My first vocal teacher told me I was a lyric tenor, potentially a countertenor, and now I've had a class with another teacher and he told me I might be a baritone and now I'm totally lost lol
Ygor Cortes weird question: how old are you? Men’s voices don’t stop changing till they’re 25 and I heard true basses develop their voice around 30s...some vocal teachers make you sing certain choral parts according to their preferences (even if you don’t have the high or low range )...where do you find is the most comfortable vocal range for you?
@@Rednaxela137 I'm 22, and the comfortable range is a tricky question for me. I feel comfortable singing below my two passaggi, so below around a D4 and below around a G4. Falsetto is comfortable too, of course.
and Robin Blaze, Philippe Jaroussky, Drew Minter, Iestyn Davies, Michael Chance, Patrick Craig, Andreas Scholl, Bejun Mehta, Paul Esswood, Anthony Roth Costanza, ...
I'm a top end Baritone (I've not quite got the upper extension to comfortably do tenor stuff) but I've always had a full sounding falsetto (not head voice) especially the lower it goes and the greater the support gets. So I can produce decent enough operatic sounding female sounding vocals through that. A big help as I enjoy Nightwish and that is full of female operatic sections! Cool video for sure!
@XDranzer000 If I am not mistaken , tenors do mix regardless of repertoire.Even more so if they sing high C's or D's and higher. You do need to mix it.
No, thank YOU! What a beautiful voice and a clear explanation of the countertenor's range, which seems so often to be misunderstood or mislabelled. I hope that as many people as possible will watch this and really learn about this voice.
Thank you! I learned a lot! I have never heard a true countertenor until recently. It’s something that you learn about in school but done encounter much. Thank you! You have a gorgeous voice!!
I’m a counter tenor and people don’t understand my higher speaking voice because they don’t know I sing. I used to feel really self conscious when people said I sound like a women. As I’v matured I’ve made my peace with it and I’m thankful for my gift.
The range you call 'counter tenor' was my old Alto range before my voice broke (menopause) and I now sing in the choir as a Tenor, but have a lot of much higher notes - our Maestro describes me as a 'counter tenor'.
I don't even know what I am since I've never had singing lessons and a teacher. I did use the "Da Tuner" 3 years ago before I stopped singing. My lowest was a B1(but it wasn't comfortable for me to hit). My highest was a F7(I felt like going deaf😂). Nowadays my lowest note is E2 and highest A5. 🤷🏻♂️
Pop music defines vocal parts by one's singable range (not hittable range, there's a difference), whereas classical vocalist defines vocal parts by one's tonal quality after projection. Simpler put, if you are an opera singer, you have one set of range where you can sing without triggering your vocal fry and can project in a 4000-people opera house. Most pop singers just call themselves the highest head-voice vocal type by gender (so tenor and soprano for male and female), despite being able to sing lower notes.
@XDranzer000 I’d argue that his “normal” voice type is more his “spoken” voice type, as he has developed his head voice so much so that it is equivalent to that of a mezzo-soprano. The baritonality of his voice only remains in his chest voice, which he has not thinned out as much as he has beefed up his falsetto range. This is not uncommon in countertenor voices - this sort of disconnect from lack of mixing the textures through the middle. He could probably learn to sing tenor though just through mixing his chest range into his head range, which can also be accomplished by negotiating a slightly higher larynx height. In fact, even hearing that G3 at 1:07, it’s not as dark and full as a baritone might sound. But it often depends on the beholder.
@@gillianomotoso328 Yeah most males have lower speaking voices than female due to their vocal chord structure. Their voice will be low even if they sing at high notes. Although there are a few exceptions. Those who have taken chemical castrations for some odd reason may have a higher speaking voice. And those who have a condition where they still kept theur pre pubescent voice during puberty somehow due to hormonal changes.
I just found out that the composer Purcell was apparently a countertenor. I didn't know what that range sounded like, but thank you Kangmin for such an excellent demonstration and explanation!
Hello, Justin. I'm a trained tenor-countertenor singer. But for me, I consider myself as "Male-Alto" singer, because my voice can catch up in alto register, not in mezzo-soprano or even soprano register.
@Purple Petals alto or contralto is the term we use to define the lowest female register and it is compared to bass voice in males now don't mess up with the fact that exist many mezzo that are asked to sing alto roles because a alto voice is completely different from a mezzo in regard to tymbre than we can speak about range and that is personal to each singer imagine a mezzo with huge register that can cover all roles in the female range how do you consider that voice? Or an alto that have 3 octaves? They seems to have the same range apparently but the register is made by the tymbre they have despite of the range. That said not all singers have more than two octave range in operatic singing that is considered to be the normality of each register upper and lower range may be natural or trained anyway you understand which voice is by the fact that that voice has a clear tymbre if you listen to ewa podles you can understand what I mean she has been an incredible alto with a huge range but you distinguish her voice clearly from a mezzo because a mezzo hasn't the same deep tymbre
Dear Erdyanto you know that many countertenors have different ranges that does not make them less pleasant artists simply because they are not extremely high in range one example of that is Xavier xsabata he is a true alto with a wonderful tymbre and a lovely interpret so don't worry if you feel to be "just" alto each of us has a divine gift you may become the most beautiful alto out there simply love yourself and sing with passion
@Purple Petals I don't think ewa is a mezzosoprano she is a true contralto with a huge range and sorry you can't compare an operatic artist with a pop singer because they play different styles I was talking about operatic singers not even choir singers in a choir most often the majority of the people that simply are not trained ends to be put among altos for that reason even when their voice is different
Purple Petals , not only Fach, but word contralto in Italian means that this voice is something against alto and not alto, as countertenor is not tenor. So it's strange that Marco doesn't know it having such Italian name. But Ewa is contralto. And you really shouldn't compare witn not operatic singers
@@qzrnuiqntp Oberlin was my fathers generation and I am pushing 70. David Daniels, Jakub Josef Orlinsky. Andrea Scholl, Cencic, Yi, Derek Lee Ragin, Fagioli, Yoshikazu Mera there are many fine counter tenors singing today
before puberty C5 and C6 was where my vocal range averaged now idk what i am but i think after doing sm vocal practices this past 4 weeks has helped me get back to them notes.
