Two voices sounding like one is called what?

• A. Harmony
• B. Timbre
• C. Blend
• D. Intonation

Answer: (C)

Blend is the quality that happens when different voices come together so closely they sound like one. When two voices sound like one, you’re hearing a balanced blend: the pitches align, vowels are matched, and the tone color and volume are similar across singers. This unity is what distinguishes blend from other vocal characteristics. Harmony involves multiple pitches at once, which may create chords, but doesn’t necessarily imply the voices merge into a single line. Timbre is the color of the sound, and intonation is about hitting the right pitches; neither guarantees the unified sound that blend expresses. To develop blend, singers focus on listening to each other, matching vowels, and adjusting dynamics and placement until the voices cohere.