Hey, what's that sound: Falsetto

From castrati to Jeff Buckley, straining for the high notes to create a spine-tingling sound has long been part of musicWhat is it? It's the vocal register occupying the frequency range above the one a voice naturally speaks or sings in. Normally associated with male singers, from Jeff Buckley to the Bee Gees (there's been a controversy for decades over whether falsetto is technically possible in female singers), you would recognise it as the point in soul or disco music where the singer's voice...

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