head tone

American  

noun

1. (in singing) a vocal tone so produced as to bring the cavities of the nose and head into sympathetic vibration.

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Example Sentences

Yet the head tone must not be entirely free from palatal resonance.

From How to Sing [Meine Gesangskunst] by Aldrich, Richard

The head tone signifies, for all voices, from the deepest bass to the highest soprano,—excepting for the fact that it furnishes the overtones for each single tone of the whole vocal gamut,—youth.

From How to Sing [Meine Gesangskunst] by Aldrich, Richard

Above this I invariably use what is termed the head tone.

From Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists by Cooke, James Francis

The head tone is the voice of ordinary conversation and should form the basis of the public-speaking style.

From Talks on Talking by Kleiser, Grenville

Conversely, of course, the mental objection will be pitched in the high "head" tone.

From Certain Success by Hawkins, Norval A.