VOCAL RANGE Vocal range is the quality of a singer’s voice which represents the span of musically useful pitches the singer can produce. A singer is categorized according to their vocal range as such*; Soprano: C4 – C6 (261 Hz to 1046 Hz) Mezzo-soprano: A3 – A5 (220 Hz to 880 Hz) Contralto (Alto): F3 – F5 (174 Hz to 698 Hz) Tenor: C3 – C5 (130 Hz to 523 Hz) Baritone: F2 – F4 (87 Hz to 349 Hz) Bass: E2 – E4 (82 Hz to 329 Hz) *Letter/number combinations represents the “note location” whereas C4 would be Middle-C on a piano. Related to EQ’ing and mixing vocals, these ranges give you an idea where the fundamental frequencies are located for singers of these types. Therefore, when you are mixing a soprano, you have an idea of the base frequency range from which you’d be working. These ranges do not imply frequencies above the upper limit are not used. Harmonics are present well above these listed frequencies and can be present as high as 8-10 kHz. Therefore, a soprano singer could have frequencies cut out completely above the 1100 Hz mark and the resulting sound would not appear natural. Note, when listening to a singer struggle with singing a particular note, phrase, or song, it’s often because the song is being performed in a key which is not suits for their vocal range. In such a case, there isn’t much you can do in the live environment.
Posted on: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 10:33:07 +0000
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