That's called "vibrato", and can be notated by putting a wiggly line "~" on top of the note. It's often up to the performer whether to add vibrato or not, depending on the musical style and the artistic choices of the performer.
Thank u for this very informative video! Any Teacher Recommendations who know how to work with countertenors in the New York City? Would be highly appreciated...most teachers didn’t know what to do with my countertenor voice Thank you
@Almost Free surprisingly i once didn't know how to use my voice in an operatic vocal my real voice is originally alto and tenor but now i know when i want to be free i can go up without cracking because of practice and exercising my lungs to get better sounds out of my voice trust me if i had other people to sing with me I'll stay right in my original notes but as of now i just sing in versatile vocals i really don't like singing higher than women nor in comparison to them when singing with them or around them but no i just was excited because my voice can be very tricky at some points but i know how to have fun with it that's all fr fr
@@marquishalsell You're not a Countertenor, you SING Countertenor. In short, you have either a low, medium or high modal voice, and another seperate register called the head voice, which is what "Countertenors" today use to sing in those astronomically high notes. If I remember correctly, Justin has replied to me once that he was singing as a Baritone at first. And he seems very much like a Baritone when I hear his speaking voice alone.
@@tenor-haute-contre thank you for clarifying that i'm very new to singing high it's an interesting fill for my voice now i still sing in my lower tones but i love to express myself with higher notes i don't read music but i can follow it melody and harmony but i really wanted to know what was the differences fr fr
@@tenor-haute-contre sorry for the late answer i sing soulful gospel urban contemporary and somewhat jazz music I'm 29 years old working on becoming an artist this year i been wanting to do that ever since a child i traveled some parts of the country i use to do backup vocals for gospel music as a teenager around that time i was just writing my songs i really love singing it's my life but yup those are the type of songs i sing and I'm also learning the Eastern ways of singing as well such as arabic Indian and African singing LOL
Currently with a jaw injury frankly I can sing still with some set backs. My vocal range A#2-C6, I start from G3-G4. Belt F4-B5(D6) E3-E#4 is standard. C6-D7 are obtainable as well. No voice cracks ever. My highest note ever is C#8 and lowest note E1. My comfort singing range is e#3-g5. What voice type am I. If you want to know more you can ask about it. I will reply
Range has nothing to do with voice type but where your voice produces the best sound...I’m one of those skeptic who don’t believe when others say they can sing this note and that note unless there’s a video to prove it
Exactly, I realized that and appreciate your reply. I always take it as compliment when some guys say "you wow what a beautiful lady singing" directing to sister. I was the one singing the gave the look the sour pucker lip look then it was cool he just dance it off. 4 years now I started from really really to amazing. Time will tell when I lose count of how many people I make cry when I sing.
@[AP-STUDENT] Jomuel Belarmino I do write music but with my TMJ problems jaw swell up it car accident it sound less easy for me to sing. But always considered wanting to be an artist. With my autism is one thing. I believe it will be such a hard dream to make into reality. Yes of course I would consider. My recommended me to do covers to get exposure. Hmmmm should do that no. I just don't know. I never had any singing lessons...like one day people will hear me.
“Highest note ever is C#8 and lowest note E1” I’m sorry but this is quite unlikely. E1 is a note lower than most Bass singers can sing (the lowest Fach, with the lowest tessitura), and even if so, you’re definitely not singing within the 6th, 7th, or 8th octave.
Higher notes are harder to hear but the lower quality tend to be shallower because males tend to have a further developed chest voice that it is hard to incorporate the lower notes with it
When a guy has higher voice than me if he was vocally trained he could easily be countertenor right? My speaking is in 3rd octave lol I find my voice kinda low compared to some girls 😥
Trina2126 I'm a Contralto. I've been called Sir once. Also been mistaken for my brother on the phone with relatives. Ha ha! Doesn't happen too often because l try to speak higher. Speaking too low and dark, my brother complains he can barely hear me (a remnant from vocal injury, trying to imitate higher voices)
Trina2126 I am lyric Leggero my second passagio at A4 my high full range extend to A5 low notes c3 comfortable and hardly B2 sometimes A2 and ı am 24 years old when I look my high range you could count me an Dramatic Mezzo or something but ıf you look low range you should count me contralto or something but ı can sing dramatic mezzo parts too in safety if ı trained myself my voice is especially in low parts so manly and speaking voice high as well but its also hearing manly
not necessarily. A countertenor needs to be comfortable using head voice . speaking voice is chest voice . Many countertenors have baritone speaking voice. if a guy sings tenor well he may not be motivated to relinquish his chest voice .
