A soprano is a singer with a voice range from approximately middle C (C4) to "high A" (A5) in choral music, or to "soprano C" (C6, two octaves above middle C) or higher in operatic music. In four part chorale style harmony the soprano takes the highest part which usually encompasses the melody.Stark (2003), Bel Canto: A History of Vocal Pedagogy, cited below For other styles of singing see Voice classification in non-classical music. The term "soprano" refers male and female singers. In choral music the term soprano refers to a vocal part or line and not a vocal classification. Male singers whose voices have not yet changed and are singing the soprano line are technically known as "treble". The term "boy soprano" is often used as well, but this is just a colloquialism and not the true correct term. Adult males with a high register are known as countertenors or sopranists. Therefore, men singing the soprano line are not sopranos, but countertenors

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