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head voice

British  

noun

  1. the high register of the human voice, in which the vibrations of sung notes are felt in the head

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The note jumps also cross between chest voice and head voice for many singers, which is a challenge for the inexperienced, she added.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2023

Miranda spent one-on-one time with Simo in the recording studio, helping her pin down high notes in her head voice and low notes in her chest voice.

From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2021

The idea of yodelling is to flip rapidly between your chest and head voice.

From The Guardian • Jan. 12, 2020

The top was secure up to B-flat in “Nur Mut!,” pretty more than heroic, and Bliss mixed in more head voice up there to make a velvety pianissimo in “Barkarole.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2016

One good habit to help children sing well is to ask them sing in their head voice rather than their chest voice.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

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