head tone
Americannoun
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The head tone is the voice of ordinary conversation and should form the basis of the public-speaking style.
From Talks on Talking by Grenville Kleiser
It is the continued use of the head tone that is to be avoided.
From Certain Success by Norval A. Hawkins
As we have already seen, there is almost no limit to the height that can be reached by the pure head tone without admixture of palatal resonance.
From How to Sing [Meine Gesangskunst] by Richard Aldrich
Have you ever taken a covered head tone without scarcely taking any breath, and found that you could sustain it for a practically unlimited period?
From What Every Singer Should Know by Millie Ryan
This is the correct attack for the head tone, or a tone taken in the upper register.
From Caruso and Tetrazzini on the Art of Singing by Enrico Caruso
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