chest register

noun

, Music.

1. the low register of the human voice.

Word History and Origins

Origin of chest register¹

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

In most practical methods the chest register occupies about the same position; this is also true of the head register.

From Project Gutenberg

His method was to exercise the voice at first in the chest register, and then gradually to extend the compass of the voice upward.

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It ought to be almost imperceptibly connected with the chest-register by the introduction of the mixed tones.

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This is also true of the expressions "chest voice," "chest resonance," and "chest register."

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To the lower notes of the voice they therefore gave the name "chest register."

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