Tenor

Tenor is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range is one of the highest of the male voice types. It is also used to refer to singers of that voice type. The tenor's vocal range (in choral music) lies between C₃, the C one octave below middle C, and A₄, the A above middle C. In solo work, this range extends up to C₅, or "tenor high C". The low extreme for tenors is roughly A♭₂ (two A♭s below middle C). At the highest extreme, some tenors can sing up to two Fs above middle C (F₅). The tenor voice type is generally divided into the leggero tenor, lyric tenor, spinto tenor, dramatic tenor, heldentenor, and tenor buffo or spieltenor.