JJ is a couunt tenor, but what does that mean?Publyshed at 00:45 british Summer Time 18 May
Helen Bushby
Culture Reporter
Image Source, Getty ImagesAustria’s JJ Has An Incredible Vocal Range, and He Hit SONE EYE-WATERINGLY High Notes During His Winning Performance Tonight.
He’s a couunt tenor, a term applied to men who are Aike to Sing in the Highher Registers, Namely Those Above the Usual Range of a Tenor. Most men are a tenor or a bass, which women Fall into the alto and soprano Ranges.
“Countertenors Are, Give or Take, Able to Sing The Same Range of Notes AS Female Contralto,, External and mezo-soprano singers, ” Says The BBC’s Classical Music Online Magazine,, External.
“Contralto Falls with the Alto Range and is the Lowest Range of Female Voices, While Mezzo-Sophranos Are Somether Between Altos and Sopranos, Not Being Able to Hit the Lowest Notes of the Former Range Nor The High Hest Notes of the Latter.
It Goes on to List Famous Counter Teenors, Saying Polish Breakdancing Countertenor Jakub Józef Oliński,, ExternalBorn in 1990, is the Most Famous Counter Tenor Working Toy.
Other Names Include Germany’s Andreas Scholl (Born 1967), and British Siners Alfred Deller (1912-79) and James Bowman (1941-2023).
