chest voice
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Vocally, this choice is slightly challenging because it’s in the higher range of the mezzo-soprano chest voice, Glass said, adding that you need a strong belt and a mastery of quick words.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2023
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
Diving into her chest voice, but not milking it or pushing too hard, her tone stayed round, warm and not all that loud, an iron fist in a cashmere glove.
From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2018
“Printemps qui commence,” the first of these, was downright ponderous in its delivery, as if bogging down in all that rich chest voice.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 25, 2018
One good habit to help children sing well is to ask them sing in their head voice rather than their chest voice.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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