Literature and the Arts

Is falsetto high-pitched?

Link to this answer

CloseClose

Link to this answer

Share this credible answer with others. Simply paste this code into your blog or Web page:

<a href="http://qanda.encyclopedia.com/question/falsetto-high-pitched-151251.html" >Is falsetto high-pitched?</a>
E-mail this answer Link to this answer

... falsetto [Ital.,=diminutive of false ], high-pitched, unnatural tones above the normal register of the male voice , produced, according to some theories, by the vibration of only the edges of the larynx.

Answer verified with
Get more facts and information about falsetto . Or, view the full encyclopedia entry from The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.

Similar questions: What kind of pitch is involved with falsetto? Would the vocal technique of falsetto be considered high pitch? [ Hide these questions ]

Related research questions

Related research articles

Fakin' it/makin' it: falsetto's bid for transcendance in 1970s disco highs.
Magazine article from: Perspectives of New Music ...My woman take me higher (almost as high as I take my voice and...shamelessly synthetic falsetto that so defined the...wants to give the soul, falsetto singing typifies, in...from the premise that falsetto is only false from a...artificially high-pitched voice or register...
Beyond falsetto: do mice sing at ultrasonic frequencies?(This Week)
Magazine article from: Science News ...may serenade prospective mates at pitches about two octaves higher than the shrillest sounds audible to people. This "mouse...become isolated from their mothers, for example, they utter high-pitched cries that launch a maternal search-and-rescue operation...
Dear Rachael: TENSION MAKES MY VOICE GO FALSETTO.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The People (London, England) QI'M getting really fed-up because my voice goes all high-pitched when I'm nervous, excited or have had a few drinks. My mates think it's hysterical and call me Goldenballs or Becks. Is...
Sizzling And Sexy Male Singers.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Jet ...in a trance. Singing in his trademark stimulating, high-pitched falsetto, the shirtless performer has everyone talking about...Dru Hill, Sisqo is enjoying solo success with his high-powered debut album, Unleash The Dragon. The fiery...
Al Green's earthly love The soul singer returns to secular songs
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe ...peer Barry White did on his last album. In short, the Memphis Horns met drum machines, but with Green's high-pitched, falsetto-whooping voice as the glue. He wrote a bunch of new songs, but also eased neatly through a cover of the Temptations...
See all results at HighBeam

HighBeam gives you access to newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles plus press releases, facts, information, and biographies from thousands of sources.