thin register

American  

noun

Music.

1. head register.

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Example Sentences

I carefully watch each boy when I am expecting the change to commence, and it usually shows itself by the upper thin register giving way.

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Thus in the Thick Register, the vocal cords vibrate in their whole thickness; in the Thin Register their thin edges alone vibrate; and in the Small Register a small aperture only is made, through which the sound comes.

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And the first object of these is to make the boy feel the thin register and strengthen it by use.

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If beauty of tone is to be obtained, it is of the utmost importance that these sounds should be given in the thin register.

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The keys for boys to begin in are G and F, where you can get a cadence upon the tonic in the thin register.

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