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Voice Types & Ranges

The higher, lower and young voice types, their full range and comfortable tessitura on one ruler, as a wall chart.

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What's inside

  • Higher, lower and young voices plotted on one ruler, each with its full range and comfortable tessitura marked
  • What each voice sounds like, its usual choir part, clef, and character
  • Why range isn't tessitura, what the passaggio is, and how vowel choice changes what a voice can do
  • Four habits for writing singable parts: sensible spacing, minding young voices, a findable entry note, and singing it yourself
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