mixed choirs
Combined vocal groups
A mixed choir combines male and female voices, as opposed to all-male or all-female ensembles.
The standard arrangement includes soprano and alto (typically women) with tenor and bass (typically men).
Most community, church, and professional choirs are mixed: She sang alto in a mixed choir for twenty years.
- sopranoHighest female voice range
- altoLower female voice
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
- polyphonySimultaneous independent melodic lines
- folk songsInherited communal music
tenor · contralto · madrigals · hymns · spirituals · bass · concert hall · holiday concert · sight reading · counterpoint · cantatas · oratorios · sacred music · baritone · phrasing · voicing · treble · voice parts
- choral musicchoirmaster, a cappella, vocal ensemble, vocal ensembles, vocal harmony
- Bulgarian Singingvocal ensembles, polyphony, traditional songs, wedding songs, harvest songs
- Georgian musicsacred chants, religious chants, traditional chants, three-part harmony