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chest voice

British

noun

a voice of the lowest speaking or singing register Compare head voice

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The note jumps also cross between chest voice and head voice for many singers, which is a challenge for the inexperienced, she added.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2023

For Gluck’s “Ah! non son io che parlo,” an aria barely related to the evening’s themes, she tapped into an impressive chest voice and negotiated the aria’s leaps with full-throated relish.

From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2022

Sing a low note from the depths of your diaphragm and siren up, higher and higher, until your chest voice breaks and you have to use your falsetto voice to keep going.

From The Guardian • Jan. 12, 2020

When Mendez passed from her chest voice to her head voice in “Mr. Snow,” you practically fell out of your seat.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 27, 2018

However, keep in mind that a child’s vocal apparatus is still developing, and imitating adult singing with scoops, chest voice, or belting is affected singing and not natural.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

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