Countertenors often sound brighter and lighter than contraltos. Truly a countertenor is akin to a mezzo more than a contralto. Kinda like Tevin Campbell and El DeBarge, lol. A contralto’s chest voice often is more akin to a spinto or dramatic tenor, I’ve found, due to the depth and power.
Some rare cases They have thé tessitura of a soprano and They tenor ranges when speaking sound like a gender hybrid of à High tenor and contralto female
Look up This chicago countertenor Carl Alexander his speaking voice sound between à above average male and a masculine female. Its varies from person To person
Pretty normal since most CTs are using their head voice to sing in the same range that Contralti or rather Mezzos sing. Contralti use their chest voice in that same zone so of course they'll sound bigger.
@@tenor-haute-contre Eh. Contraltos generally use full chest up to about no more than the A4-C5 area from what I’ve found. Beyond that the voice starts mixing into head, and quite rapidly up to D5-E5. The stratification of the male chest voice from the sectioned off male head voice often creates a brightened thinness for the upper range that is sometimes matched in contralto voices (similar to male voices), but developed female voices as a whole generally have a head voice that matches in chiaroscuro with the chest voice. In fact, I’d argue that all “developed” voices have this quality but customs cause different standards regarding that for each voice type. Moreover, tenors often have a more evened out transition from chest to head as their mixed range is more developed than other male voices’.
When you say contralto you seem to be thinking of spinto contraltos such as Lina Mkrtchyan or Aafje Heynis. There are lighter contraltos such as Sonia Prina as well. For a somewhat heavier countertenor timbre check out Erik Kurmangaliev.
Question: I found out not too long ago that I'm a countertenor. I'm 33yo with no music school exp. I love singing, playing my guitar and just music in general. Is there any sense in me trying to pursue this?
@@davidmuller9938 they weren't written for mezzo or contralto. They were written for men. So men singing is how it should be......how do u not know that
im 29 yo male, but my voice range is just in sopran range. my voice type is just very light like justin bieber when he is still a kid. i can sing any sopranos song with belting technique (adapted to the needs of singing). am i still counted as a countertenor or a sopranos?
I have a big point of contention with the word falsetto and head voice. Can you provide an example of each? Most times people say falsetto when it is head voice. Drives me nuts.
Falsetto is breathy, head voice is not. Simple as that. The distinction is made because a breathy phonation lacks compression sufficient to engage much at all of the vocalis muscle. A “full” phonation involves that compression, causing the whole vocalis muscle to phonate (with CT taking dominance over TA in the case of head voice) and thus leading to a sound with a fairly closed quotient (most of the oscillation comes from the folds touching rather than letting air pass through). But it is arguably a spectrum; it’s just that head voice has more of a standard of fullness than falsetto does a standard of hollowness, and neither is chest voice anyway and thus not as typically of a spoken quality.
@@gillianomotoso328 That is what I think too. As most people are just ignorant and use the f term because a guy is singing high. I always use a spectrogram tool to analyze a vocal production. Head voice shows more overtones than falsetto. Simple and scientific.
oh, so that's what it is. As a guy who isn't trained at all for singing and can hit a D2 I don't think countertenor is in my range. I'll just have to listen to Reginald Mobley to get my fix of those beautiful notes rather than make them myself.
almost any man with intent and training can sing as counter tenors, by singing exclusively singing in their high registers (in men, this is called the falsetto register). In practice, classical counter Tenor singers are usually natural baritone or bass voices because they produce a reinforced falsetto that gives the impression of a full voice. I would say that male Tenors have this ability inherently, since they are the highest male voices
Plot twist: There isn't any voice type named "Countertenor", it's just a name given to a male who usually uses his falsetto......... (Yeah countertenor can be a baritone at core😅😅).......
Definitely a voice type, there are men who have developed their head voice and falsetto but it still lacks that feminine quality that's natural for a Countertenor plus they can't sustain singing in that high tessitura for so long.
It's a legitimate voice type. Just because you use falsetto doesn't mean that your comfortable doing it. And timbre counts too. Sopranist Mezzo-Sopranist Altino Contraltino Tenorino Haute Contre It's based on tone and comfortability
Being a natural counter tenor is extremely rare, but you can train to become one. It's just about mastering the range. If you can go from B2 to F5 I would assume you're a tenor. Your voice is already pretty high so you can work on your head voice to access the counter tenor range. Edit: wait you're a man right? 😅
Hey classical Tenor who used to be obsessed with range as a Pop singer here. Don't focus on the extremes of your voice if you are untrained. Work with what you're comfy with the most. Assuming you're a male, don't force your lows, so anything below C2 (my personal limit). As for your highs, the passagio can be as early as C sharp 4 (when I started singing I already cracked there). Treat your voice with care, be patient, and get a teacher who understands your voice. My personal full range would be D2/E2-G5, but I probably don't even use half of that in my classical singing.
