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falsetto

fal·set·to [ fawl sétt ]


noun  (plural fal·set·tos)
Definition:
 
1. high singing method: a method used by male singers to sing at a very high pitch by using more air and a combination of vocal chord vibration and head resonance. It is used by countertenors in classical music.

2. falsetto singer: a male singer who sings in a very high voice

3. falsetto voice: a very high voice used by a male singer



adverb 
Definition:
 
in falsetto voice: in an artificially or unusually high voice

[Late 18th century. < Italian, "little false (one)" < falso "false" < Latin falsus (see false)]
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