HOW TO SING TENOR

Tenor is the highest male singing voice within the vocal register..There are three types of singing tenor voice for both female and male Singer.

However, there are some differences on singing tenor for male singers.. Singers comfortable in high register, singers comfortable in the low register and singers comfortable in the mid register.

What Is Tenor Voice?

The “tenor” terminology is derived from the word “tenere” from Latin, which refers to “holding” During the Medieval and Renaissance times, the art singing in tenor was considered a holding or fundamental voice and a vocal or instrumental music in the so-called polyphony, which existed sometime between 1250 and 1500.

During that time, any other voices were considered in relation to tenor, which was usually performed in values of longer notes, and possessed a kind of “Cantus firmus” melody which was borrowed..  

Up to the 15th century when contratenot bassus was introduced, tenor was regarded as the lower voice in singing.. It assumed the role of giving a harmonic foundation to singing.

Moreover, it is also known that the tenor aimed to represent the male voice singing those songs during the 15th century.  

So, in the earlier repertoire, if you’re learning how to sing tenor and you see a line that has a marking of tenor, it usually referred to the part’s role, not the type of voice that was required.

So let's look at what make a good Tenor singer.

There are various ways on how to sing tenor, which is the top most male voice within the modal register. In the choral music, it generally ranges between C3, the C a single octave beneath middle C.

Just a matter of fact, as a tenor, you should have higher tessitura that made your voice more dominant on the head voice.

Ensure that there is a keyboard that you can easily access and get assistance from an instructor or a singer and try to locate the range of tenor voice on the keyboard. It may range from “C” beneath “Middle C” to “C” higher than “Middle C"

The second tip on how to sing tenor requires that after locating the notes on the keyboard, you should attempt to match your voice to the notes to establish which notes fit with your voice. For you to know if you can sing tenor, you will have to sing majority of the notes if not all.

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