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From:  Peter Louis van Dijk <plvdijk@i...>
Peter Louis van Dijk <plvdijk@i...>
Date:  Tue Feb 13, 2001  8:00 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] Re: boys and girls changing voices


Hi Tako!

I shall try to find the article in my filing cabinet.

Regards

Susi

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>From: Tako Oda <toda@m...>
>From: Tako Oda <toda@m...>
>To: vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [vocalist] Re: boys and girls changing voices
>Date: Mon, Feb 12, 2001, 7:22 PM
>

> On Sun, 11 Feb 2001, Susi wrote:
>> 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.
>
> Dear Susi,
>
> Has anyone ever told you you are *beautiful* when you're posting to
> vocalist? :-) Do you perhaps remember where you read this? I'll have to
> put it in my permanent bibliographical collection ;-)
>
> In the case of many countertenors, in truth it's not as simple as keeping
> the boy range and gaining an adult male's low range... We usually keep the
> soprano for a few years while the speaking voice lowers (during the
> teens). The soprano usually evolves into an alto or mezzo in the early
> twenties. A few men get to keep the top, but not many.
>
> xoxo
> Tako, countertenor
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