A falsetto voice. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Not to mention the annoying vagrant played by John C. Reilly, who speaks in falsetto throughout the film. From Wordnik.com. [Ed Koch: The Extra Man (A Mayor Koch Review)] Reference
On February 9th, Thomas Scholl and Peter Hinnen each yodel 22 tones (including 15 in falsetto) in one second. From Wordnik.com. [A Brief and Incomplete History of Yodeling | Impact Lab] Reference
He pushed the androgyny by starting the first song in falsetto. From Wordnik.com. [Pitchfork Music Festival: An Afternoon of Cross-dressing, Masks and Glitter - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
You sing in this high falsetto, which is a difficult vocal range to sustain. From Wordnik.com. [Buzzine » They’re Going In For The Kill] Reference
8 - Singing the Purple Rose of Texas in falsetto at open mike night in the prison canteen. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » VIDEO: David Corn Confronts Rove On Lying About Plame Leak] Reference
It is held by others that the falsetto is a relic of the boy's voice, which has deteriorated from lack of use. From Wordnik.com. [The Head Voice and Other Problems Practical Talks on Singing] Reference
Angelakos has called the falsetto he is famed for an act, telling the Village Voice last year, "Oh, that?. From Wordnik.com. [Zara Golden: Passion Pit Plays For An Eager Prospect Park] Reference
With this writer, "falsetto" as applied to female voices replaces "middle," in the commoner usage. From Wordnik.com. [Voice Production in Singing and Speaking Based on Scientific Principles (Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged)] Reference
It’s definitely an ethereal kind of falsetto, like Jeff Buckley. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Windolf: Talking with the Ultimate Radiohead Disciple: Jim Windolf] Reference
He gave a kind of falsetto scream — meant to be a neigh, I expect — and he went off at the back.”. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Fool]
“Can I get you a drink?” she said in a polite falsetto. From Wordnik.com. [Mississippi Blues] Reference
Then Tunde Adebimpe's falsetto moan, "I was a lover before this war.". From Wordnik.com. [TV On The Radio: Complicated 'Science'] Reference
And so the range for the tenor is enormously high in a falsetto voice. From Wordnik.com. [The Lasting Appeal of Orff's 'Carmina Burana'] Reference
Frank laughed, sang in a falsetto whine, “Sixty year old children.”. From Wordnik.com. [Class of '65] Reference
"We jolly well know that, my de-ar," came in sweet, falsetto tones from. From Wordnik.com. [Lucile Triumphant] Reference
Cooing in a soft falsetto, Maxwell is by turns precious and endearingly direct. From Wordnik.com. [Sound Checks] Reference
Mr. TRUCKS: Kind of blend them, yeah, you know, always working on the falsetto. From Wordnik.com. [Six-String Creation: The Derek Trucks Band] Reference
But soon a quavering falsetto was heard formulating a new motive, expressing a new thought. From Wordnik.com. [Sacrifice] Reference
WESTERVELT: Orbison had a one-of-a-kind voice with a three-octave range plus occasional falsetto. From Wordnik.com. [Roy Orbison: A Great Voice, A Lonely Sound] Reference
"'The bogie man will get you if you don't be good!'" squealed Artie Orr in a high falsetto voice. From Wordnik.com. [Peggy-Alone] Reference
An odd change had even taken place in Mr Holt's voice, -- he spoke in a sort of tremulous falsetto. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
His falsetto, meanwhile, conjures up Prince without Prince's salaciousness, if that can be imagined. From Wordnik.com. [Ali Love: Love Harder] Reference
Barnes scampered around stage running from assorted monsters and singing in his exaggerated falsetto. From Wordnik.com. [In concert: Of Montreal at 9:30 Club] Reference
"Well, if it ain't ole Turkeyneck in person," he called in a high falsetto voice, as the two entered. From Wordnik.com. [David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story] Reference
Green was leaning over, sweat pouring down his face, when his shout metamorphosed into a falsetto cry. From Wordnik.com. [Praise Be To Al Green] Reference
You know, I have a falsetto and I kind of sound like a cherubim and a clown and an old fashion crooner. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Waits: The Whiskey Voice Returns] Reference
One of the signature sounds that I think that you have is this - what I'll describe as this falsetto hum. From Wordnik.com. [Soul Singer Al Green's Still Got It] Reference
RAZ: And there's just this - there's a gem of a song with this wonderful falsetto howl right in the middle. From Wordnik.com. [Vampire Weekend: Beyond The Blogs] Reference
The voice of some invisible person responded in an alternation between a hoarse bass and a shrill falsetto. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
As he said this, his voice rose to an unexpected falsetto and reporters quickly closed in on him at his locker. From Wordnik.com. [He's the Jets' Immovable Object] Reference
The magpie, perched upon the hanging shelf, suddenly flapped his wings, and repeated, in his turn, in falsetto. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
But the band's high end tends to go very high, with two female voices complementing Temple's tenor and falsetto. From Wordnik.com. [In concert: Here We Go Magic at Black Cat] Reference
'Well,' said the falsetto voice, 'why don't you' -- the hoarse basso carried on the phrase -- 'send somebody else?'. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
Then she turned and descended upon Dirk with outstretched hands and a high pitched falsetto that fairly rang with welcome. From Wordnik.com. [Men of Affairs] Reference
JAFFE: Then there's that voice, a range of around three octaves that he could navigate with ease, including a famous falsetto. From Wordnik.com. [Yossele Rosenblatt: The Cantor With The Heavenly Voice] Reference
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