17./ Look on the bright side. You will still sound good even if you transpose those songs down an octave to suit your range, and it's entirely possible you could train your voice to sing higher.
I'm a countertenor, and yes, I am a girl. It's impossible for me to sing along with a soprano or high alto without killing my voice, and a lot of soprano parts sound off when taken down three octaves. Low altos can give me difficulty at times if they hit a relatively high note. I can list the modern female artists that I know I can consistently sing along with on one hand. It really sucks to only be able to sing male parts with ease.
But you know what? It sucks even more when vocal instructors think it's impossible for a female to sing tenor. I've had so many voice instructors say I simply could not sing and had no voice because I didn't sound like a soprano or alto. It took one very awesome teacher who actually knew about voices who finally told me why I didn't sound like a typical female vocalist. Sadly, she moved away not too long after we figured out my voice and range, and I haven't found a new one since.
Rejoice in your alto voice, lass. Altos have very lovely voices, and oftentimes the best range of all the voices. The other alternative to soprano is far worse...
31./ I kind of know what you mean, although for me it's more that I hate romance stories and prefer action and shounen manga.
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I'm a countertenor, and yes, I am a girl. It's impossible for me to sing along with a soprano or high alto without killing my voice, and a lot of soprano parts sound off when taken down three octaves. Low altos can give me difficulty at times if they hit a relatively high note. I can list the modern female artists that I know I can consistently sing along with on one hand. It really sucks to only be able to sing male parts with ease.
But you know what? It sucks even more when vocal instructors think it's impossible for a female to sing tenor. I've had so many voice instructors say I simply could not sing and had no voice because I didn't sound like a soprano or alto. It took one very awesome teacher who actually knew about voices who finally told me why I didn't sound like a typical female vocalist. Sadly, she moved away not too long after we figured out my voice and range, and I haven't found a new one since.
Rejoice in your alto voice, lass. Altos have very lovely voices, and oftentimes the best range of all the voices. The other alternative to soprano is far worse...
31./ I kind of know what you mean, although for me it's more that I hate romance stories and prefer action and shounen manga.