Performance & Voice Codexery — Data & Quality

We publish our audit record because accuracy claims should be checkable. Every entry on this site runs through an automated fact-audit pipeline (accuracy audit → source-grounded repair → visual QA); this page is generated from that pipeline's own report, not written by hand.

Last full accuracy audit: 2026-09-01 · 5 entries checked · 4 flagged · 7 issues confirmed · 4 corrected · 3 still open

Recent findings (audit lane, verbatim)

Tenor — The claim that 'Many baritones sing tenor in choirs due to a shortage of true tenor voices' is a factual error; baritones typically cannot sustain the tenor tessitura, and it is more common for tenors to sing baritone parts or for altos/countertenors to cover

Tribute act — The claim that Tim 'Ripper' Owens replaced Rob Halford in Judas Priest in 1996 is incorrect; Halford left in 1992, and Owens joined in 1996 but first performed in 1997.

Tribute act — The documentary ...An Incredible Simulation (2001) is misattributed; the correct title is 'An Incredible Simulation: The Tribute Band Documentary' and it was released in 2000, not 2001.

Troubadour — The entry states 'The earliest known form is trobadors, found in a 12th-century Occitan poem by William IX of Aquitaine.' This is incorrect: the earliest known form is trobadors, but it appears in a 12th-century Occitan poem by Cercamon, not William IX of Aqui

Vocal range — The entry states 'falsetto is not always considered a separate register from modal,' which is misleading because in standard voice science and pedagogy, falsetto is widely considered a distinct vocal register from modal voice.

Vocal range — The entry says countertenors using falsetto and coloratura sopranos using whistle register are exceptions to the rule of including only modal register pitches, but countertenors primarily use falsetto as their main register and coloratura sopranos' whistle reg

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