Comment: More lyric sound. Upper harmonics more dominant in the voice, i.e. the voice is less "heavy."

Quote: The essential factor in singing is lyricism, and it is the so-called "head" register which infuses the voice with its lyrical properties. Thus to drop out this mechanism and CHANGE to the "chest" register only serves to destroy the properties of lyricism which should be present even when the action of the "chest" register is dominant. In a correctly functioning registration the upper of the two registers never ceases to be an active participant, and vice versa. (The Free Voice)