FALSETTO VOICE IN THE MALE.

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The falsetto voice, as its name indicates, is essentially a false voice. Its chief characteristics are a high pitch and a thin, piping quality. Its resonance is limited to the region of the head, and therefore it lacks volume and strength. There is also a manifest effort in its production which makes it appear forced and unnatural. The labor seems altogether out of proportion to the results attained. It suggests weakness and a lack of muscular control. It is somewhat characteristic of the eunuch, and therefore it has been called the eunuchoid voice. This quality is not uncommon in the female, whose larynx is comparatively small and delicate and whose nervous organization is often highly tensioned, but it is rare, and therefore more noticeable, in the male. In an experience of more than twenty years as a vocal teacher, not more than ten or twelve cases have come under my

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