https://www.lloydwhanson.com/categories/choral-singing/ Recent content in Choral-Singing on Lloyd W. Hanson Hugo en-US Sat, 31 Jan 2015 19:31:20 +0000 https://www.lloydwhanson.com/uncategorized/the-soprano-voice-in-choral-music-3/ Sat, 31 Jan 2015 19:31:20 +0000 https://www.lloydwhanson.com/uncategorized/the-soprano-voice-in-choral-music-3/ <p>The Soprano Voice in Choral Music</p> <p>The soprano voice can easily overcome any choral sound especially if it has a basically flute quality. Consider the orchestra; 2 or 3 flutes against 30 to 45 strings. That has become the accepted balance of sounds yet the flute does not produce a tone louder than a violin. Why are so few flutes needed to be heard easily against a literal army of strings?</p>