Tenor

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A tenor is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type.^[1] Composers typically write music for this voice in the range from the second B below middle C to the G above middle C (i.e. B₂ to G₄) in choral music, and from the second B flat below middle C to the C above middle C (B♭₂ to C₅) in operatic music, but the range can extend at either end.^[2][3] Subtypes of tenor include the leggero tenor, lyric tenor, spinto tenor, dramatic tenor, heldentenor, and tenor buffo or spieltenor.