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Head voice   /hɛd vɔɪs/   Listen
Head voice

noun
1.
The higher ranges of the voice in speaking or singing; the vibrations of sung notes are felt in the head.  Synonyms: head register, head tone.





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... subject of treatment of boys' voices during mutation, and premising that they have sung only in the head voice during childhood, the question arises whether they are not in many cases set to singing bass prematurely. It is obvious that during this period the voice is actually broken, divided in two. The lower notes are produced in the chest or man's register, while more or less of the boy's voice ...
— The Child-Voice in Singing • Francis E. Howard


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