head voice
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Miranda spent one-on-one time with Simo in the recording studio, helping her pin down high notes in her head voice and low notes in her chest voice.
From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2021
All she hears in those songs is a young woman who “did everything wrong,” belting her way up the scale instead of switching into her head voice past B flat.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2019
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
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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