chest register


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chest register

n.
One of the lower ranges of the voice in singing or speaking. Also called chest voice.
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Noun1.chest register - the lower ranges of the voice in speaking or singing
register - (music) the timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of different musical instruments
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His part throughout is brutally high in tessitura, with tops C's, D's and even a D-flat, which he commands with ease in chest register and nicely balanced tone.
* There are three registers: chest register, middle register, and head register.
[i] assessed randomly within the full vocal range at various durations and intensity including low/ chest register and upper/ head register.
"ere is a technique to yodelling and the technique and the sound is created between rapid changes of pitch between the low-pitch chest register (or "chest voice") and the high-pitch head register or falsetto.
Sylvie Brunet Grupposo (replacing the indisposed Ekaterina Semenchuk) was magnificent: a singer with a true contralto chest register matched by cleanly attacked high notes, who brought the text to life.
Apart from wear on the Elgar tracks, the voice comes through remarkably well, with a noteable chest register. She ended her days living near Pwlheli where she died in 1960.
Part 2 ("Laryngoscopy") discusses instrumentation, procedure, phonatory and nonphonatory movements, chest register, falsetto register, son file, trill, inspiratory voice, and laryngoscopic functions.
Lovett two years ago, studying for a year the technique of'belting' to add power to her chest register. That certainly came through loud and clear in all of her numbers.
The chest register should likewise receive on the notes [e.sup.[flat]1] to [f.sup.#1] a more rounded shade than the lower notes.
Patricia Bardon (as his wife Zenobia) is almost as remarkable, a real coloratura contralto with fluency and a powerful chest register - a joy to hear.
In the opening phrases of the former, her lovely tone turns strident and raw when she dips into her chest register. Similarly, the Puccini aria is wonderful except for the pushed chest voice, and the lack of a pianissimo high B-flat.
In the upper limit of the male chest register (zona di passaggio) the first formant (F1) of open vowels (600-750 Hz) engages the second harmonic (H2).