Then what about countertenors who either switch voice parts after a
significant number of years of training as a 2nd tenor or baritione or
men who switch between baritone/bass & countertenor (ie some of the
singers in Chanticleer)?
Many of our
> most
> successful countertenors were boy choristers (or famous boy
> soloists:
> Mehta, Cencic) who simply kept singing through puberty. They report
> that
> they simply kept singing the same way despite the changes in their
> speaking voices because they were so comfortable there (Deller,
> Scholl).
>
> This implies they never lost the "soprano" function, just as girls
> do not
> lose theirs when they enter womanhood. It's true that many men may
> use
> falsetto to sing alto notes, but it sounds awkward, since it is a
> register
> which came into being at puberty (it requires long cords), not one
> they've
> had since early childhood (not to mention its inherent mechanical
> limitations).
>
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