chest voice

British  

noun

1. a voice of the lowest speaking or singing register Compare head voice

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Example Sentences

The note jumps also cross between chest voice and head voice for many singers, which is a challenge for the inexperienced, she added.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2023

It sounds like autotune is used to bend her voice to match the song’s impatient lyrics, but Polachek told the New Yorker that autotune effect is achieved by flipping between her head and chest voice.

From Washington Post • Nov. 30, 2021

Sing a low note from the depths of your diaphragm and siren up, higher and higher, until your chest voice breaks and you have to use your falsetto voice to keep going.

From The Guardian • Jan. 12, 2020

Diving into her chest voice, but not milking it or pushing too hard, her tone stayed round, warm and not all that loud, an iron fist in a cashmere glove.

From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2018

Using a clear, clean, straight head voice rather than chest voice will help to avoid this, and will strengthen a child’s vocal musculature for a lifetime of excellent singing.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin