Legitimate singing

Full, classical, almost operatic sound with power and dynamic control throughout the entire vocal...

Tessitura

The range which comprises most notes of a vocal range; the general range of a...

Bass

The lowest male voice. Often associated automatically with character roles, either sinister or comic. True “bass” is very rare in musical theatre. Changes timbre below a low G and above middle...

Linear prosody

In which the meaning of the lyric matches “meaning” of the music; broken linear prosody is when lyric’s meaning is broken by pauses or elongations in the music. (See prosody; linear prosody refers to horizontal, forward motion created either by the...

Through-composed

A musical with music which plays without a break throughout the entire show, from beginning to end, pausing only for...