chest voice

Deep singing resonance

Chest voice is the lower register of the singing or speaking voice, produced when the vocal cords vibrate along their full length and resonance is felt primarily in the chest.

It contrasts with head voice, which is higher and lighter.

Singers develop control of both registers and the transition between them: She belted the chorus in full chest voice.

power

belting

Forceful chest-voice singing

volume · projection · dynamics · robust · forceful · amplitude · punch · thrust

depth

bass

Deep pitch or fish

low register · richness · fullness · roundness · timbre · bottom · grounded · earthiness · thickness · body

resonance

thoracic

Of the chest region

vibration · pharynx · larynx · vocal folds · phonation · bone conduction · trachea · anchoring

warmth

rich

Having much of something

full-bodied · rounded · sonorous · intimate · comforting · lush · crooning · legato · lyrical · expressive

Categories
Opposites
vocal register

chest voicehead voice

Upper singing register

falsetto · mixed voice · whisper

vocal intensity/projection

chest voicewhisper

Speech without full voice

sotto voce · murmur

Family

voice, chest, chested, chesting, chesty

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