> How do you define falsetto as different from head voice or do > you consider the two as the same? > -- > Lloyd W. Hanson
Lloyd,
I forgot to answer this.
I view falsetto as the lightest possible male voice usually in the upper range.
Head voice is when the chest voice quality is "added" to the falsetto tone.
With work, I think the entire singing voice can be produced in the "head voice." I think the speaking voice should NEVER be used in singing (unless one speaks with a mixture of head and chest voice - as some people do).
Also with work, I think one can start a tone in the falsetto, then add the chest voice quality to such a degree that the tone is very resonant, then decrescendo until the chest voice is again detached from the tone. There is a continuum here, but I think the singer senses a separateness from the functions while performing this exercise.
John
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