Baritone

Baritone, that species of the human voice which lies between the bass and the tenor, but whose tone-character is more allied to the bass. The compass of a baritone voice is from A on the first space of the bass clef to F above the stave; but the principal notes of the voice are from C to E within that compass; and these should possess the energetic character of a bass voice, and, above all, be produced from the chest, excepting perhaps the highest. In former times, the music for this species of voice was written on a stave with the F clef placed on the third line, thus: . The name baritone is also given to a small saxhorn in B♭ or C (see SAXHORN).