Falsetto Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
Falsetto is a singing technique that produces sounds pitched higher than the singer's normal range.Falsetto can also mean an artificially raised speaking pitch. This often occurs momentarily if repeatedly in males during puberty for psychosocial reasons. The break between voice registers, audible or not, is called the passaggio.
The falsetto register is used by male countertenors to approximate the register in classical voice that previously employed castrati, in pieces written before castratism became socially unacceptable and eventually universally outlawed. It is also used by many male rock and roll singers such as Jon Anderson of Yes, Justin Hawkins of the Darkness and the solo artist David Usher to produce their over-the-top soaring vocals.
Many people consider women, because of physical differences from males, to not have or be capable of falsetto. However, many female singers, such as Mariah Carey, do employ falsetto to extend their range.
See also: voice registers, vocal fry or glottal fry.
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