head tone

American  

noun

1. (in singing) a vocal tone so produced as to bring the cavities of the nose and head into sympathetic vibration.

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Example Sentences

Female singers should always begin the head tone on this degree of the staff and not on F and F♯, as is sometimes recommended.

From Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists by Cooke, James Francis

It is the continued use of the head tone that is to be avoided.

From Certain Success by Hawkins, Norval A.

There are also singers, male and female, who use too much head tone through their entire compass; such voices are called "white."

From How to Sing [Meine Gesangskunst] by Aldrich, Richard

The head tone, when used to convey matters of fact, aids in convincing the mind of the other man because it is the pitch that fits bare facts—the tone of pure mentality.

From Certain Success by Hawkins, Norval A.

Conversely, of course, the mental objection will be pitched in the high "head" tone.

From Certain Success by Hawkins, Norval A.