I can comfortably sing Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, or Whitney Houston songs even if I'm already a 30 year old man. It doesn't sound like a soprano. I still sound like a man but my key is female. Where do you think I belong?
Bro...I'm really confused about my voice... Would you please tell my voice type..You can listen my covers on my channel..and 🙏 Please say bro... Sometime I feel like I'm a tenor and then suddenly I feel like I'm a mezzo...
Depends on what you mean by that. If you mean by sing low with their whole voice then of course yes, since most classical CTs are your average dude with a normal Bass/Baritone/Tenor voice (apparently in the majority they're Baritones, dunno why). However, if you're talking about singing with their head voice, which is what they use to sing as a CT, then it's quite hard to bring it down in your lower range.
Thank you for your explanation! It's really easy to understand. Now this video makes me think that BTS Jimin is also a perfect example of a countertenor vocalist, especially his song "promise".
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My first vocal teacher told me I was a lyric tenor, potentially a countertenor, and now I've had a class with another teacher and he told me I might be a baritone and now I'm totally lost lol
Ygor Cortes weird question: how old are you? Men’s voices don’t stop changing till they’re 25 and I heard true basses develop their voice around 30s...some vocal teachers make you sing certain choral parts according to their preferences (even if you don’t have the high or low range )...where do you find is the most comfortable vocal range for you?
@@Rednaxela137 I'm 22, and the comfortable range is a tricky question for me. I feel comfortable singing below my two passaggi, so below around a D4 and below around a G4. Falsetto is comfortable too, of course.
Ygor Cortes ok so maybe it’s just preference with your vocal teachers on what range your voice produces the best sound
@@Rednaxela137 omg you're right, I'm 25 now and I lost my falcetto, most of the times I sing mariah and whitney and nailed it when I was younger
Ygor you can be baritone and countertenor, it's just different technique. Your main chest voice it's one side and falsetto register - other side
I am amazed that your singing voice is so resonant and then when you speak it is like a completely different person! :-)
Thought he was lip syncing xD
Because we speak with our chest voices, unless we are imitating Chipmunks.
I love these educational videos to encourage people to explore more facets of classical music! 😍🎵🎻🎹🎺
It's unpleasant. 🤮🤮
If I closed my eyes, I would have thought I was listening to a mezzo soprano, so you rock that mezzo sopranist label!
Love it when he breaks into song- just effortless soaring
*Not to be forgotten superb musical countertenors include Jeffrey Dooley, Paul Esswood, and Yoshikazu Mera.*
and Robin Blaze, Philippe Jaroussky, Drew Minter, Iestyn Davies, Michael Chance, Patrick Craig, Andreas Scholl, Bejun Mehta, Paul Esswood, Anthony Roth Costanza, ...
Check out Countertenor-Reginald Mobley . You will never regret 😊
@@segunsoyemi6629 Many thanks
And David Daniels (baritone falsettist,) Erik Kurmangaliev (hybrid,) and Michael Maniaci and Radu Marian (modal.)
I'm a top end Baritone (I've not quite got the upper extension to comfortably do tenor stuff) but I've always had a full sounding falsetto (not head voice) especially the lower it goes and the greater the support gets. So I can produce decent enough operatic sounding female sounding vocals through that. A big help as I enjoy Nightwish and that is full of female operatic sections! Cool video for sure!
@XDranzer000 If I am not mistaken , tenors do mix regardless of repertoire.Even more so if they sing high C's or D's and higher. You do need to mix it.
@@danielng7795 "Mixed voice" is not how it works, covering is how it works.
I’m definitely a tenor but I’m able to reach counter tenor ranges comfortably my head voice/falsetto can really shine when shine too
No, thank YOU! What a beautiful voice and a clear explanation of the countertenor's range, which seems so often to be misunderstood or mislabelled. I hope that as many people as possible will watch this and really learn about this voice.
I'm female and I've always thought it would be fantastic to sing baritone! Unfortunately, I cannot sing at all. Oh well. Beautiful voice!!
Thank you! I learned a lot! I have never heard a true countertenor until recently. It’s something that you learn about in school but done encounter much. Thank you! You have a gorgeous voice!!
how the HECK are you doing that with your voice? it is incredible. the control of that....
You're a very contemporary mentor with a classical voice inside you. Great job !
I’m a counter tenor and people don’t understand my higher speaking voice because they don’t know I sing. I used to feel really self conscious when people said I sound like a women. As I’v matured I’ve made my peace with it and I’m thankful for my gift.
Wow what a gifted singer.
The range you call 'counter tenor' was my old Alto range before my voice broke (menopause) and I now sing in the choir as a Tenor, but have a lot of much higher notes - our Maestro describes me as a 'counter tenor'.
his voice is beautiful!
I don't even know what I am since I've never had singing lessons and a teacher. I did use the "Da Tuner" 3 years ago before I stopped singing. My lowest was a B1(but it wasn't comfortable for me to hit). My highest was a F7(I felt like going deaf😂). Nowadays my lowest note is E2 and highest A5. 🤷🏻♂️
Pop music defines vocal parts by one's singable range (not hittable range, there's a difference), whereas classical vocalist defines vocal parts by one's tonal quality after projection. Simpler put, if you are an opera singer, you have one set of range where you can sing without triggering your vocal fry and can project in a 4000-people opera house. Most pop singers just call themselves the highest head-voice vocal type by gender (so tenor and soprano for male and female), despite being able to sing lower notes.
thank you for this!! I will now have more reasons to train as a countertenor!! You have an amazing voice!! Kangmin Justin Kim!!
