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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Choir

"Mike sings in bass, while John in sopran."
Would you use this format in telling people to sing?
  

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" Soprano is used for a female voice with the highest range on the musical scale. The highest male voice in a choir is a tenor . In older days, a castrato was a male voice that could sing in the range of a mezzo-soprano or soprano.

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  • " Soprano is used for a female voice with the highest range on the musical scale.
  • The highest male voice in a choir is a tenor .
  • In older days, a castrato was a male voice that could sing in the range of a mezzo-soprano or soprano.
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"Mike sings bass, John soprano."

Soprano is used for a female voice with the highest range on the musical scale. The highest male voice in a choir is a tenor.
In older days, a castrato was a male voice that could sing in the range of a mezzo-soprano or soprano.
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Would you use this format in telling people to sing? No.
I'd say
eg Mike, please sing bass. And John, soprano.

But if those are their natural voices, I'd just say
eg Mike and John, please sing
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As AS said, soprano is normally used for the highest female singing voice.

The highest adult male voice is counter-tenor, though in typical choirs, only tenors are found.

If John is a boy with an unbroken voice, he would be referred to as a treble.
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