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

It is the continued use of the head tone that is to be avoided.

From Certain Success by Hawkins, Norval A.

When Mental Tone Should Be Used This mental, or head tone, is most effective in gaining attention, in conveying information, in arousing the perceptive faculties of another mind.

From Certain Success by Hawkins, Norval A.

This is the correct attack for the head tone, or a tone taken in the upper register.

From Caruso and Tetrazzini on the Art of Singing by Caruso, Enrico

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

Quality of Tone: All singing should be in a soft, light, head tone.

From Dramatized Rhythm Plays Mother Goose and Traditional by Richards, John N.