Countertenors

Justin Bieber is one of the most admired and celebrated musicians of this generation. Indeed this boy is a treble. A treble young male singer who sounds like a mezzo soprano. I want to give credits to other male singers who are undeniably extraordinaire with their vocal ranges.

A countertenor is the term for the highest male singing voice making them sound like a mezzo soprano or sometimes a soprano. I will site as example the following male stars;

The first on my list is Will Young. Kung mapapansin mo sa American Idol pag nanuod ka, at may elimination, bago umalis yung na-eliminate na contestant kinakanta yung Better Leave Right Now. Siya yung nakanta nun. you can download th esong if you want in Metacafe.

Kung mahilig ka naman sa Smallville, narinig mo na siguro yung kanta "Somebody Save Me" by Remi Zero. Hindi ba isa rin siyang exampel ng counter tenor? Ang ganda ng mga kanta ng Remi Zero with that kind of voice they can never go flat in the floor. Try listening now!

Hindi natin puwedeng ipagkaila na si James Morrison ay isang counter tenor. Ang ganda talag ng boses nitong taong ito. "You give me something that makes me..." pakinggan niyo na lang. May kanta sila ni Nelly Furtado yung Broken Strings I think pinakasikat niya yun.

Narinig mo na ba yung "Your Beautiful" by James Blunt? Isa siyang counter tenor. Napakalinis ng boses niya at puwede na sa classical. May kanta siya na high na high ang boses niya at ang title is guess what? High!

Si Adam Lavigne ng Maroon 5, isa ring counter tenor. Una niya tayong pinabilib ng marinig natin ang unang stanza na kinanta niya

"Beauty queen of only eighteen
She had some trouble with herself
He was always there to help her
She always belonged to someone else"

Oo ang She Will Be Loved. Matapos yun tuloy tuloy na ang pagsikat ng banda at lahat ito narating nila dahil counter tenor si Adam Lavigne. Now naghihintay pa rin ang mundo ng isa pang counter tenor to enter the scene. I am baritone so hindi ako yun.

There are still other singers who sang the same pero hindi na na mention so as to high light the aforementioned ones.

Whether you ar ecounter tenor or not, mahalaga na pinapangalagaan mo ang boses mo at may nagagawa para mas ma-improve ang singing capacities mo within your range. Smile !