belty

English

Etymology

From belt +‎ -y.

Adjective

belty (comparative more belty, superlative most belty)

1. Sung using a chest voice above the singer's break or passaggio.
   • 2019, Bridget Sweet, Thinking Outside the Voice Box, page 161:

     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.

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