It’s interesting that his speaking voice still falls consistently as low as Ab2-Bb2, just more twangy.
@XDranzer000 Yes well he still has quite the upper range!
@XDranzer000 I’d argue that his “normal” voice type is more his “spoken” voice type, as he has developed his head voice so much so that it is equivalent to that of a mezzo-soprano. The baritonality of his voice only remains in his chest voice, which he has not thinned out as much as he has beefed up his falsetto range. This is not uncommon in countertenor voices - this sort of disconnect from lack of mixing the textures through the middle. He could probably learn to sing tenor though just through mixing his chest range into his head range, which can also be accomplished by negotiating a slightly higher larynx height. In fact, even hearing that G3 at 1:07, it’s not as dark and full as a baritone might sound. But it often depends on the beholder.
@@gillianomotoso328 you’re just a clown 🤡
@@gillianomotoso328 Yeah most males have lower speaking voices than female due to their vocal chord structure. Their voice will be low even if they sing at high notes.
Although there are a few exceptions. Those who have taken chemical castrations for some odd reason may have a higher speaking voice. And those who have a condition where they still kept theur pre pubescent voice during puberty somehow due to hormonal changes.
You have a beautiful voice! The Ombra Mai Fu was just gorgeous!
BRAVO !!! reel and very good singer !! I love him !
I just found out that the composer Purcell was apparently a countertenor. I didn't know what that range sounded like, but thank you Kangmin for such an excellent demonstration and explanation!
Hello, Justin. I'm a trained tenor-countertenor singer. But for me, I consider myself as "Male-Alto" singer, because my voice can catch up in alto register, not in mezzo-soprano or even soprano register.
@Purple Petals alto or contralto is the term we use to define the lowest female register and it is compared to bass voice in males now don't mess up with the fact that exist many mezzo that are asked to sing alto roles because a alto voice is completely different from a mezzo in regard to tymbre than we can speak about range and that is personal to each singer imagine a mezzo with huge register that can cover all roles in the female range how do you consider that voice? Or an alto that have 3 octaves? They seems to have the same range apparently but the register is made by the tymbre they have despite of the range. That said not all singers have more than two octave range in operatic singing that is considered to be the normality of each register upper and lower range may be natural or trained anyway you understand which voice is by the fact that that voice has a clear tymbre if you listen to ewa podles you can understand what I mean she has been an incredible alto with a huge range but you distinguish her voice clearly from a mezzo because a mezzo hasn't the same deep tymbre
Dear Erdyanto you know that many countertenors have different ranges that does not make them less pleasant artists simply because they are not extremely high in range one example of that is Xavier xsabata he is a true alto with a wonderful tymbre and a lovely interpret so don't worry if you feel to be "just" alto each of us has a divine gift you may become the most beautiful alto out there simply love yourself and sing with passion
@Purple Petals I don't think ewa is a mezzosoprano she is a true contralto with a huge range and sorry you can't compare an operatic artist with a pop singer because they play different styles I was talking about operatic singers not even choir singers in a choir most often the majority of the people that simply are not trained ends to be put among altos for that reason even when their voice is different
Purple Petals , not only Fach, but word contralto in Italian means that this voice is something against alto and not alto, as countertenor is not tenor. So it's strange that Marco doesn't know it having such Italian name. But Ewa is contralto. And you really shouldn't compare witn not operatic singers
Purple Petals , contralto is not androgynous voice at all, just sometimes it can be androgynous but it's not necessarily. It's still female voice
This was beautiful! I loved your examples
Currently learning the role of Sesto in Handel’s Julius Caesar! Love this video!
Do you know Andreas Scholl ?
You should hear Philippe Jaroussky a French countertenor if you have not yet!
he mentioned Philippe here
Russell Oberlin is still the best.
@@qzrnuiqntp Oberlin was my fathers generation and I am pushing 70. David Daniels, Jakub Josef Orlinsky. Andrea Scholl, Cencic, Yi, Derek Lee Ragin, Fagioli, Yoshikazu Mera there are many fine counter tenors singing today
@@frogmouth Andreas Scholl has the most elegant voice of all those you have mentioned.
@@ritahorvath8207 maybe but he is not the best in all repertoire. horses for courses
I can scream up to C6😂
Like Nils Molin 😍
I reached f#5
My f6
I reached E6
before puberty C5 and C6 was where my vocal range averaged now idk what i am but i think after doing sm vocal practices this past 4 weeks has helped me get back to them notes.
wow Mr Kim, l can see you worked really hard to sing like this. your tone is really similar to the last castrato on record (Moreschi)
*Mr. Kim is way better. Moreschi sang out of tune and used hideous portamentos!*
Your voice is beautiful.
*_Educational and just what I was looking for. Many thanks._*
I would love to hear you do Cherubino . Oktavian is another possibility.
I like Kangmin Justin Kim very much , his ability to sing, and his personality .
