Chapter 6

Uniqueness of the Voice

Registers – vocal ranges Range – the distance between the

lowest and highest pitches of the voice

Bobby McFerrin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-diB65scQU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VfyMPHzYdQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14LcvpXmb74

Voice Classifications Female voices –

Coloratura – a soprano voice that is light and flexible enough to perform rapid scales and trills https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-AcsT9LRII

Soprano – the high female registerMezzo-soprano – the intermediate female

voice that sings in the lower part of the soprano range https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V9woZuVIO4

Contralto – a low female register with a full, rich, dark, and powerful quality https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktz6WAKCR3g

Marian Anderson

Born in 1902 in Philadelphia, PA In the 1920s she studied voice in

Europe because of the color of her skin In 1939, she performed at the Lincoln

Memorial in front of an estimated 75,000 people.

Voice Classifications Male voices –

Countertenor – the highest male voice with a falsetto range and quality and a register in the female alto range https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa1e49KLXNU

Tenor – the high male range with a powerful, ringing quality https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xs-p1oEvuGg

Baritone – the intermediate male voice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWFBugcQzA0

Bass – a lower male register with a rich, robust, resonant, and full quality https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-m82TO9chA0

Andrea Bocelli

Born in 1958 in Tuscany, Italy Began singing at an early age, was

tragically blinded in a freak soccer accident at the age of 12

After finishing law school, decided to pursue a career in vocal music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM0lcnechaM

Charlotte Church

British performer By the age of 14, she had performed for

former President Bill Clinton and Queen Elizabeth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn4sXY2u9xg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is0hXP5Vr08

Crossover Artists

A crossover artist is one who becomes popular in one genre of music then another (opera -> pop, Christian/gospel -> pop)Ex: Andrea Bocelli, Charlotte Church, Carrie

Underwood, Taylor Swift, Lifehouse, Switchfoot

Voices in Schools Jazz choirs –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruqlCnZ2j6s

Men’s quartet – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7qkkqepvXs

Women’s sextet – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7-yyRt2IlE

Madrigal (mixed) ensemble – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3clqwv64gM

Concert choirs – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrtOXih-myU

Voices in Schools

Showchoir – California - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7NZMP9mBI0

Midwest - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ULIDmpxJo8

New England - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiKg8FNCUlY

South -

3 musical textures

Monophonic – Polyphonic – more than one melody at a

time (a round/canon) Homophonic – one melody WITH

harmony (a traditional hymn)

Audiation – the capacity to think sound

A capella – singing without instrumental accompaniment

The Sing Off https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu8CidOHkS0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pd4emES9AMA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RURlruTsTRs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS2eJRjx7Cg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmjntCRmI1Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE5eye0eiYA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHY98rN96CE

Pentatonix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA53EsnzlIg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKVNrrrNxU0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4furGCZ2u4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9STdbGrfCLA&list=PL79

E7AE77894D3F93 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JC3db0rEus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lExW80sXsHs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE2GCa-_nyU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MteSlpxCpo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dYlvdLdK9w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deTWri3kmec https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z9b2HiW_L8

Rockapella - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGVa5MESpIs