Choir Ninja, With Ryan Guth

Some of us barely get to see our students individually for any real length of time, so today I’m going over my short process for classifying voices as soprano, alto, tenor, or baritone/bass using examples from my own high school choir. We will dig into what to listen for, ideal characteristics of each voice part, actual exercises to use during classification, and more.   Listen: Click to download episode! Show Notes: Disclaimer: These are my opinions. Take what you want and leave what you don’t. :) When to classify upon entering the program Trust no one! Do it yourself. beginning of the school year mid-year as needed on a student-by-student basis. Student comes to you and asks You feel the need Pyramid of sound Bottom heavy ⅔ approach 6 Basses, 4 Tenors, 9 Altos, 6 Sopranos What does a quick and dirty high school voice classification sound like? 2-3 exercises Descending: S, F, M, R, D - on [di] Legato: D, R, M, R, D - on [ja] Range extension/flexibility: S, D1, S, M, D - on [i a - - -] M