Dear Michael and list, I have heard of the two sound clips from the website.It's obviously a high voice which I must admit.It's definitely a guy singing.Even my sis can hear that.However it doesn't really touch my heart so much.That is considered as T1 (the higher tenor) in the choir if he was to be categorized.From the way I hear from the two sound clips,it is indeed hard to imagine that the tenor altino could go sing very high since his voice is already so high.To a certain point,I would think he won't be able to go any more higher since the voice would sound feminine without the support/link from his lower chest voice.I mean it seems as though he is using head voice most of the time.Any comments are welcome but please try to explain with reasons.Although I can reach G4 with much ease,I would still think that it won't be as light as what the haute-contre sing G4.Maybe it's the characteristics and fach of my voice.
From 19yr old baritone who isn't taking any voice lessons but just singing in the choir Weijie
--- In vocalist-temporary@y..., > > I found this web site which has two short sound clips (see > http://www.guitarfoundation.org/hezy.html). The singer refers to > himself as a "tenor altino" which I think is more or less the same as > a "haute-contre" - a natural high voice with an easy "gear change" > into a light production. As another example, I believe British tenor > Rogers Covey-Crump, heard on many recordings with the Hilliard > Ensemble and other groups, is a haute-contre. > > As I believe Tako and others have pointed out, above a certain pitch > it is generally believed that all of the higher male voices > (countertenor, "alto", tenor-altino, haute-contre, sopranist) do the > same thing (that is, use a similar kind of vocal registration), so the > distinction is really what happens in somewhat lower pitch ranges. I > think that haute-contres sing through the passagio (say up to say G4 - > above middle C - or even higher for some) much as tenors, but then > instead of going into an "operatic" type head-voice they go into a > more counter-tenor like head-voice. Certain barbershop "tenors" fit > this description - I think particularly of Gene Cokeroft of the famous > Suntones - if I get a chance I'll post a short clip of Gene. > > Cheers, > > Michael Gordon
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