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What does falsetto mean?

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Noun
  1. (singing, uncountable) The "false" (singing) voice in any human, usually airy and lacking a purity of vowels; created by utilizing the next highest vocal folds above those used for speech and normal range singing. It is commonly confused with the Head Voice register.
  2. (music) A person who sings in falsetto.
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And when the moment is right, he unleashes his mad falsetto rebel yell, or West Texas yodel.
Later on, the caffeine seems to wear off, and torpid ballads take over as the singer ventures repeatedly into a strained falsetto.
For three minutes, violins slowly weep, guitars are slowly strummed, and falsetto harmonies are echoed into oblivion.
Skip James' eerie, dark and complex tunings and netherworldly falsetto have never been equaled nor adequately copied in 74 years.
This will be almost falsetto but will have enough heaviness to enable the singer to crescendo smoothly.
And I remember coming over to his house and hearing him do it in falsetto and thinking what a nice, flutey falsetto he has.

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