Brilliant!!! Omg!
When he makes his voice shiver, how are those notes written? I hope I am asking this question where folks know what I mean.
That's called "vibrato", and can be notated by putting a wiggly line "~" on top of the note. It's often up to the performer whether to add vibrato or not, depending on the musical style and the artistic choices of the performer.
*It could also be an ornament such as a trill which was conventionally added at cadences, etc. during the baroque and classical musical eras.*
2:26 bingo! that's what a countertenor is. A male singing in a strengthened falsetto (not the whole vocal cord vibrates just the tip)
Beatiful voice.
I love you, Kangmin Justin Kim!!!
I heard a countertenor doing Handel's Messiah oratorio and it was amazing. If my eyes were closed I would think it was a woman singing.
JESUS, fricken scared me. I'm a bass and hearing what can only be described as an ungodly pitch is crazy to me. Impressive.
In terms of famous countertenors, one can't forget David Hurley, 1st countertenor in the King's Singers for 26 years!
I want to hear him sing Whitney Hudson
Same
So informative and interesting. Thanks Bor.
Thank u for this very informative video! Any Teacher Recommendations who know how to work with countertenors in the New York City?
Would be highly appreciated...most teachers didn’t know what to do with my countertenor voice
Thank you
You BECOME Countertenor. You don't naturally work with that voice but you build it
omg i remember him from his old youtube channel!
Well done CFM!
1:11 that note is somewhere in between C and B but a bit closer to B
Surprisingly i can't believe I'm actually a countertenor and can sing that high OMG
@Almost Free surprisingly i once didn't know how to use my voice in an operatic vocal my real voice is originally alto and tenor but now i know when i want to be free i can go up without cracking because of practice and exercising my lungs to get better sounds out of my voice trust me if i had other people to sing with me I'll stay right in my original notes but as of now i just sing in versatile vocals i really don't like singing higher than women nor in comparison to them when singing with them or around them but no i just was excited because my voice can be very tricky at some points but i know how to have fun with it that's all fr fr
@@marquishalsell You're not a Countertenor, you SING Countertenor. In short, you have either a low, medium or high modal voice, and another seperate register called the head voice, which is what "Countertenors" today use to sing in those astronomically high notes.
If I remember correctly, Justin has replied to me once that he was singing as a Baritone at first. And he seems very much like a Baritone when I hear his speaking voice alone.
@@tenor-haute-contre thank you for clarifying that i'm very new to singing high it's an interesting fill for my voice now i still sing in my lower tones but i love to express myself with higher notes i don't read music but i can follow it melody and harmony but i really wanted to know what was the differences fr fr
@@marquishalsell Yeah it's fine if you don't read music, unless you do classical music :D What genre do you sing ? How old are you ?
@@tenor-haute-contre sorry for the late answer i sing soulful gospel urban contemporary and somewhat jazz music I'm 29 years old working on becoming an artist this year i been wanting to do that ever since a child i traveled some parts of the country i use to do backup vocals for gospel music as a teenager around that time i was just writing my songs i really love singing it's my life but yup those are the type of songs i sing and I'm also learning the Eastern ways of singing as well such as arabic Indian and African singing LOL
poor microphone was not ready for voi che sapete :D amazing job and introduction
Currently with a jaw injury frankly I can sing still with some set backs. My vocal range A#2-C6, I start from G3-G4. Belt F4-B5(D6) E3-E#4 is standard. C6-D7 are obtainable as well. No voice cracks ever. My highest note ever is C#8 and lowest note E1. My comfort singing range is e#3-g5. What voice type am I. If you want to know more you can ask about it. I will reply
Range has nothing to do with voice type but where your voice produces the best sound...I’m one of those skeptic who don’t believe when others say they can sing this note and that note unless there’s a video to prove it
Exactly, I realized that and appreciate your reply. I always take it as compliment when some guys say "you wow what a beautiful lady singing" directing to sister. I was the one singing the gave the look the sour pucker lip look then it was cool he just dance it off. 4 years now I started from really really to amazing. Time will tell when I lose count of how many people I make cry when I sing.
@[AP-STUDENT] Jomuel Belarmino I do write music but with my TMJ problems jaw swell up it car accident it sound less easy for me to sing. But always considered wanting to be an artist. With my autism is one thing. I believe it will be such a hard dream to make into reality. Yes of course I would consider.
My recommended me to do covers to get exposure. Hmmmm should do that no. I just don't know. I never had any singing lessons...like one day people will hear me.
“Highest note ever is C#8 and lowest note E1” I’m sorry but this is quite unlikely. E1 is a note lower than most Bass singers can sing (the lowest Fach, with the lowest tessitura), and even if so, you’re definitely not singing within the 6th, 7th, or 8th octave.
Came her to find out about Countertenors ... find my favourite knitwear model 😆 hi Justin
I was going to ask about Castrati :)
Enjoyed kangmin as Cherubino at ROH
How was that performance in person? How did his voice sound over the orchestra in the hug space? I wasn't able to make that performance sadly
who knows the aria he sang at 6:41 please tell me 😊
Reminds me of Sousuke Mitsuba☺️☺️
Very informative! Thank you!
