Belty
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Sung using a chest voice above the singer's break or passaggio.
"I recognize now that my voice was changing in middle school because singing in my chest voice was easy (especially in a belty fashion) but singing anything moderately high was challenging."
Example
More examples"I recognize now that my voice was changing in middle school because singing in my chest voice was easy (especially in a belty fashion) but singing anything moderately high was challenging."
Etymology
From belt + -y.
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