Definition of Head register
1. Noun. The higher ranges of the voice in speaking or singing; the vibrations of sung notes are felt in the head.
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Literary usage of Head register
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1. The Art of Singing: Based on the Principles of the Old Italian Singing by William Shakespeare (1910)
"THE VOCAL CORDS VIBRATING IN THE head register (ACCORDING то THE GENERALLY ACCEPTED
VIEW). note is accompanied by a sensation of sound reflected or ringing ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... the middle and the small or head register. In singing, the voice changes in
volume and in quality in passing from one register into another. ..."
3. A Text-book of Human Physiology by Austin Flint (1888)
"The head-register. In cultivated male voices, a quality is often produced, probably
by diminished power of the voice, with some modification in the form and ..."
4. Practical Reflections on the Figurative Art of Singing by Giambattista Mancini (1912)
"THE CHEST REGISTER AND THE head register OR "FALSETTO" I cannot begin this chapter
on the voice better, than by quoting the words of the illustrious Gio. ..."
5. The Physiology of Man: Designed to Represent the Existing State of by Austin Flint (1874)
"She is particularly careful to insist upon the distinction between the falsetto
and the head- register, the latter being produced by an entirely different ..."
6. Music: A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Art, Science, Technic and by William Smythe Babcock Mathews (1894)
"... (5) The head register in the same manner and by the same vibrations, and with
a partial closing of the vocal ligaments The head register possesses a ..."
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