vocal break
Pitch suddenly shifts
A vocal break is the point where the voice shifts abruptly between registers—typically from chest voice to head voice or falsetto.
Singers work to smooth these transitions, though some styles deliberately exploit the break for emotional effect.
The term also describes the voice cracking that happens during puberty or when speaking under strain: His voice hit a vocal break mid-sentence.
- falsettoArtificially elevated singing register
- crackNarrow break or attempt
- pubertySexual development stage
- yodelSinging with pitch breaks
- registerRecord officially; vocal range
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