Tenor

:This article is about Tenor in music. For other meanings see Tenor (disambiguation).

Other uses

In the Barbershop harmony musical style, the name "tenor" is used for the highest part. The four parts are known (lowest to highest) as bass, baritone, lead, and tenor. The tenor generally sings in falsetto voice (thus the term tenor used in barbershop terminology most closely corresponds to the term countertenor as used in classical music), and harmonizes above the lead, who sings the melody. The barbershop tenor range is, as notated, Bb-below-middle C to D-above-high-C (and sung an octave lower).

Related Topics:
Barbershop harmony - Countertenor

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It is often applied to instruments to indicate their range in relation to other instruments of the same group. For instance the tenor saxophone.

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