# What's the opposite of falsetto?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-opposite-of-falsetto/674328>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 20, 2013, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-opposite-of-falsetto/674328 "2013-11-20T09:07:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2013, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-opposite-of-falsetto/674328/21 "2013-11-21T12:57:17Z")

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oʇʇǝsןɐɟ

ɟɐןsǝʇʇo

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**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2013, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-opposite-of-falsetto/674328/22 "2013-11-21T14:49:01Z")

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> [@Joey\_P](#):
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> oʇʇǝsןɐɟ
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> ɟɐןsǝʇʇo

How the hell did you do that?

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**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2013, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-opposite-of-falsetto/674328/23 "2013-11-21T14:55:58Z")

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> [@Rhythmdvl](#):
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> YDNSWPravnikDT 😃

_applause_

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**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2013, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-opposite-of-falsetto/674328/24 "2013-11-21T16:08:21Z")

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> [@Marion\_Wormer](#):
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> If you want the voice for singing, it’s probably chest voice. I was once a light soprano, but I can drop a couple of octaves if I go down to my chest.

You have chest voice down to the C below the bass stave? I’m impressed!

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-opposite-of-falsetto/674328/25 "2013-11-21T16:19:14Z")

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> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#):
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> How the hell did you do that?

I turned the internet upside down before I hit submit.

Iʇ,s ɐuuoʎᴉuƃ’ ᴉsu,ʇ ᴉʇ˙

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