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chest voice

British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“With a lot of singers you can tell when they go from head to chest voice; it’s two different voices,” he said in an interview for the same book.

From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2022

It sounds like autotune is used to bend her voice to match the song’s impatient lyrics, but Polachek told the New Yorker that autotune effect is achieved by flipping between her head and chest voice.

From Washington Post • Nov. 30, 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

Where artists like Eilish and Khalid do “this super-cool kind of mumbly, vibey thing,” as one of his producers, Malay, put it, Capaldi uses his powerful chest voice to reach the cheap seats.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2019

“Amen Lord,” Deborah mumbled, face pressed to his chest, voice muffled.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

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