[
UK
/fɒlsˈɛtəʊ/
]
[ US /fɔɫˈsɛˌtoʊ/ ]
[ US /fɔɫˈsɛˌtoʊ/ ]
NOUN
- a male singing voice with artificially high tones in an upper register
ADJECTIVE
-
artificially high; above the normal voice range
a falsetto voice
How To Use falsetto In A Sentence
- His falsetto voice captures the chimerical sound of the castrati with eerie accuracy, something that becomes clear when we hear a scratchy recording of the last castrato, Moreschi, made at the turn of the 20th century.
- For his role as a young boy, he had to speak in a high falsetto.
- All songs share a penchant for incisive, thoughtful lyricism, but those words may be screamed over rowdy feedback in "Bootstraps," catcalled in a dirty falsetto on bluesy tracks like "Company," or nearly whispered in the communal pouring-out of spirit on "It All Comes Right. Heather Browne: Drew Grow Brings Rock and Roll Salvation
- And I remember coming over to his house and hearing him do it in falsetto and thinking what a nice, flutey falsetto he has. CNN Transcript Nov 2, 2001
- If you haven't yet heard his astonishing falsetto sing tales of heartache then check out what the fuss is about. The Sun
- The bloodcurdling ululation as the master of Loxley Hall tumbled from the roof of his stately pile was the dying falsetto of the rural gentry being ousted by bossyboots New Labour values. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
- There are other songs where I might have written the melody lower but when I tried to sing them and project with any sort of volume, it just didn't work, so I had to go up and octave and sing it in falsetto.
- And I remember coming over to his house and hearing him do it in falsetto and thinking what a nice, flutey falsetto he has.
- Snares turn into handclaps, drums fall in and out of the mix, the beat sounds like it's running backwards - to which Jackson responds by singing wordless falsetto over the top.
- This goes for the male lover, too, whose voice soars into falsetto. Times, Sunday Times