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{{Short description|Classical male singing voice}}
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A '''tenor''' is a type of male [[singing]] [[human voice|voice]] whose [[vocal range]] lies between the [[countertenor]] and [[baritone]] [[voice type]]s. It is the highest male [[chest voice]] type.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QaW0AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA458|page=458|title=Performance Practice: A Dictionary-Guide for Musicians|author=Roland Jackson|publisher=Routledge|date= 23 Oct 2013|isbn=9781136767708}}</ref> 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. B<sub>2</sub> to G<sub>4</sub>) in choral music, and from the second B flat below middle C to the C above middle C (B{{music|flat}}<sub>2</sub> to C<sub>5</sub>) in operatic music, but the range can extend at either end.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vocal Ranges {{!}} Yale University Library|url=https://web.library.yale.edu/cataloging/music/vocal-ranges|access-date=2021-08-18|website=web.library.yale.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Tenor {{!}} vocal range|url=https://www.britannica.com/art/tenor-vocal-range|access-date=2021-08-18|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref> Subtypes of tenor include the ''leggero'' tenor, lyric tenor, [[spinto]] tenor, dramatic tenor, heldentenor, and tenor buffo or {{lang|de|spieltenor}}.