contralawhaty?

[lizheartsu]

Posted: 3/12/05 at 9:37am

hi. so i have been told numerous times that I am a contralto, and I'm just wondering, WHAT IS IT??!!?!?If anyone knows, it would be very helpful, thanks.

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[Elphaba]

Posted: 3/12/05 at 9:39am

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001.

contralto


(kntrl´t) (KEY) , female voice of lowest pitch. Originally, the term denoted a second voice set against (contra) a high voice (alto); thus, a second high voice. Since most second parts were for a high male voice or a low woman’s voice, the term came to mean a low woman’s voice, pitched about a fifth below the soprano. See also alto; countertenor; voice.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 3/12/05 at 10:01am

Some well known contraltos include:

Marian Anderson
Janet Baker
Kathleen Ferrier
Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Ewa Podleœ

[lizheartsu]

Posted: 3/12/05 at 2:56pm

wait, bu i can sing high, too?

[lizheartsu]

Posted: 3/12/05 at 2:56pm

wait, bu i can sing high, too?

[JadedBenevolence]

Posted: 3/13/05 at 12:28am

Then you should be considered a mezzo soprano, or a soprano.

Updated On: 3/13/05 at 12:28 AM

[Elphaba]

Posted: 3/13/05 at 9:32am

not if she also sings low alto.....

[lizheartsu]

Posted: 3/13/05 at 9:32am

ok....

[Elphaba]

Posted: 3/13/05 at 9:44am

the key to all this is........don't always take one someone tells you, about you, as gospel!

[lizheartsu]

Posted: 3/15/05 at 5:22pm

huh? explain please