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How to pronounce falsetto in English?

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Type of head register, head tone, head voice
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a falsetto voice.

Examples of falsetto

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The beatific falsetto of Curtis Mayfield reminds us how awful Ray LaMontagne is.
From the smh.com.au
He's clever, but it's Murdoch's quavering falsetto that is the band's trademark.
From the time.com
Both women and men are physically capable of phonating in the falsetto register.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Falsetto-voiced singer Mika was fourth, followed by daytime TV host Jeremy Kyle.
From the metro.co.uk
Brackensick goes falsetto, painting his notes lightly, has the judges whooping.
From the newsday.com
Morgan's pleasant falsetto and superb enunciation were an additional highlight.
From the washingtonpost.com
But this one also had a wonderful melody and the falsetto voice of Junior Murvin.
From the npr.org
Perhaps it's the unmistakable, often eerie falsetto voice of drummer Popsy Dixon.
From the timesunion.com
Chris Martin's keen falsetto caught the ear, but the boy had star quality, too.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
More examples
  • Artificially high; above the normal voice range; "a falsetto voice"
  • A male singing voice with artificially high tones in an upper register
  • Falsetto (Italian diminutive of falso, "false") is the vocal register occupying the frequency range just above the modal voice register and overlapping with it by approximately one octave. It is produced by the vibration of the ligamentous edges of the vocal folds, in whole or in part. ...
  • Falsetto (1876u20131904) was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse and outstanding sire. Bred and raced by J. W. Hunt Reynolds of Lexington, Kentucky, his dam was Farfaletta and his sire was General Abe Buford's very good runner, Enquirer.
  • "Falsetto" is the second single from The-Dream's debut studio album, Love Hate.Mariel Concepcion (September 28, 2007). . Billboard. Accessed September 28, 2007. The song is produced by Christopher "Tricky" Stewart and was released on September 28, 2007.
  • Falsettos is a musical with a book by James Lapine and William Finn and music and lyrics by Finn, comprising March of the Falsettos and Falsettoland, the last two in a trio of one-act off-Broadway plays (the first was In Trousers) focusing on Marvin, his ex-wife Trina, his psychiatrist Mendel, ...
  • The "false" (singing) voice in any human, usually airy and lacking a purity of vowels; created by utilizing the next highest vocal folds above those used for speech and normal range singing. It is commonly confused with the Head Voice register
  • A vocal technique used mainly by counter-tenors to sing to sing in the highest range of the voice.
  • The upper part of a voice in which the vocal cords do not vibrate completely. Usually used by males to imitate a female voice.