Range of voice: what is it

If you want to become a singer or just sing well for yourself or a narrow circle of people, then for starters you will have to learn a lot of the subtleties of this craft. But even if this is not your dream, what is the range of a person's voice, and what are its main types, you should know, so to speak, for general development. You need to know how they are measured, and how they can be developed.

Consider such concepts as "range" and "register". The range is, in simple terms, the volume of sound. This is an acceptable ability of the performer to take those or other notes. Since birth, all people have a certain range. If necessary, it can be expanded to several tones by training.

Naturally, the frequency range of a woman's voice differs from the male range. This can be seen even with a simple conversation. The voice of the men is more rough, because they have a voice folds from birth, which are thicker than those of women. Male and female singing abilities come in several forms.

A register is a specific portion of a range, that is, an audio volume. It can be lower, middle or upper, and it is used as an independent possibility to measure vocal and voice data. For men are characterized by low registers, they are usually referred to as bass, tenor and baritone. Female singing voice is distinguished by the highest - soprano, mezzo-soprano and contralto.

How can I know the range of the voice? For this, it is necessary to distinguish such concepts as the singing range and the sound range. In everyday life, people can make all sorts of sounds, starting with loud cries of happiness and joy and ending in a whisper. Such low or, conversely, high sounds are unlikely to be repeated in singing. It does not use the lowest register of the voice range and the highest, whistle.

So, to determine the boundaries of your own vocal abilities, there are several ways that, no doubt, can be applied at home. Only a musical instrument is needed, for example, a pianoforte. Approaching it, you need to start singing about raising the sound of the instrument (or lowering), that is, playing back every note that you can repeat, in order. When you can not already sing lower or higher - this is the limit of the possibilities of your voice for today. You can also find out the voice range by visiting a phoniatric doctor. This is a more reliable and reliable method, the specialist will hold a full consultation and will know whether it makes sense to expand the capabilities of your own voice or not, and if there is, then towards the lower or upper register.

The biggest voice range of the St. Petersburg singer Tatyana Dolgopolova, who was included in the Guinness Book of Records as the owner of the most exclusive voice in the world.

There is hardly a person capable of surpassing her capabilities. Tatiana has an incredible voice range, namely 5 octaves and 1 tone. For comparison: modern singers range on average 2 octaves, and this is enough for a full-fledged work on the stage, and up to this bar the voice can be developed.