When you hear a countertenor voice,you wonder if it’s a man or a woman😂😂lol
Higher notes are harder to hear but the lower quality tend to be shallower because males tend to have a further developed chest voice that it is hard to incorporate the lower notes with it
then you must hear me, hahaha
@Hellcat Bass I'd like to hear your voice, I just love unique voices like bass and contraltos, I'm just an average tenor
It's hilarious 🤣 pranking people was so fun and their faces when they see it's not a woman
What about that is funny to you? Genuinely curious. Not trying to be antagonistic.
RIP The magnificent James Bowman 😢
I am contratenor and my voice is really high 😂
When a guy has higher voice than me if he was vocally trained he could easily be countertenor right? My speaking is in 3rd octave lol I find my voice kinda low compared to some girls 😥
Trina2126 maybe a Contralto? Or possibly a low mezzo
@@arxsyn mezzo i think i heard woman with deeper voices than mine and higher. I seem in between :/
Trina2126 I'm a Contralto. I've been called Sir once. Also been mistaken for my brother on the phone with relatives. Ha ha! Doesn't happen too often because l try to speak higher. Speaking too low and dark, my brother complains he can barely hear me (a remnant from vocal injury, trying to imitate higher voices)
Trina2126 I am lyric Leggero my second passagio at A4 my high full range extend to A5 low notes c3 comfortable and hardly B2 sometimes A2 and ı am 24 years old when I look my high range you could count me an Dramatic Mezzo or something but ıf you look low range you should count me contralto or something but ı can sing dramatic mezzo parts too in safety if ı trained myself my voice is especially in low parts so manly and speaking voice high as well but its also hearing manly
not necessarily. A countertenor needs to be comfortable using head voice . speaking voice is chest voice . Many countertenors have baritone speaking voice. if a guy sings tenor well he may not be motivated to relinquish his chest voice .
Countertenors often sound brighter and lighter than contraltos. Truly a countertenor is akin to a mezzo more than a contralto. Kinda like Tevin Campbell and El DeBarge, lol. A contralto’s chest voice often is more akin to a spinto or dramatic tenor, I’ve found, due to the depth and power.
Some rare cases They have thé tessitura of a soprano and They tenor ranges when speaking sound like a gender hybrid of à High tenor and contralto female
Look up This chicago countertenor Carl Alexander his speaking voice sound between à above average male and a masculine female. Its varies from person To person
Pretty normal since most CTs are using their head voice to sing in the same range that Contralti or rather Mezzos sing. Contralti use their chest voice in that same zone so of course they'll sound bigger.
@@tenor-haute-contre Eh. Contraltos generally use full chest up to about no more than the A4-C5 area from what I’ve found. Beyond that the voice starts mixing into head, and quite rapidly up to D5-E5. The stratification of the male chest voice from the sectioned off male head voice often creates a brightened thinness for the upper range that is sometimes matched in contralto voices (similar to male voices), but developed female voices as a whole generally have a head voice that matches in chiaroscuro with the chest voice. In fact, I’d argue that all “developed” voices have this quality but customs cause different standards regarding that for each voice type. Moreover, tenors often have a more evened out transition from chest to head as their mixed range is more developed than other male voices’.
When you say contralto you seem to be thinking of spinto contraltos such as Lina Mkrtchyan or Aafje Heynis. There are lighter contraltos such as Sonia Prina as well.
For a somewhat heavier countertenor timbre check out Erik Kurmangaliev.
Question: I found out not too long ago that I'm a countertenor. I'm 33yo with no music school exp. I love singing, playing my guitar and just music in general. Is there any sense in me trying to pursue this?
His famous "countertenor" roles and arias are actually mezzo and contralto trouser roles xd
Hahaha what a goose! 🙄
@@jarrodhall3686 pardon? He even admitted that
@@davidmuller9938 they weren't written for mezzo or contralto. They were written for men. So men singing is how it should be......how do u not know that
@@thesaucegroup1877 Cherubino and Orlofsky were written for women.
i just discovered counter tenor today.
Fabulous voice, but you could use a different micro for singing. What a charming guy.
You should see his videos from quite a few years ago in his comic alter-ego role singing some crazy coloratura Vivaldi (imitating Cecilia Bartoli).
Yes, unexpected range. surprise.))
I love this.
Big fan here!!!!!!!!!!!!
im 29 yo male, but my voice range is just in sopran range. my voice type is just very light like justin bieber when he is still a kid. i can sing any sopranos song with belting technique (adapted to the needs of singing).
am i still counted as a countertenor or a sopranos?
Sopranist but you'd likely be classified as a countertenor. Countertenors range from Altos to Sopranos
Why not show the range with a piano keyboard, much easier to appreciate?
Alfred Deller 🐐
I have a big point of contention with the word falsetto and head voice. Can you provide an example of each? Most times people say falsetto when it is head voice. Drives me nuts.
Falsetto is breathy, head voice is not. Simple as that. The distinction is made because a breathy phonation lacks compression sufficient to engage much at all of the vocalis muscle. A “full” phonation involves that compression, causing the whole vocalis muscle to phonate (with CT taking dominance over TA in the case of head voice) and thus leading to a sound with a fairly closed quotient (most of the oscillation comes from the folds touching rather than letting air pass through). But it is arguably a spectrum; it’s just that head voice has more of a standard of fullness than falsetto does a standard of hollowness, and neither is chest voice anyway and thus not as typically of a spoken quality.
