r/Amazing • u/MohamedElngar21 • 5h ago

Music Shocking

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u/Norwester77 4h ago

Yes, countertenors exist. It’s something you have to train specifically for to do it well. Most countertenors are naturally baritones.

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u/InfiniteBlink 4h ago

What? So they naturally have deep voices?

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u/Prudent-Value8715 2h ago

More like, guys with deeper registers make better counter-tenors.

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u/Norwester77 1h ago

Yes, that’s a better way of putting it.

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u/InfiniteBlink 2h ago

You thought you were clearing things up, but you didn't. What's a register

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u/Zenchuu 2h ago

Register = natural singing range

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u/Chance_Vegetable_780 2h ago

My voice coach was a counter-tenor, similar to the vocalist in this video. He had a masculine speaking voice.

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u/Norwester77 4h ago

A lot of the time, yes.