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There are several high male singing voices and ranges and the name used depends on the range regarded as high and the method by which the high notes are achieved.

  • a boy soprano or treble, is a high boy singer before the voice has changed in puberty. Usual range: C4 - C6;
  • a castrati is an adult male castrated before puberty to maintain the high voice permanently. Usual range: C4 - C6;
  • a falsetto sings higher than their normal voice by using the vocal cords in a different way (there a several different methods) and the notes are usually weaker except at the top of the falsetto range. The bottom of their falsetto range usually overlaps the top of their normal range by about an octave;
  • a tenor is the highest usual adult male voice. Usual range: C3 - C5;
  • a counter-tenor is an adult male with the ability to sing in either or both of the contralto (F3 - F5) and mezzo-soprano (A3 - A5) ranges without using falsetto;
  • a sopranist, sopranista or male soprano is a tenor singing in falsetto to reach the soprano range. (C4 - C6)
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