Singer

A singer is a person who uses her voice to produce a succession of her S which forms a musical sentence . It can use:

  • only one phoneme, Singing exercise S approaching the instrumental art, as in the airs of the queen of the night of the Magic Flute of Mozart or the Bachianas will brasileiras particularly n° 5 of Villa-Lobos…
  • a series of Onomatopée S in the Rap of the movement Hip-hop, but also the Scat of a Louis Armstrong or a Ella Fitzgerald…
  • a Comptine, a Poème, a rather short Texte forming a Chanson, a Cantique, a Anthem, a Ode, a Lied, a melody…
  • a booklet especially created or inspired of a literary work or nun as in the Motet, the Cantata, the Oratorio, the Musical comedy, the Operetta, the Opera… In these last cases, the singer must be also Acteur.

If the stamp of the voice can be relatively innate, a singer can improve his vocal Technique by taking courses of Chant. Thanks to the Musical theory and a solid musical formation, it can reach more quickly repertories of style varied in the form of partitions.

It can also occur in Soliste or group: Duet, Trio, Quartet… until the chorus or Choral society of a hundred people where the singer becomes chorus-singer.

The singers can express has cappella (without instrumental accompaniment) or being supported by the Accompagnement of an instrument (Piano, Guitare…), of several, even of a whole Orchestre.

The topic of the sung texts can be very diverse, of the Berceuse to tend and nursery school to the the bloodiest epopee, while passing by the claiming writings of a committed singer.

According to the standard and Tessiture of their voice, the singers is classified in several categories: ; for the women

; for the men The Castrato S until the XVIIIe century, following the ablation of the testicles before puberty, had tessiture of the Sopraniste S.

The vocal Musique includes/understands many musical genres, so much in the field of the Musique profane (opera, Madrigal, melody, etc) that in that of the crowned Musique (Motet, Oratorio, passion…). In Classical music, a singer soloist is often called by female the Italy N: Professional singer .

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Simple: Singer

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