head voice
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
The head voice is lighter, more tension-free, and more natural and therefore more beautiful sounding.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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