Vocal range (pitch order):
- Treble voice - boys unbroken voice
- Soprano - highest female voice
- Mezzo Soprano - medium vocal range
- Contralto (alto) - lowest female voice
- Counter-tenor - high male voice
- Tenor - medium to high range for male voice
- Baritone - medium to low male voice
- Bass - lowest male voice
Types of solo songs:
Lied (plural is "lieder") German songs, singing poetry accompanied by piano. Like a duet between piano and vocalist.
Aria is a solo song that is part of a larger piece, either and opera or an oratorio
Opera is a play that is sung
Oratorio is a large scale piece (orchestra, choir and instruments) based on a sacred subject, unlike opera it's strictly a musical piece
Folk song (britain & america) has a simple strummed accompaniment usually on guitar, sometimes sung a cappella, verse after verse, sometimes don't have chorus. They usually tell a story sometimes political
madrigal is a song that was around 1400's before baroque, sung by around 6 singers, not religious (secular)
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