thick register

noun

, Music.

1. chest register.

Word History and Origins

Origin of thick register¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

They can only do so by using the thick register, which it is so desirable to utterly avoid.

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I have seen a singer pull himself together, and with a tremendous effort shout a high A in the thick register.

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Flattening while intoning is almost entirely due to boys using the thick register.

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The tone used in ascending the scale of C, singing loudly, will be reedy, thick and harsh—the thick register.

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Even up to the change of voice, boys can often force the thick register several notes higher than women sopranos.

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