Auditions Baritone and Bass
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Baritone (or barytone; French: baryton; German: Bariton; Italian: baritono; Portuguese: barítono) is a type of male singing voice that lies between the bass and tenor voices. It is the most common male voice. Originally from the Greek, meaning ‘deep (or heavy) sounding’, music for this voice is typically written in the range from the second G below middle C to the F above middle C (i.e. G2-F4) in choral music, and from the second G below middle C to the G above middle C (G2 to G4) in operatic music, but can be extended at either end.
A bass is a type of male singing voice and possesses the lowest vocal range of all voice types. According to The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, a bass is typically classified as having a range extending from around the second F below middle C to the E above middle C (i.e., F2–E4). Its tessitura, or comfortable range, is normally defined by the outermost lines of the bass clef.
