Then what about countertenors who either switch voice parts after a significant number of years of training as a 2nd tenor or baritione or men who switch between baritone/bass & countertenor (ie some of the singers in Chanticleer)?
Many of our > most > successful countertenors were boy choristers (or famous boy > soloists: > Mehta, Cencic) who simply kept singing through puberty. They report > that > they simply kept singing the same way despite the changes in their > speaking voices because they were so comfortable there (Deller, > Scholl). > > This implies they never lost the "soprano" function, just as girls > do not > lose theirs when they enter womanhood. It's true that many men may > use > falsetto to sing alto notes, but it sounds awkward, since it is a > register > which came into being at puberty (it requires long cords), not one > they've > had since early childhood (not to mention its inherent mechanical > limitations). >
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