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She’s Charming right? Her name is “Maguerite_music” on tiktok

@@Too_Bassy Understatement of the year buddy 🙂! Anyone who can give Ella Fitzgerald a serious run for her money with her scatting, to say nothing of her tone and range, deserves serious interest from a major jazz label.

Yes, there’s no reason a contralto couldn’t hit a whistle note. Obviously very few can, but there’s no physical reason they wouldn’t be able to. Any human with a healthy vocal tract can potentially hit whistle notes or flageolet notes.

@joel2421 most of them did not have the vocal timbre of a true alto and there was a distinct lack of low notes. I was being sarcastic and I am aware that anyone can access their whistle registry, but for contraltos, this tends to happen at a lower registry - even with a healthy vocal tract, most singers are lucky to have a range above 3 octaves. My vocal range is B2 to G5 (around 2.5 octaves) but my tessitura is around C#3 to C5. My point still stands that most of the singers in this video (based on the clips used) were mezzo-sopranos not "true" contraltos.

@@authorharleyreid4724 So you’re being both facetious and pedantic? That’s a winning combination for sure. Nobody else knows (or cares) what your definition of a “true contralto” is. This isn’t opera where the definition might require more explicit or specific boundaries. An argument can be made that a singer can be a contralto by timbre or by vocal range/tessitura or by both. I don’t really care, I think most arguments about boundaries like this are more arguments based on hierarchy/elitism than they are about the underlying info. The scientific truth is that there is no true boundary between “low mezzos” and “true contraltos” but rather a spectrum, because human bodies weren’t made in factories to exact specifications.

You’re saying number 2 is a mezzosoprano? I’m not sure about that for how rich those low notes are for a female

Yeah I hate that double standard. Men on G2 are sexy as hell. Me on G2 is disturbing. I've had my gender questioned, my biology questioned, and my boobs questioned. It gets old

How could you tell they were Mezzo?

​​​​@@judylindow2739the top notes are too high and bright for a typical contra alto and the tone doesn't have the natural smoothness.

That’s what im saying her voice is too bright to be a contralto

Wow, I thought they were all contraltos Could you point them out?

@@Too_Bassy Number 1 (this is a soprano), 2 (she is audibly lowering the voice significantly, this isn't a contralto; by the time she gets to the F4 the real voice is revealed - a mezzo-soprano), 3 (another soprano - you can tell by the passaggio), 4 (this is a child - not sure why she's here), 5 (she's singing low but there is zero depth or weight in the voice), 7 (I know this singer, not a contralto), 8 (this is a mezzo-soprano; her story doesn't make much sense). I work in opera and study voice, there are a lot of contralto voices out there. Truly a lot. But these simply are not them. I suggest looking at the following singers - Carrie Smith, Nina Simone, Timi Yuro, Pearl Bailey, Hildegard Knef, Sophie Tucker. These are contaltos. From the first note of Carrie Smith's voice you'll hear a big difference. Voice types are to be judged off one's voice density (NATURAL voice weight - that is not one that is applied through approach or technique), tessitura, passaggi and lastly tone (it can be a big indicator but because of how malleable it is I put it lastly).

@@KajiVocals This is quite enlightening, Thank you!

Can you tell me how can I make sure i'm a contralto?

I love Diana Krall. I hate that that happened to you though. 😢

O.O That is almost exactly what happened to me. Went in the hospital as a mezzo soprano, came out a goddamn baritone

Omg I’m so sorry that happened to you, tbh if it’s an accident that’s messed up Ik ppl make mistakes but if it’s things like THIS it really can mess you up, I’m genuinely so sorry that you lost the voice you trained, I hope you find peace with your new beautiful voice of yours, I love deep voices, they have such a nice edge to them don’t be ashamed it’s wonderful! Please still share that gorgeous voice with your talent and spread it to the world!

Thank you.

G2 to H5 is very impressive! It spans over three octaves, which is notable for any singer. Your covers notes from the low/mid end of a bass up to the high soprano territory. If you have control and resonance across this span, Then I must say that’s just wild🔥 However range isn’t the only thing that determines your voice type, things like Tone, Voice Texture and tessitura also plays a huge role

​@@Too_BassyThank you. So how type voice I have? I'm 17 y.o.girl.

Oh thanks! 🥂

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Thank you! 🥂

You should look up Diana Ankudinova's cover of Can't Help Falling in Love.

@@cosmicmoonmilk Absolutly YES, the colors of her voice are unsurpassedly versatile and hypnotizing and when she sang "Can't help falling in love" Diana was only 18 years old. She is unique in the world. Another example “Blizzard”, or “Wicked game”, Diana was 15 years young!! ....and so forth......