head register
- noun
- Specialized
:
registro de cabeza
- Her teacher encouraged her to switch to her head register for the higher notes.
Examples
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The head register gives a lighter, more resonant quality to the singer’s voice.
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He struggled to control his head register during the complex aria.
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She sings in her head register beautifully.
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Can you reach your head register when singing?
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Her teacher encouraged her to switch to her head register for the higher notes.
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The head register gives a lighter, more resonant quality to the singer’s voice.
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He struggled to control his head register during the complex aria.
Synonyms
9
6.5
The highest singing voice, like a boy or soprano
1
7.1
A high singing sound that feels like it vibrates in the head
A high singing voice that feels like it rings in the head
Antonyms
- Specialized
The lower part of the voice you feel vibrating in your chest when you speak or sing
How High
56
1.0
- Specialized
14
8.0
- Specialized
- Specialized
1
5.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'head' (the location where vibrations are felt) with 'register' (a distinct pitch range or timbre); together they straightforwardly denote the vocal range felt in the head. This compositional pattern is common in singing terminology and has close parallels in other languages, so a learner who knows both constituents can infer the meaning.
Etymology
Head register comes from singers noticing that high notes are felt as a vibration in the head rather than the chest when they sing, so the sound feels lighter up there. So register means a part or 'range' of the voice, and head register means the 'higher range' where the voice is felt in the head.