chest voice

British  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

In cultivating a deeper chest voice to complement that airy soprano, Joni suddenly didn’t need a man to harmonize with.

From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2020

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

“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

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