Singing Voice Lesson - Chest Voice

Know Your Voice - What is Chest Voice and Speech Quality ?

The chest register is the normal vocal range of a singer. When you speak you are in chest voice. So, singing in chest voice is just speaking, sustained. The voice tone of chest voice is fuller and louder than head voice or falsetto, because the vocal chords are thicker and can withstand a lot of air pressure, thereby producing a strong sound wave. When you start singing higher in pitch, in chest voice, you with either have a feeling of wanting to flip into falsetto, or you may have had voice training and are able to belt. Chest voice has a speech quality to it and is used by every artist popular music performance especially RnB and Rock. You are less likely to hear a female opera singer, expecially a soprano, using chest voice. Singing in chest voice is a good way of letting go and singing your heart out but voice training is essential if you are to use it properley!