I read somewhere that the countertenor voice can be regarded as the most
perfect of voices, because it adds to its range, but doesn't loose what it
was able to do before puberty.
Regards
Susi
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>From: Tako Oda <toda@m...>
>From: Tako Oda <toda@m...>
>To: vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [vocalist] boys and girls changing voices
>Date: Fri, Feb 9, 2001, 6:56 PM
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> Have to hop in with my 2 pennies :-)
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> There are many boys who never experience a radical change in their voices
> during puberty. I know, because I was one of them. If I was encouraged to
> give up singing during this time, I would have been mute from age 12-28! :)
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> Peter Giles, an authority on the training of countertenors, actually
> recommends keeping a boy singing (and he's British!) during the change. He
> believes focussed use of the changing larynx allows the boy to move more
> gracefully through the changes. Specifically for a countertenor, it allows
> him to "remember" how to use his "boy" register during the transition.
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> My speaking voice got lower *very* gradually, and I had my boy soprano
> extension until I was 22 or so. An alto voice emerged out of that during
> my mid 20s.
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> Tako
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