AtDtDA23: Two Local Reps

[kelber at mindspring.com]

My musicology-majoring son tells me I'm a contralto, or would be, if I could carry a tune.

Laura

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>"a smooth contralto"
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>The lowest female voice usually about F below the treble clef to D in
>the treble clef. This term is sometimes used to distinguish
>specifically the female alto as opposed to a male countertenor with an
>alto range.
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>http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textc/Contralto.html
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>In music, an alto or contralto is a singer with a vocal range
>somewhere in between a tenor and a mezzo-soprano. The term is used to
>refer to the lowest female singing voice....
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>The word "contralto" can be used to refer specifically to a female
>alto singer, versus alto male singers or instruments or clefs....
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>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alto