head tone
- noun
- /hɛd toʊn/
- Specialized
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registro de cabeza
- During vocal training, she learned to use her head tone to reach higher notes comfortably.
So I most notes, I hit full voice versus head tone, which reshapes the instrument.
- So I most notes, I hit full voice versus head tone, which reshapes the instrument.
Examples
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I try to keep the range of the exercises very high, as I strongly believe that 99 percent of my students can develop a wonderful head tone.
Academic text (1991) -
So I most notes, I hit full voice versus head tone, which reshapes the instrument.
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Many singers find that developing a strong head tone helps improve their vocal range.
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A good head tone allows you to produce clearer, brighter sounds when singing in the upper register.
Synonyms
1
7.1
A high singing sound that feels like it vibrates in the head
Higher singing notes that you feel in your head not your chest
Antonyms
- Specialized
1
5.5
The lower part of the singing voice that sounds full and is felt in the chest
How High
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'head' (the cranial area) + 'tone' (pitch/quality of sound) yields a tone associated with the head — i.e., the higher vocal register felt in the head. This corresponds to a cross-linguistically common concept (cf. 'head voice'), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can reasonably infer the meaning even if they haven't seen the technical singing term before.
Etymology
Head tone may come from a simple image used by singers: high notes feel like vibrations in the head rather than the chest, so the 'tone' coming from that area was called head tone. That's why it means the higher part of the voice where notes are felt in the head.