contralawhaty?
#0contralawhaty?
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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#1re: contralawhaty?
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.
#2re: contralawhaty?
Posted: 3/12/05 at 10:01am
Some well known contraltos include:
Marian Anderson
Janet Baker
Kathleen Ferrier
Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Ewa Podleœ
#3re: contralawhaty?
Posted: 3/12/05 at 2:56pmwait, bu i can sing high, too?
#4re: contralawhaty?
Posted: 3/12/05 at 2:56pmwait, bu i can sing high, too?
#5re: contralawhaty?
Posted: 3/13/05 at 12:28am
Then you should be considered a mezzo soprano, or a soprano.
#6re: contralawhaty?
Posted: 3/13/05 at 9:32amnot if she also sings low alto.....
#7re: contralawhaty?
Posted: 3/13/05 at 9:32amok....
#8re: contralawhaty?
Posted: 3/13/05 at 9:44amthe key to all this is........don't always take one someone tells you, about you, as gospel!
#9re: contralawhaty?
Posted: 3/15/05 at 5:22pmhuh? explain please
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