popular in Italy in the early 1800's with the operas of the composers Gioacchino Rossini, Vincenzo Bellini, and Gaetano Donizetti.

Range

lowest to the highest comfortable notes a singer is able to sing

Leading man high baritone/ tenor

singing roles, primarily the leading man