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chest voice

British

noun

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

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The note jumps also cross between chest voice and head voice for many singers, which is a challenge for the inexperienced, she added.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2023

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

“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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