Contralto voice

If you are singing in a choir or take voice lessons, you have probably already been classified as a soprano, or contralto (alto) if you are a woman, and a tenor, or bass if you are a man. These classification are basic singing voice types that are common and popularly known as “S.A.T.B”, but we do have more than these.

A talented singer with a unique contralto voice.

Oh this is a funny way of distinguishing the voice ranges.... they Completely left out "bird people" for the baritone and the soprano parts... -.-

Contralto passagi and Register Zones. The contralto is unique among the voice types to sing the highest in pure chest voice alone. Her fourth octave notes are particularly strong. When she climaxes in her mixed register, the sound can be described as 'cavernous', chesty, earthy, dark, powerful: rather androgynous, remarkably similar to a tenor. The male equivalent of the Contralto is the "natural counter Tenor", a man with an unusually high male voice, usually due to a medical condition.

Men's ranges

Mezzo-soprano passagi and Register Zones

Sorry sopranos! We love you but we can't help but give you that look sometimes!

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