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A tenor is a type of male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type.[1] Composers typically write music for this voice in the range from the second B below middle C to the G above middle C (i.e. B2 to G4) in choral music, and from the second B flat below middle C to the C above middle C (B♭2 to C5) in operatic music, but the range can extend at either end.[2][3] Subtypes of tenor include the leggero tenor, lyric tenor, spinto tenor, dramatic tenor, heldentenor, and tenor buffo or spieltenor.
- ^ Roland Jackson (23 October 2013). Performance Practice: A Dictionary-Guide for Musicians. Routledge. p. 458. ISBN 9781136767708.
- ^ "Vocal Ranges | Yale University Library". web.library.yale.edu. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ "Tenor | vocal range". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 18 August 2021.