@@gillianomotoso328 That is what I think too. As most people are just ignorant and use the f term because a guy is singing high. I always use a spectrogram tool to analyze a vocal production. Head voice shows more overtones than falsetto. Simple and scientific.
I wish I could sing like that
basically falsetto all the way to get one octave higher
oh, so that's what it is. As a guy who isn't trained at all for singing and can hit a D2 I don't think countertenor is in my range. I'll just have to listen to Reginald Mobley to get my fix of those beautiful notes rather than make them myself.
I feel like bro would love chase atlantic
Im between a bass and a baritone. But i can sing like a countertenor using my head voice
i can reach all these but with my falsetto too (B2-E6), does that make me countertenor?
it really depends on where your voice resonates the most and what feels the most comfortable for you
Cereal Before Bleach bro the Fact that you can hit an E6 makes me Jealous of you.
almost any man with intent and training can sing as counter tenors, by singing exclusively singing in their high registers (in men, this is called the falsetto register). In practice, classical counter Tenor singers are usually natural baritone or bass voices because they produce a reinforced falsetto that gives the impression of a full voice. I would say that male Tenors have this ability inherently, since they are the highest male voices
XDranzer000 Can i ask?
Plot twist: There isn't any voice type named "Countertenor", it's just a name given to a male who usually uses his falsetto......... (Yeah countertenor can be a baritone at core😅😅).......
Not sure bout that bud
Definitely a voice type, there are men who have developed their head voice and falsetto but it still lacks that feminine quality that's natural for a Countertenor plus they can't sustain singing in that high tessitura for so long.
@@GarageStudio7 I didn't get your point, sorry.......
@@GarageStudio7 that's true i am a contertenor and i feel the seem
It's a legitimate voice type. Just because you use falsetto doesn't mean that your comfortable doing it. And timbre counts too.
Sopranist
Mezzo-Sopranist
Altino
Contraltino
Tenorino
Haute Contre
It's based on tone and comfortability
me doing research because my student thought he was a baritone but has the vocal range of a counter tenor 🥴
Stunning voice.Please check out Dimash I'm sure you might know of him
Lyrics in countertenor high or low or medium
I’m here because I wanted to know what NCT Haechan’s voice range is 😂
My lowest is B2, my highest is F5 and if I do warm ups I can probably go higher. Am I countertenor?
No
Being a natural counter tenor is extremely rare, but you can train to become one. It's just about mastering the range. If you can go from B2 to F5 I would assume you're a tenor. Your voice is already pretty high so you can work on your head voice to access the counter tenor range.
Edit: wait you're a man right? 😅
@@魚-c3d my head voice is A2 - A5 and chest is B2 - D3 idk it’s weird lol
Hey classical Tenor who used to be obsessed with range as a Pop singer here. Don't focus on the extremes of your voice if you are untrained. Work with what you're comfy with the most.
Assuming you're a male, don't force your lows, so anything below C2 (my personal limit). As for your highs, the passagio can be as early as C sharp 4 (when I started singing I already cracked there). Treat your voice with care, be patient, and get a teacher who understands your voice.
My personal full range would be D2/E2-G5, but I probably don't even use half of that in my classical singing.
I can comfortably sing Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, or Whitney Houston songs even if I'm already a 30 year old man. It doesn't sound like a soprano. I still sound like a man but my key is female. Where do you think I belong?
"men whith snip snip" 😂😂😂😂
Im A2-Fb5-Cb7 comfortable D3-Eb5-Gb6 whats that?
Erik Karol from Cirque Du Soilel Dralion
Bro...I'm really confused about my voice... Would you please tell my voice type..You can listen my covers on my channel..and 🙏 Please say bro... Sometime I feel like I'm a tenor and then suddenly I feel like I'm a mezzo...
Is Kellin Quinn a countertenor?
What about a leggiero tenor?
I'm a countertenor!
I am a countertenor I sing c4-c7 I'm male
Wow, that's great...........
Why are you not just called altos?
Can counterteners sing low ?
How low
Yes. A lot of them are also Baritones.
Depends on what you mean by that. If you mean by sing low with their whole voice then of course yes, since most classical CTs are your average dude with a normal Bass/Baritone/Tenor voice (apparently in the majority they're Baritones, dunno why).
However, if you're talking about singing with their head voice, which is what they use to sing as a CT, then it's quite hard to bring it down in your lower range.
I'm here coz of NCT Haechan
Kangming Justin you forgot franco fagioli :)
Thank you for your explanation! It's really easy to understand.
Now this video makes me think that BTS Jimin is also a perfect example of a countertenor vocalist, especially his song "promise".
Nope.
Watch Ahmin's video, Jimin is just a Leggero Tenor (possibly Contraltino) who strains a lot up there
@@tenor-haute-contre Definitely not a contraltino. Just a normal high tenor who employs a high larynx.
Eine Arie wir nicht von Einem countertenor gesungen sondern von cerubino /Eine Mezzosopranrolle aber gut gesungen braaavoo 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Who is this person?
Kangmin Justin Kim