Lead vocalist

The guide 's voice is in vocal music the highlighted voice, also called melody. The guide 's voice singing in several voices or before the instrumental parts usually the most concise, loudest part and the melody. To her, the music of other ensemble members or the public should be able to orient. Differences is the musical leadership (eg as a melody ) and further technical, marketing and other leadership roles in various aspects.

The lead vocal is partly distinguished from the background singers (Lead Vocalist vs. Background Singer ).

There are styles of music, the name the lead singer specially so. In the barbershop, it is the lead, the second tenor in German language, who sings the melody and also almost always the barbershop quartet consisting of lead, tenor (the higher tenor, " tenner " spoken, Baritone, and Bass ) sangestechnisch and darbietend invoked by the other voices indicating the stakes by head and hand movements.

A leadership vote is not necessarily a singing voice. They are also available in instrumental ensembles. There, the lead voice is the instrument that plays the melody and after the other judge. In rock music it is - in Instrumental Rock - often the guitarist who delivers the melody or guiding voice. In the coffee house music, chamber music ensembles or other types of music, the violin is often guiding voice. In jazz ensembles, it is often the trumpet that takes over the task of the ensemble leadership.

In a broader sense, one speaks in the music of lead singer: bands in rock music often have a lead singer or a lead singer who also take the announcements and communication at all proportionately with the audience. They often have the function to be the most famous band members, with whom the audience is intended to identify ( marketing function ). For these purposes, the person of the guiding voice is often - in addition to the musical qualities - also visually appealing and concise. The audience and the fans have often known by the band members then the person by name, which takes the lead voice by singing or playing the guitar.

• Singing
• Melody teaching