the lower register of the voice, in which the lower range of tones is produced
chest register in American English
noun
Music
the low register of the human voice
Word origin
[1840–50]This word is first recorded in the period 1840–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bypass, layout, set piece, striation, warmup
Examples of 'chest register' in a sentence
chest register
A certain portion of the vocal scale lies naturally in the chest register.
Frank E. Miller, With a note by Gustav Kobbé The Voice (1910). Retrieved in 2019 from Project Gutenberg (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/)
For singing, the low pitch was produced in the chest register and the high notes in the head register.
Sang-Hyuk Lee, Hee-Jun Kwon, Hyun-Jin Choi, Nam-Hun Lee, Sung-Jin Lee, Sung-Min Jin 2008, 'The Singer's Formant and Speaker's Ring Resonance: A Long-Term Average Spectrum Analysis',Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngologyhttp://www.e-ceo.org/upload/pdf/ceo-1-92.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Many lyric sopranos have no chest register, and it would be a mistake to attempt to develop one.
D. A. Clippinger The Head Voice and Other Problems (1917). Retrieved in 2019 from Project Gutenberg (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/)