Nathan Hoskins i think mezzo not alto

Philippe Jaroussky… 😉 enjoy 😊

sure......countertenor doesn't go so hight..

As a conductor, I am also very sensitive to this issue.

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@@haqqizillysozo Yess, he's currently professed as a professional vocal coach at Bina Musik Jakarta. One of his student who goes viral is Adelways Lay (11) a child soprano with highest note in The Voice Kids Indonesia 2021 audition and the Operatic Mandopop singer & soprano Amelia Limarwati who joins Indonesia Mencari Bakat at the same year where Lius was also a finalist in the first season back in 2010 while at that time he was a tenor. He currently holds two citizenship Indonesian & Australian.

Sad to see the « previously Tenor ». I think if a man decides to switch to singing as a CT, they shouldn’t neglect their original training in modal voice.

you can do it!

I learned my whistle by breathing in first. You get the...feel that way then from there transition to doing it on exhale... Best of luck.

I can sing up to a G5 and down to an E1 comfortably. I’d like to expand my range some day but would like a teacher at somepoint. I took chorus through middle and highschool as well as some from elementary. I was always a soprano until I was forced into tenor in highschool because I’m male. I could still sing with the sopranos if I wanted to though which sucked cuz I always found soprano to be the most fun. Over the years my range has shrank some and I feel like it’s from the loss of contant classical training/practice, so I don’t use all of the same muscle memory techniques that I used to use so well.

@@matthewstreacker7402 yeah, sang soprano until my chorus instructor in high school forced me to be a tenor. Haven’t really used my high register since then and hope to somehow gain it back😭😂🤷🏾‍♂️

@@timothyj9403 Start doing vocal exercises everyday at the piano, or a keyboard. Within six months time, you will notice remarkable improvement. After that work on maintaining your vocal range. Take your time and do not rush. I am a bass baritone that exercises from An 1 to C5 in full voice, not including falsetto, which I exercise separately, which overlaps. I exercise falsetto from G2 to Eb5. It's never too late. In high school I only sang to A4 natural in full voice. With vocal training techniques retained from past teachers, I have increased my range on my own. It's never over. Check it Out! Ciao!!!

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Thank you.

+Kornelia Perchy he is a alto or more a mezzo?

Sounds closer to Mezzo than Alto.

THAT MY FRIEND ....is the trick. I am not sure how they do it ....but it SOUNDS like they are doing the opposite of what sopranos TRY to do we try to bring the warmth of the lower notes to the upper registers ...he and all good countertenors sound to me like they are bringing the tone DOWN from the high notes to the lower ones. They are bringing that resonance down to your g...its kind of the opposite of what i do as a soprano but we sound alike to listener :P So the tone character and feel of those high notes you have try bringing them down. And remember ....DONT USE FALSETTO ....falsetto is not upper register or head voice. Its resonance. But to be honest this is probably something ONLY another countertenor could teach you.I couldn't teach a guy to produce a countertenor voice ..i am just telling you based on what i can actually HEAR is happening that is he is bringing the resonance from his upper notes DOWN to his lower notes if i did that i would sound like a chipmunk on the upper notes like when i was a beginner i had to work to first BUILD the lower notes then bring warmth from the bottom notes up te the top so i didn't sound squeaky . Its about balance in the voice. I think only a countertenor could show ou have to produce that sound.. Once you HAVE your voice a soprano could teach you the techniques to sing the roles etc. But you need your voice first under your control ....he can just correct himself right there once he gets what she means a beginner won't have that vocal control. So basically it sounds like he is using some head resonance on his lower notes ...

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William Miller Sorry for the late response. U can try dropping your larynx.

You have to use your falsetto voice and learn how to use head resonators with a singing teacher.

@@donvito1974 Don't use falsetto ..or not what i think of as falsetto..not for all your voice ..imo the countertenor voice is not something most people can tell you online ...they need to be in the same room as you and to hear you.

Aedan Alvena The thing is that he's singing with a "softer" countertenor voice than the normal type of the countertenor voice sound like, as the ones CT (countertenors) from UK. They haven't the mild or soft voice as in other parts of the world were the CT voice isn't that common. He is really good I agree.

I actually prefer more complex and rich timber sounding countertenors, no matter if closer to contralto or soprano. This singer timber is extremely soft, which i personally don't find preferable in a countertenor voice. He reminds me of the softer timber countertenors like Phlippe Jaroussky have which i personally don't like. You seem more about the tessitura closest to the higher female voices with a clean colour so i recommend you Michael Maniaci., I'm more in the team of the unique Alfred Deller, Franco Fagioli, Carlos Mena or Andreas Scholl.

Tiago Varela are you a trainer?

Martin Hellberg cool point

Aedan Alvena ever heard of mitch grassi?

I think it's more common because people are more excepting of men who have a countertenor voice generally because those with that kind of voice are mostly homosexual (from my understanding) but I could be wrong.

everyone tries to be countertenor today, so there are many of them, but most sound shitty. this guy here has crystal clear voice and is better than most of them, but still, there are many countertenors and every male can develop his high register.

