head voice

Resonances and registration aside, the term "head voice" is commonly used to mean "high notes that are not falsetto or strained". For example, when Pavarotti, Stevie Wonder or Bill Withers slide from chest voice to a tenor high C (C5) in full, balanced voice, this is referred to as "head voice".

head voice in British English or head register. noun. the high register of the human voice, in which the vibrations of sung notes are felt in the head.

I can feel the vibrations. More in my chest area i am using my chest voice to sing. If i sing like this. Oh. I could feel the vibrations more up here in my cheek area.

The term “head voice” broadly refers to a singer's upper register. When you sing high notes, there's a good chance you are using your head voice. The vocal cords naturally shorten to meet that upper range and reach higher notes.

Regardless of how this phrase comes across, the sound does not actually come from your head. Your vocal cords are still very much at play here. However, when a singer starts reaching up to those higher notes, they may feel the sound and vibration in their head. Therefore, it is described as the head voice.

In simple terms, head voice is what you will use once you get past the comfortable range of your speaking voice. In other words, the head voice is what you hear when singers are on their higher register. Now there is a lot of confusion when it comes to head voice and falsetto.

Falsetto is a thinner sound and is strictly in the 'head' and only uses the thin, leading edges of the vocal folds to vibrate. Head voice can be defined as a 'mix' of chest and head voice, which is generally a stronger sound than falsetto.

Head voice is stronger than falsetto. An example of head voice is Maroon 5's She Will Be Loved in the chorus at 1:18 where he goes up to a B5 on “be”, or the very first line of Arianna Grande's no tears left to cry. You can hear these examples have a little more strength and aren't breathy.

It is necessary to develop a head voice for your upper range. With the exclusion of occasional belting, higher notes will utilize your head voice. However, using your head voice can be tricky. It won't initially be as powerful or natural to you like your chest voice; you need to fully support your airflow.

Chest voice is where we feel the most comfortable, as this is the register we use for our speech. Head voice on the other hand, allows us to access the upper mid and higher notes in our vocal range, which can feel intimidating at first.

Falsetto is actually just a breathy head voice. You can be breathy in your chest voice too and call that "chest falsetto". You can definitely go higher in a solid head voice rather than your falsetto because you won't be able to hold that breathy characterisric of falsetto in those really high notes.

The head voice and falsetto can sound very similar. In fact some people may say they are one in the same. They both use a 'head' tone where the sound is felt in the head and not the chest. Falsetto is a thinner sound and is strictly in the 'head' and only uses the thin, leading edges of the vocal folds to vibrate.