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

Happily, he said, the required mixture of chest and head tones “plays to one of the strengths of my voice.”

From Washington Times

From him she learned about head tones and chest tones and how, when you’re singing, your voice ‘‘should resonate in the bones of your face.’’

From New York Times

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

From Project Gutenberg

What I mean by middle register is low enough to produce chest and high enough to produce head tones.

From Project Gutenberg

Whenever the high tones of a lyric tenor sound thin, it is because high head tones do not lie naturally within the singer's range and he is obliged to substitute falsetto for them.

From Project Gutenberg