# Female Alto — Vocal Style

> Lower female voice. F3 to F5 typically. Soulful, jazzy, distinctive.

## Range
F3 (low) to F5 (high). Lower than mezzo.

## Voice character
- Warm, deep (for female)
- Soulful, jazzy
- Husky quality often
- Distinctive, less common
- Powerful or intimate

## Famous altos
- **Soul / Jazz**: Aretha Franklin (true alto), Toni Braxton
- **Jazz**: Ella Fitzgerald (often), Sarah Vaughan
- **Pop**: Cher (deep alto), Annie Lennox, Sade
- **Country**: Trisha Yearwood, Wynonna Judd
- **R&B**: Anita Baker, India.Arie
- **Indie**: Florence Welch (Florence + the Machine, deep range)

## When to use
- Soul / jazz / R&B (essential)
- Distinctive female voice
- Husky / sultry contexts
- Power ballads
- Indie distinctive vocalists

## Lyric considerations
- Authority / depth
- Soulful expression
- Lower range allows intimate delivery
- Harmony layer (alto in choir)

## For Suno
```
[Vocals: female alto, husky soulful jazz style, warm deep tone, 
range F3-F5]
```

```
[Vocals: female alto, R&B with melismatic phrasing, powerful and 
distinctive]
```

## Choir context
In SATB choir, alto is the lower female section. Provides harmony below soprano.
