What is the rarest type of singing voice?

A countertenor is a male singer who can sing as high as a soprano or mezzo-soprano
mezzo-soprano
The mezzo-soprano or mezzo is the second highest female voice type. In a large choir, a mezzo-soprano will usually sing along with the sopranos, not the altos, with the vocal part 'Soprano II' or 'Soprano 2'.
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. The countertenor is the rarest of all voice types.
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What is the rarest female voice type?

Contraltos are arguably the rarest of female voice types and they possess a tone so dark they often give the men a run for their money. If mezzos are like clarinets, contraltos are more like bass clarinets.
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What is the most powerful voice type?

Soprano: this is the highest singing voice, with the highest tessitura. It is also the most common female voice. Sopranos are given prominent singing roles, and are often the protagonists of the opera. They can sing from the middle C to two octaves higher (that is, an interval of 15 full notes in total).
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What is the least common voice type?

Contralto. The contralto voice is the lowest of the female voices and by far and away the rarest. The contralto range is roughly from the F below middle C to a high F one octave above middle C almost exactly matching that of the male countertenor.
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What is the rarest tenor type?

The rarest type of tenor is a countertenor, who is able to sing even higher than a tenor and actually falls within a female's voice range. Through the use of a man's falsetto voice, the voice produces a sound that is sometimes described as 'otherworldly'.
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What is the most common voice type?

In speaking about voice types, Seth Riggs, founder of Speech Level Singing would always say that 99% of males are some kind of tenor and 99% of females are some kind of soprano.
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Can a tenor be a girl?

Choral singing has long had a gender-bending history, but women singing tenor is a recent phenomenon.
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What kind of voice is attractive?

There is also abundant evidence that women prefer men with a deep voice, while men prefer women with a high voice. Attractive male voices are around 96 Hz and the most attractive women voices are up to 280 Hz.
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Who has the most unique voice?

The 10 Most Unique Voices In Music
  • Louis Armstrong.
  • Bjork.
  • Snoop Dogg.
  • Barry Gibb / The Bee Gees.
  • Horace Andy.
  • Liam Gallagher.
  • Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.
  • Nina Simone.
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What is a unique voice?

A person's timbre is what makes their voice unique and recognizable. An clear example would be that timbre is what makes a trumpet sound different from a piano.
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What's Ariana Grande voice type?

Ariana is a soprano, which means she can easily sing high notes.
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What is Beyonce's voice type?

Beyoncé is basically an operatic mezzo-soprano in disguise – and she proved it in this impressive clip.
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Which is the highest natural singing voice?

Soprano range: The soprano is the highest singing voice.
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Who has the greatest female voice?

Aretha Franklin

The Queen of Soul was unrivalled for decades when it came to having the best singing voice on the planet.
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Who has the deepest singing voice?

Tim Storms (born August 28, 1972) is an American singer and composer. He holds the Guinness World Record for both the "lowest note produced by a human" and the "widest vocal range".
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Who has the coldest voice?

Since 2012, Tim Storms has held the world record for the lowest ever vocal note – that's a deliciously gravelly G -7 (0.189 Hz), which is eight octaves below the lowest G on the piano.
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Who is the most recognizable singing voice?

The Most Iconic Singers of All Time, Ranked
  1. Freddie Mercury. Freddie Mercury is the king of showmanship.
  2. Aretha Franklin. Aretha Franklin may be the most confident singer to ever record a song. ...
  3. Frank Sinatra. Frank Sinatra was a vocal chameleon. ...
  4. James Brown. ...
  5. Darlene Love. ...
  6. Ray Charles. ...
  7. Johnny Cash. ...
  8. Ella Fitzgerald. ...
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Is Mariah Carey's voice unique?

Mariah went on: “Because I have the nodules I've learned to sing around them and with them. And it's sort of like I use a part of the cords when I'm using the higher register.” She went on to explain how her vocal coach uses her vocal cords as a case study during lectures because her tone is so unique.
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Do girls like deep or soft voices?

Women are more attracted to men with deep voices – and this attraction is strongest among prettier, more feminine women. In fact, women prefer a masculine voice more strongly and more unanimously to a masculine face.
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How do I know my voice type?

How to Find Your Voice Type
  1. Warm up. Before doing any type of singing, it's vitally important to do a vocal warm up, particularly when singing near the edges of our vocal range. ...
  2. Find your lowest note. ...
  3. Find your highest note. ...
  4. Compare your lowest and highest note.
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Which male voice is most attractive?

Research confirms that deep voices give men an aura of power and sexual allure. Men with low, resonant voices are more likely to be perceived as attractive, masculine, respectable, and dominant.
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Are tenors rare?

Male tenor voices aren't particularly rare, but many of those who possess such a voice are more inclined towards popular music genres rather than taking the role of a tenor in a choir.
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Is Queen a tenor?

But just how good was the frontman's vocal power? While Freddie's speaking voice fell in the baritone range, he delivered most songs in the tenor range. His known vocal range extended from bass low F (F2) to soprano high F (F6). He could also get up to tenor high F (F5).
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Can tenor sing high?

It is the highest male chest voice type. The tenor's vocal range extends up to C5. The low extreme for tenors is widely defined to be B2, though some roles include an A♭2 (two A♭s below middle C). At the highest extreme, some tenors can sing up to the second F above middle C (F5).
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