What are the levels of choir voices?

Answer 1

There are four basic voices in a mixed choir: two female voices: Soprano (high-pitched) and Alto (low), and two male voices: Tenor (high) and Bass (low).

Sometimes intermediary voices are added: Mezzo-soprano between Soprano and Alto and Baritone between Tenor and Bass.

At other times the male voices may all be combined into a single part.

Additionally any of the voice parts may be split up further. In that case the voices are most commonly referred to as first Soprano, second Soprano, first Alto etc.

Usually only the four basic voices are subdivided this way, though the second Soprano voice may be referred to as Mezzo-Soprano and the first Bass voice as Baritone.

Of course male choirs only have the Tenor, Baritone and Bass voices and female choirs only the Soprano, Mezzo-soprano and Alto voices.

An exception is in some types of ancient music (from the renaissance and earlier) where the Alto parts are sung by very high pitched tenors. These are known as Counter-tenors, they sing with the so-called falsetto voice. This practice is quite common in English choirs.

Answer 2

4 basic voice types or ranges - Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass - a conventional choir would have 4 voice types, mainly the Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass. Interestingly, the classical singing world does not recognise the 'Alto' voice as a voice type, and uses the term 'Contralto' to describe voices that would fall in the Choral 'Alto' range. This is because in Choir Singing, singers are usually classified by their vocal range, and so it is more convenient to group singers based on their ranges, ie Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass, rather on the various characteristics of their voice, as it would be in the classical world. Here are the various approximate vocal ranges for each of the Choral Voice Types (C4 being Middle C): Soprano - C4 to C6

Alto - G3 to F5

Tenor - D3 to A4

Bass - E2 to E4

Answer 3

from highest to lowest:

first saprano

second saprano

first alto

second alto

first tenor (almost always male)

second tenor (almost always male)

base (always male)

Answer 4

The standard ranges are soprano, alto, tenor and bass.

Answer 5

The lowest is the Bass, some basses can sing two octaves below middle C

Answer 6

beginners, sound, voice, varsity

bass, tenor, alto, soprano

Answer 7

light, meduim and dark :)

Answer 8

soprano and alto and tenor and bass