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From:  chenweijie81@y...
chenweijie81@y...
Date:  Mon Jun 4, 2001  6:59 am
Subject:  Re: Who are hautes-contres?


--- In vocalist-temporary@y..., wrote:
> Dear Weijie and List:
>
> Thanks Weijie for listening to the two sound clips of Mr. Levy, and
> for your comments. I am not sure what to make of your specific
> questions and or comments, but let me go one by one.
>
> You wrote,"It's obviously a high voice...definitely a guy singing."
>
> COMMENT: I agree, and I think it is a characteristic of the
> tenor altino that it is just a lighter higher "tenor" sound, and
not a
> completely different sound like one encounters with "falsettist"
> countertenors.
>
> You wrote,"However it doesn't really touch my heart so much."
>
> COMMENT: We all have different emotional reactions to voices - I
was
> merely identifying Mr. Levy as one tenor altino with sound clips on
> the web. Personally, I rather liked the clips and would like to
hear
> more of this singer.
>
Explaination:Sorry if I have made it sound as if I am pointing on
u.Just giving my point of view.


> You wrote,"it is indeed hard to imagine that the tenor altino could
go
> sing very high since his voice is already so high."
>
> COMMENT: Hmmm - I don't completely understand what you mean.
Probably
> the tenor altino can sing quite high - he has a smooth transition
to a
> light head voice, and probably that extends at least to a third or
> fourth (if not much more) above a tenor's high C.
>

Explaination:To me,it would sound too feminine if the tenor altino
were to be able sing A5 and above.Besides I don't really think the
tenor altino can sing very high in a way for the really very high
notes would sound too light in a way that people might think that the
altino is not giving much support to the very high notes.The really
high notes won't be as rich and strong like a true tenor would sing.

> You wrote,"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."
>
> COMMENT: If you are a baritone, then probably your G4 sounds
different
> than the G4 of a high light tenor.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Michael


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