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

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 Ryan, Millie

There are also singers, male and female, who use too much head tone through their entire compass; such voices are called "white."

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

If they can vary the naturally full and sonorous quality of their head tone with an artistic falsetto, they are able to secure many beautiful effects by an interchange of registers.

From The Voice Its Production, Care and Preservation by Miller, Frank E.

That there is no essential difference between a head tone and a chest tone has already been discussed and, it would seem, conclusively proven.

From Resonance in Singing and Speaking by Fillebrown, Thomas

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.