chest voice

English

Noun

chest voice

1. (phonology, music) A kind of voice of a medium or low pitch and a sonorous quality ascribed to resonance in the chest, or thorax; voice of the thick register. It is produced by vibration of the vocal cords through their entire width and thickness, and with convex surfaces presented to each other.

   Coordinate term: head voice

Translations

voice of thick register

• Dutch: borststem (nl) f
• Finnish: rintaääni
• French: voix de poitrine f
• German: Bruststimme (de) f
• Italian: voce di petto f
• Polish: rejestr piersiowy m
• Spanish: voz de pecho f
• Turkish: göğüs sesi

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