Madi B 6000% wrong.

It doesn't have to do with sexual orientation Madi :) Just to clarify ;) It has to do with your body (anatomically speaking) and with what is natural to your voice and how your vocal cords work/vibrate and produce sound makes the difference into being a Falsetto signer or a countertenor.

Tonio Greco The most common country with countertenors is UK. That's because some of the UK choirs just have a choir with falsetto voices and they kick you out from the choir if you can't sing CT. That is also why so many CT sounds shit because they are forced to sing with their falsetto. I sing CT in a choir with just one more person... so it's not common

Franz Christian It's unlikely. Most countertenor are baritone-bass due to their thicker vocal chords allows for a tighter falsetto.

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If you are a tenor, if you begin to study how to sing using falsetto voice you will become a sopranist (a kind of countertenor that sings in soprano range). You can see in the video that the spoken voice of the singer is like a baritone voice. He sings using falsetto in contralto (or mezzosoprano) range.

KynigosTheWolf that’s true but tenors can still be a countertenor potential. As they use a lot of falsetto you can ever use falsetto as a starting point or tenors can use their low notes to build it up. Similar to baritones. I’m sorry but basses can’t be a CT. it’s like a contralto trying to do a soprano belt it’s not possible. Alto has a point where they can no longer belt can’t remover which note, basses edge of their range is traditionally mid/middle-high off of the baritone. Remember that CT & Bass are at opposite ends of the male vocal range. Like with female Contralto-Soprano

They are a different type for many reasons, that are side effects of their vocal chords having been exposed to testosterone. It gives a different quality to their voice. First of all, not all countertenors have a soprano range (the ones that do are sometimes called sopranists). They can also have contralto or mezzo soprano ranges. But the quality of their head voice, the placement of their registers, the way they project over the orchestra, all of these tend to be differences between female singers and countertenors. Therefore historically, countertenors have their own repertoire in opera (mainly Handel, Gluck, Mozart, and 20th century stuff), however those roles also tend to be sung by mezzo-sopranos and contraltos (if you can even find them lol) doing "pants" roles. In choral works and oratorios, contertenors tend to sing alto rep. That's just a basic set of differences. I can't really elaborate on the technical differences in anatomy and vocal training, cause I'm just learning this stuff, but I hope that helps somewhat.

No many countertenors match mezzos and others contraltos in their best pitch range . Derek Lee Ragin is very soprano. SCHOLL no. But the voices are not interchangeable because pitch isnt the defining quality of a voice. Just listen to the one piece sung by different voices. The colours are different. Ombrai ma fu Stutzmann, Jarrousski, Janet Baker, Scholl etc

countertenors use their falsetto. male sopranos dont have to rely on their head voice/falsetto

@@AuntAgatha0fullmoon Yeah the Countertenors aka High Tenors have a special range which is something choirs need for a very special sound.

Countertenors have a unique sound, and there are a LOT of male soprano roles in baroque music.

Your question is actually answered within this video, the coach is Soprano and the first student is countertenor.. they sing the same pitch but the color of the voices are very different.. in my opinion the soprano sound bolder/ firm while the countertenor more delicate (resonance). Perhaps that is the reason why countertenor songs are more dreamy, prayer, angelic choir like.

It's because historically, women were not allowed to sing in church. Therefore, they would manufacture castrati (male singers who were castrated to preserve their youthful highs). That particular type of singer became popular in opera as well, meaning a bunch of roles were written for them. The practice was, of course, eventually banned for obvious reasons. This means that we needed a way to sing the male soprano roles without actually having true male sopranos. Therefore, singers started developing their head voice and mix in order to sing in that range naturally, resulting in the countertenors we know today.

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Hi Chris, his name is Julius Firdaus. Thank you for you post. K

Beutiful countertenor singing

More often bariton

Hi Macka, Julius is originally a baritone. He is able to sing with both type of voices, the baritone and countertenor in Schubert's Erlkonig.

Is that the equivalent of a female Alto or Mezzo-soprano?

+Cockney Rebel i think he is nearly a mezzo. or not?

I am not an expert,but his voice sounds dark and dramatic to me,compared to some other countertenors I heard (probably natural tenors) so I have impression that his voice is suitable for Alto roles,but ofc I can be completly wrong.

I think an alto is a bit lower and this is the register of female mezzo. Philippe Jaroussky is an other example for a mezzo.

And what is the problem?! It's all about connection between the vocal cords, it's a reinforced falsetto that most countertenors use. It's just like a women head voice. Your point is quite invalid.

Nope, I disagree with you. They sound the saame to you, yes. But hearing it with a trained ear, you can hear the difference between the two say, technicalities, anatomy, and in historical aspects of the voice classification and opera itself.

Simply put, the way they have to produce the sound is different. This singer is, as the teacher said in a comment, naturally a baritone. But he has trained his head voice and mixed voice so that he can sing much higher than that. Naturally, in his chest voice though? It's much deeper than a soprano, or even most Altos. This can be heard when he speaks

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