scale-sounding

Updated: June 3, 2025

An operatic tenor came to me with a tendency to break in scale-sounding, and with a nasal or catarrhal color to all his tones above E. I found attached above and back of the soft palate a mass as large as a hickory nut and completely blocking up the dome of the pharynx.

Frank E. Miller - The Voice: Its Production, Care and Preservation