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: an artificially high voice. especially : an artificially produced singing voice that overlaps and extends above the range of the full voice especially of a tenor.

: musical sound produced by the vocal folds and resonated by the cavities of head and throat. (2) : the power or ability to produce musical tones.

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tessitura, (Italian: “texture”), in music, the general range of pitches found in a melody or vocal part. It differs from the compass of a piece to the extent that it does not take into account the extremes of the piece's range but is concerned with the way in which the vocal line is arranged or situated.

When singing above your passaggio, see if you can crescendo on a note. If you cannot get much louder without your note falling apart, you are in falsetto, not head voice. To be clear, falsetto is NOT a bad vocal technique! It has its uses and is very popular as a colouring method in popular music.

Falsetto is a musical term for a male voice that's artificially high. Falsetto means “artificial voice” and comes from the Italian word falso for “false.” When men suddenly sing way up high above their speaking voices, it can sound almost fake.

In choral music arrangements each of these voices is represented by a letter - S for soprano, A for alto, T for tenor, and B for bass. Most choral music is arranged SATB, using a voice part from each of the four major classifications.

noun. the sound or sounds uttered through the mouth of living creatures, especially of human beings in speaking, shouting, singing, etc. the faculty or power of uttering sounds through the mouth by the controlled expulsion of air; speech: to lose one's voice.

With good vocal technique, belting used sparingly, should not cause any irreversible damage to your vocal cords. If after belting you experience pain, and/or, hoarseness, that's a sure sign that you're causing damage to your cords. The term belting, does not mean shouting, yelling or straining.

The term 'Belting' probably comes from the verb 'to belt' (in the sense of 'to put a strap around something' or 'to hit something hard'). In the 20s, some female singers produced a bold, brassy sound that was very different from the classical voice people were used to, but that could carry to the back of the room.

Performing arts centers & venues using Tessitura

• Theatre Royal & Royal Concert Hall. Nottingham, UK.
• Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. New York, New York.
• Arts Centre Melbourne. Melbourne, Australia.

The tessitura of an aria/song is where the majority of the notes lie within the range of the Aria/song. The range is the highest and lowest note. If the Aria's highest note is A5 (middle C is C4) and the lowest note is A3, that makes the Aria 2 octaves. That is within a soprano or a mezzo range.