What is a treble chorus?

Treble Chorus is a core choral ensemble designed for any soprano or alto voice interested in singing in an ensemble at the 9th-grade level. Each semester Treble Chorus will study and rehearse music to be performed at specific concerts.

What is a mixed chorus?

In mixed chorus you get to explore your vocal instrument, while creating a team like atmosphere with the other members of the choir. This choir also performs at local concert venues and competes in vocal competitions in the area.

What are the four voices of a mixed chorus?

The four main voices are typically labelled as soprano (or treble and countertenor), alto (contralto, countertenor or mezzo), tenor, and bass.

What is a treble choir made up of?

Potential Treble Choir Member, The WSU Treble Choir is an ensemble comprised of students who sing either alto or soprano. Our membership comes from across campus and most singers are non-music majors.

Which voice type is treble?

Treble can refer to either a young female or young male singer with an unchanged voice in the mezzo-soprano range.

What range is treble?

Treble sound is the counterpart to bass sound. Examples of treble sounds are soprano voices, flute tones, piccolos, etc., having frequencies from 2,048 to 16,384 Hz (C₇–C₁₀). The term “treble” derives from the Latin triplum, used in 13th century motets to indicate the third and highest range.

What is the highest sounding voice part?

The soprano is the highest singing voice. The typical soprano voice lies between C4 and C6.

What are the four parts of music?

The four elements of any type of music are melody, harmony, rhythm, and timbre. The melody of a piece of music is a particular sequence of notes.

Why do choirs sound good?

Choral phonetics uses our hidden ability to perceive resonances in the vocal tract as pitches (→ hearing test). This know-how enables singers to tune resonances just as precisely as their vocal tones. This turns timbre into a musical instrument. Choir sounds, as they can be heard in the video, become controllable.

Is treble a girl or boy?

While the term treble is gender neutral, the term is widely used in place of the term boy soprano within the United Kingdom. The term became widely used by English composers of polyphonic choral music during the English pre-Reformation and Reformation eras.

What is the highest treble voice?

A soprano [soˈpraːno] is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types.

Is tenor higher than treble?

In more modern publications, four-part music on parallel staves is usually written more simply as: Soprano = treble clef (second-line G clef) Alto = treble clef. Tenor = treble clef with an 8 below or a double treble clef.