What is Head Voice?

Unlike Chest Voice, Head voice you will feel the sound resonate in your head area versus your chest. It has a sweet tonality in the higher pitches of your range. The vocal chords are joined together and connected to have more depth and power in the sound. Often lots of opera/classical singers are singing in their head voice. Some people describe the head voice being a bit lighter and airy.  The best way to access the head voice is to yawn or sigh to find the higher pitches or ranges in the voice.  Remember Head Voice is different than Falsetto which I will get into in another blog post. Genres of music that use a lot of head voice include musical theater and opera. Usually songs require some usage of head voice especially on the higher pitches usually on the Chorus or Bridge parts of a song.