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The chest register is generalized to be the range of vocal notes below middle C (C4). Technically, it can be said to be the lower half of a person's vocal range. It is called the chest register because the pitch resonates throughout the chest cavity, creating a deep and colorful sound, particularly in lower voices, such as bass, where it is rich and strong. A basso (or bass) is a male singer who sings in the lowest vocal range of the human voice. ...


The chest register is one of three registers (chest register, head register, and falsetto) that distinguish the timbre or quality of the human voice. Chest register is created when a person contracts the cricothyroid (CT) and thyroarytenoid (TA) muscles. This tends to shorten the folds of the vocal cords, thereby producing a pitch that has a lower range. Human voice is actually created by puffs of air, which are perceptible when occurring at a frequency that is approximately 70 cycles per second or more. When producing chest register sounds, the folds of the vocal cords are closed for approximately half of each cycle. The head register is generalized to be the range of vocal notes above middle C (C4). ... Falsetto (fall-SET-oh) is a singing technique that produces sounds that are pitched higher than the singers normal range. ... In music, timbre, also timber, (French, IPA /tæmbər/ as in the first two syllables of tambourine) is the quality of a musical note or sound which distinguishes different types of sound production or musical instruments. ... Laryngoscopic view of the vocal folds. ...


Regine Velasquez is widely known for using her chest register to produce high pitches that requires head voice. She can hit very high notes from 5th to 6th octave in full voice using her chest alone while producing falsetto or whistle register. Regina Encarnacion Ansong Velasquez (born April 22, 1970), also known as Asias Songbird, is a ballad, jazz, pop, pop rock, and r&b singer, actress, model, entrepreneur, and record producer from the Philippines. ... Human voice is sound made by a person using the vocal folds for talking, singing or crying. ... Falsetto (fall-SET-oh) is a singing technique that produces sounds that are pitched higher than the singers normal range. ... The whistle register (also commonly called the flageloet register) is the highest register of the human voice. ...


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VOICE (Fr. voix, from L... - Online Information article about VOICE (Fr. voix, from L... (5769 words)
series of tones of the chest register, the second series of tones of the chest register, the first series of tones of the falsetto register, the second series of tones of the falsetto register, and the head register.
By means of the laryngoscope it is possible to see the condition of the rima glottidis and the cords in passing through all the range of the voice.
During the production of the chest voice, the space between the arytenoid cartilages is open, and between the vocal cords there is an ellipsoidal opening which gradually closes as the pitch of the sound rises (see figs.
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