Editing Baritone (section)

{{Short description|Type of classical male vocal range}}
{{About|the male voice type}}
{{wikt | baritone}}
{{Voice type}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
A '''baritone'''<ref>Or '''barytone''', although this spelling is essentially archaic and little-used since the 1920s.</ref> is a type of [[classical music|classical]]<ref>Compare [[voice classification in non-classical music]].</ref> male [[singing]] [[human voice|voice]] whose [[vocal range]] lies between the [[bass (voice type)|bass]] and the [[tenor]] [[voice type|voice-type]]s. It is the most common male voice.<ref>''Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Encyclopedia''. [https://books.google.com/books?id=V2d12iZkgOwC&pg=PA142 "Baritone"]. [[Merriam-Webster]] (2000) p. 142. {{ISBN| 0-87779-017-5}}</ref><ref>Knapp, Raymond; Morris, Mitchell; Wolf. Stacy (eds.) (2011)[https://books.google.com/books?id=Do1pAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA322 ''The Oxford Handbook of The American Musical''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240412050317/https://books.google.com/books?id=Do1pAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA322#v=onepage&q&f=false |date=12 April 2024 }}, p. 322. Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|0199874727}}</ref> The term originates from the [[Greek language|Greek]] {{lang|el|βαρύτονος}} ({{lang|el|barýtonos}}), meaning "heavy sounding". Composers typically write music for this voice in the range from the second F below [[C (musical note)|middle C]] to the F above middle C (i.e. [[Scientific pitch notation|F<sub>2</sub>]]–F<sub>4</sub>) in choral music, and from the second G below middle C to the G above middle C (G<sub>2</sub> to G<sub>4</sub>) in operatic music, but the range can extend at either end. Subtypes of baritone include the baryton-Martin baritone (light baritone), lyric baritone, ''Kavalierbariton'', Verdi baritone, dramatic baritone, ''baryton-noble'' baritone, and the bass-baritone.