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falsetto (fôlsĕt`tō) [Ital.,=diminutive of false], high-pitched, unnatural tones above the normal register of the male voice voice, sound produced by living beings. The source of the sound in human speaking and singing is the vibration of the vocal cords, which are inside the larynx , and the production of the sounds is called phonation. ..... Click the link for more information. , produced, according to some theories, by the vibration of only the edges of the larynx. Some male altos are tenors skilled in the use of falsetto. Falsetto tone is usually thin and expressionless, but can be used with good effect. falsetto a form of vocal production used by male singers to extend their range upwards beyond its natural compass by limiting the vibration of the vocal cords How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In addition to these--and they were all on deck, chattering and piping in queer, almost elfish, falsetto voices--were the two white men, Captain Van Horn and his Danish mate, Borckman, making a total of seventy-nine souls. There, screaming at them in a cracked falsetto and with skinny arms outstretched, stood a strange apparition of a man. I do not, of course, speak of the conceit that displays itself in an elevated nose and a falsetto voice. |
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