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head voice

British

noun

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

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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

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

She even adopts some of Kahn’s inflections: that warbly, dippy head voice punctuated by moments of pushiness.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 27, 2015

Mr. Holmes delicately negotiated the tricky matter of vocal imitation, often scaling back his lounge-singer swagger several notches to croon in a pure head voice with polished, if hesitant phrasing.

From New York Times • Oct. 17, 2011

Using a clear, clean, straight head voice rather than chest voice will help to avoid this, and will strengthen a child’s vocal musculature for a lifetime of excellent singing.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

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