soprano
Highest female singer
Soprano is the highest singing voice, typically female or belonging to a boy before his voice changes.
In choral music, sopranos carry the melody line.
The term extends to instruments in the highest range of their family: soprano saxophone.
A person with this voice is also called a soprano: The soprano held the final note effortlessly.
Operatic solo piece
- divaCelebrated female vocalist
- prima donnaTemperamental, self-important person
- bel cantoElegant Italian vocal style
- librettoOpera's written words
recitative · Puccini · Verdi · Mozart · La Scala · Mimi · Tosca · Turandot
Great in altitude
register · coloratura · lyric · dramatic · soubrette · tessitura · head voice · falsetto
Oscillating pitch effect
- trillRapid pitch oscillation
- coloraturaElaborate vocal ornamentation
- legatoUnbroken musical phrasing
- staccatoShort, separated note style
portamento · melisma · ornamentation · breath control · phrasing · projection · resonance · timbre
One who sings professionally
- soloistUnaccompanied performer
- cantatriceFemale professional singer
- chanteuseFemale nightclub singer
- virtuosoSupremely accomplished performer
aria
Operatic solo piece
- divaCelebrated female vocalist
- prima donnaTemperamental, self-important person
- bel cantoElegant Italian vocal style
libretto · recitative · Puccini · Verdi · Mozart · La Scala · Mimi · Tosca · Turandot · Norma
high
Great in altitude
pitch · register · coloratura · lyric · dramatic · soubrette · tessitura · head voice · falsetto · top notes
vibrato
Oscillating pitch effect
- trillRapid pitch oscillation
- coloraturaElaborate vocal ornamentation
- legatoUnbroken musical phrasing
staccato · portamento · melisma · ornamentation · breath control · phrasing · projection · resonance · timbre · intonation
vocalist
One who sings professionally
- soloistUnaccompanied performer
- cantatriceFemale professional singer
- chanteuseFemale nightclub singer
virtuoso · Maria Callas · diva · primadonna
choir
Organized group of singers
descant · harmony · polyphony · cantata · oratorio · anthem · motet · madrigal · requiem · mass
saxophone
Reed instrument, brass body
- scalesweight, measure, balance, balance scale, digital scale
- singinglead vocals, vocalist, alto, backing vocals, tenor
- musicianspianist, guitarist, electric guitarist, bassist, vocalist
- performersactor, dancer, actress, singer, musician
- singing termsduet, aria, hum, alto, trill
- vocal musicsong, vocals, tenor, alto, baritone
- singing sopranoProducing the highest vocal range
- sing sopranoVocalize in highest register
- The Sopranos
- Tony Soprano
- boy sopranoYoung male high voice
- soprano voice