Dre de Man <dredeman@y...>
> with the confusion about gender I mean something very
> simple: close your eyes and listen to a countertenor
> that probably is using the techniques Loyd Hanson
> described, head voice extension, at least who is not
> using falsetto: you will hear a woman, then open your
> eyes and you will see a man: that is confusing, isn't
> it?
It has everything to do with self-perpetuated gender stereotypes. If
countertenors were common, people would eventually learn to distinguish
them from women. When they heard a high voice, they would ask themselves
"hmmm, is that a woman or a countertenor?" Of course they are not that
many countertenors because it is difficult for men to put themselves in
a situation where people will think they are attempting some form of
transvestism.
-Tako
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