what is a contralto voice
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Contralto A contralto (Italian pronunciation: [konˈtralto]) is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range is the lowest female voice type.
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Was Pavarotti Still a Good Singer? Correction, Sept. 14, 2007: The original version of this article stated that a tenor closes his vocal folds 500 times a second for a high C, while for a soprano that rate is 1,300 times a second. Since the soprano's note is one full octave higher, it requires a doubling of the frequency (to about 1,000 hertz).
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VolodinsBioacoustic Group Homepage The pair duet; a male starts with the quiet gurgling calls, and when they are turning into the loud singing, a female joints her voice to the duetting. During a duet, a male and a female are blowing out their throat sacks and are screening a mouth with a palm when are producing the especially loud calls.
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Castrato A castrato (Italian, plural: castrati) is a type of classical male singing voice equivalent to that of a soprano, mezzo-soprano, or contralto. The voice is produced by castration of the singer before puberty, or it occurs in one who, due to an endocrinological condition, never reaches sexual maturity.
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- 2. Even though Alto is not a voice type, mezzo-sopranos and alto are pretty much the same in range, but she is not a contralto (appropriate name for the lower alto part) because her tessitura (voice quality and sound) is not deep enough to qualify her as a contralto.3.. Even though Alto is not a voice type, mezzo-sopranos and alto are pretty much the same in range, but she is not a contralto (appropriate name for the lower alto part) because her tessitura (voice quality and sound) is not deep enough to qualify her as a contralto. 3.
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Vocal Traps of the Contralto Singer Whether in opera or oratorio, the sound of a true rich and ringing Contralto can be a special musical experience. Many teachers and singers have a desire to learn more about the Contralto voice and how it should be appropriately trained, but there is not a lot of available information on the subject.
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Talk Like An Opera Geek: Tuning Into Tenors The tenor voice is, like all voices, a fragile instrument, and opera singers are asked to do a lot of heavy lifting with those two little vocal cords. Below is a sample of a few kinds of tenors, based on the size and timbre of the voice — from the agile and light to the large and dark.
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- Top Definition. mezzo-soprano. The medium female singing voice in opera and non-classic al music (although in the choir, the mezzo-soprano and the contralto are lumped together as alto s). The mezzo-soprano has a range of two octave s from A3 (below middle C) to A5 (just two notes short of high C). This is the most common female voice.
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Definitions &Translations A tenor is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range is one of the highest of the male voice types. The tenor's vocal range lies between C3, the C one octave below middle C, and, the A above middle C. In solo work, this range extends up to, or tenor high C.. The low extreme for tenors is roughly A♭2.
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Vocal Range Chart Types of Vocal Range. The voices of women are divided into 3 categories: soprano, contralto and mezzo-soprano. In the case of men, their voices are typically categorized into 4 groups: tenor, countertenor, bass and baritone. When it comes to the pre-pubescent children’s voices, treble and 8th term is usually applied.
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What are the six kinds of vocal timbre? Contralto and alto are not actually synonymous; alto refers only to range, while contralto has more to do with timbre. From highest to lowest, Female-male: Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano (sometimes just referred to as Mezzo), Contralto (usually referred to as an Alto), Tenor, Baritone, Bass. However, these are only the most basic & most frequently mentioned types. The German Fach system, commonly used in Europe, has about 32 specific categorizations for vocal timbre across these six broader categories.
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- These 10 facts about space will blow your mind. A contralto is a rare case of a deeper-sounding female singing voice. Most of the time, female classical singers within this vocal range are categorized under the title of mezzo-soprano because it is between a mezzo-soprano and a tenor.
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Whatâs My Voice Type? The Different Voice Types and How to Distinguish Them Soprano is the highest female voice type. There are many types of sopranos like the coloratura soprano, lyric soprano, the soubrette etc. which differ in vocal agility, vocal weight, timbre, and voice quality; I will talk about them in an upcoming article.
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Voice type Baritone range: The baritone voice is the middle-range voice type for males; it lies between the bass and tenor ranges, overlapping both of them. The typical baritone range is from A2 (the second A below middle C) to A4 (the A above middle C).
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- The use of falsetto in building the headvoice/mixed voice. Just because falsetto is a disconnection from full voice does not mean it is without its merits. I often use it when training singers in order to build up strength in the falsetto so that it can “handle the weight of chest”.
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The Male Changing Voice The first is the male treble voice, which is the unchanged voice. This sound is full, rich, and soprano-like. This is the stage males are in until approximately the age of 11 or 12. Males in this age usually sing soprano in choirs. The cambiata voice is the first stage of change.
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contralto Use contralto in a sentence. pl. -·tos or -·ti. 1  the range of a low female voice between mezzo-soprano and tenor, usually from about the first F below middle C to the second F above; alto.  a voice or singer with such a range.
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Mezzo-soprano The vocal range of the mezzo-sopranos lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types. Mezzo-sopranos generally have a heavier, darker tone than sopranos. The mezzo-soprano voice resonates in a higher range than that of a contralto. dramatic mezzo-soprano has a strong medium register, a warm high register and a voice that is broader and more powerful than the lyric and coloratura mezzo-sopranos. This voice has less vocal facility than the coloratura mezzo-soprano.
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MEZZO-SOPRANO The noun MEZZO-SOPRANO has 2 senses: 1. a soprano with a voice between soprano and contralto. 2. the female singing voice between contralto and soprano. Familiarity information: MEZZO-SOPRANO used as a noun is rare.he noun MEZZO-SOPRANO has 2 senses: 1. a soprano with a voice between soprano and contralto. 2. the female singing voice between contralto and soprano. Familiarity information: MEZZO-SOPRANO used as a noun is rare.
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55 Words to Describe Someoneâs Voice shrill (adj): a shrill voice is very loud, high, and unpleasant; silvery (adj): this voice is clear, light, and pleasant; singsong (adj): if you speak in a singsong voice, your voice rises and falls in a musical way; small (adj): a small voice is quiet; smoky (adj): a smoky voice is sexually attractive in a slightly mysterious way softly spoken (adj): someone who is softly spoken has a quiet, gentle voice soft-spoken (adj): speaking or said in a quiet, gentle voice
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Mezzo-soprano A mezzo-soprano or mezzo is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types. The mezzo-soprano's vocal range usually extends from the A below middle C to the A two octaves above. In the lower and upper extremes, some mezzo-sopranos may extend down to the F below middle C and as high as high C. The mezzo-soprano voice type is generally divided into the coloratura, lyric, and dramatic mezzo-soprano.
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How Low Can She Go: Mezzo-Soprano Singing For Dummies, 2nd Edition. The difference between the mezzo-soprano (or just mezzo) voice type and the soprano is often tessitura. (Tessitura refers to where most of the notes lie in a song — the notes that a voice feels most comfortable singing.) Many mezzos can sing as high as a soprano, but they can’t stay as high as a soprano. For example, some roles in operatic literature require the mezzo to sing as high as the soprano lead, but the mezzo usually doesn’t have to sing as many high notes as a soprano does — thank goodness — because the mezzo comfort zone is usually different than the soprano; mezzos prefer to live in their middle voices.
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What is Falsetto? Falsetto, often translated as a false voice, is a vocal technique that allows male singers to perform notes ordinarily out of their natural range. Essentially, it pulls the male singer's voice out of the chest and into the head, which is traditionally what helps female sopranos hit their highest notes.
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Voice type A baritone's range might extend down to F2 or up to C5. The baritone voice type is the most common male voice. Baritone tessitura: Although this voice overlaps both the tenor and bass voices, the tessitura of the baritone is lower than that of the tenor and higher than that of the bass.