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What is an alto?

Updated: 9/13/2023
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An "alto" voice is between the Soprano and a Tenor. The Term alto is used in choir to define a range BUT NOT a specific voice type. A trained contralto singer will have a wider range at the top and bottom of the choral alto range.

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Choral Alto ranged music is successfully sung by mezzo-soprano voices as well.

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Male alto singers are usually known as "counter tenor" in some vocal circles. The term ''Counter Tenor'' usually refers to a male singing in falsetto to reach into the alto or sometimes even soprano range.

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It is usually a young boys voice or a low female voice, the usual female range equivalent of a bass.

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Occasionally men with Kallmann's syndrome, a condition which causes decreased functioning of the glands that produce sex hormones will have higher voices in the female ranges of the alto, mezzo-soprano, and soprano.

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It is the musical part or section that is set higher the tenor but placed lower than the soprano.

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