"chest voice" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} chest voice
  1. (phonology, music) A kind of voice of a medium or low pitch and a sonorous quality ascribed to resonance in the chest, or thorax; voice of the thick register. It is produced by vibration of the vocal cords through their entire width and thickness, and with convex surfaces presented to each other. Wikipedia link: chest voice Categories (topical): Music, Phonology Translations (voice of thick register): borststem [feminine] (Dutch), rintaääni (Finnish), voix de poitrine [feminine] (French), Bruststimme [feminine] (German), voce di petto [feminine] (Italian), rejestr piersiowy [masculine] (Polish), voz de pecho [feminine] (Spanish), göğüs sesi (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-chest_voice-en-noun-NtKbwLk3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: entertainment, human-sciences, lifestyle, linguistics, music, phonology, sciences

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