thin register

American  

noun

Music.

1. head register.

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thin register

All the tones of the thin register are produced by vibrations only of the fine, inner, slender edges of the vocal ligaments.

From The Mechanism of the Human Voice by Emil Behnke

But even of this I can find no trace in the thin register, where I have always noticed that the pyramids are quite close together.

From The Mechanism of the Human Voice by Emil Behnke

There is no vocal transition so marked as the change from thick to thin register in the child-voice, unless it be the change from the chest to the head or falsetto in the man’s voice.

From The Child-Voice in Singing treated from a physiological and a practical standpoint and especially adapted to schools and boy choirs by Francis E. Howard

In our cathedrals this part has been given, ever since the Restoration, to adult men, generally with bass voices singing in their "thin" register.

From The Boy's Voice A Book of Practical Information on The Training of Boys' Voices For Church Choirs, &c. by John Spencer Curwen

These can use the thick tones as high as only with great exertion, and, if required to sing softly, will pass into the thin register at a lower 33 pitch than the primary class.

From The Child-Voice in Singing treated from a physiological and a practical standpoint and especially adapted to schools and boy choirs by Francis E. Howard