head tone
(in singing) a vocal tone so produced as to bring the cavities of the nose and head into sympathetic vibration.
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How to use head tone in a sentence
Female singers should always begin the head tone on this degree of the staff and not on F and F♯, as is sometimes recommended.
Great Singers on the Art of Singing | James Francis CookeI must, therefore, give it much more head tone than the single tone requires.
How to Sing | Lilli LehmannThere are also singers, male and female, who use too much head tone through their entire compass; such voices are called "white."
How to Sing | Lilli LehmannThe head tone is the voice of ordinary conversation and should form the basis of the public-speaking style.
Talks on Talking | Grenville KleiserHe would expect you to employ for that purpose simply a head tone, not a chest tone nor an abdominal tone.
Certain Success | Norval A. Hawkins
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