head tone
Americannoun
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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 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
Yet the head tone must not be entirely free from palatal resonance.
From How to Sing [Meine Gesangskunst] by Aldrich, Richard
Quality of Tone: All singing should be in a soft, light, head tone.
From Dramatized Rhythm Plays Mother Goose and Traditional by Richards, John N.
He would expect you to employ for that purpose simply a head tone, not a chest tone nor an abdominal tone.
From Certain Success by Hawkins, Norval A.
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