Tessitura
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In music, tessitura (Italian: texture) is a range of pitches compared to the instrument it was intended to be used for.
The tessitura of a composition, usually used for a vocal work or a particular voice within the work, is the general range within which the notes lie. Tessitura can also refer to the part of a singer's voice, or sometimes a musical instrument, that has the most musically acceptable and comfortable timbre.
In musical notation, tessitura is the range of notes implied by a clef.
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