chest voice
Britishnoun
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Where a client would come in with a photograph grasped tightly to their chest, voice cracking in the way that it does when someone is about to share something excruciatingly personal.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2021
Miranda spent one-on-one time with Simo in the recording studio, helping her pin down high notes in her head voice and low notes in her chest voice.
From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2021
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
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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