I have noticed this in opera, where the tenor's full-voiced high C is a more rare commodity than is the soprano's. I think Mark's estimate of a ninth difference is about right, on average.
Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) UMC Composer, Arranger VISIT US AT rayhortonmusic.com On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 4:07 AM, Mark D Lew <markd...@earthlink.net> wrote: > On May 16, 2011, at 10:42 AM, John Howell wrote: > >> Classical singers, voice teachers, and musicians in general take it as an >> article of faith that men's and women's voices are an octave apart, and in a >> lot of situations that works just fine. > > Another thought: Although I never really formulated it as such, I guess I > think of the distance between men's voices and women's voice more like a > ninth rather than an octave. > > For example: > - chorus altos on low G is like chorus basses on low F > - chorus tenors on high G is like chorus sopranos on high A > - baritone soloist's high F is like mezzosoprano soloist's high G > etc > > mdl > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
