falsetto

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A bit of tinkering – stripping the original’s heavy bassline, tossing in his lithe falsetto and a playful guitar to hold everything aloft – made the one-time throwaway into something immortal.

From Salon • Feb. 14, 2026

As it unfolds, Mr. Ellis’s voice effortlessly slides between registers, conveying shifts in emphasis by judicious use of falsetto, which is often layered via multitrack.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025

His falsetto found new registers of rapture and longing.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025

A-Ha are best known for their megahit Take On Me, taken from their 1985 debut album Hunting High and Low, which features Harket's famous falsetto.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2025

Younger boys can switch easily into falsetto or head voice, as their voices have not yet begun to change.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin