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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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This band's falsetto preening, cat suits and uninventive instrumental tripe is not intended to be a joke but comes off as a really bad one.
Skip James' eerie, dark and complex tunings and netherworldly falsetto have never been equaled nor adequately copied in 74 years.
Later on, the caffeine seems to wear off, and torpid ballads take over as the singer ventures repeatedly into a strained falsetto.
On Painkiller, Griffin's soft falsetto floats above a catchy chorus and sweet pop melody.
He witters on in a comedy falsetto about lutes, but doesn't seem to find what he's looking for up in the hills.
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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