The largely untrained voices also tended to fall flat in this appealing-looking but very dead acoustical space.

Some of the musicians were given parts to sing, and Mr. Klein sang himself, in a scratchy, smoky, untrained but emotional voice.

And so well for an untrained voice.

Mr. Mela sang the melody himself, in an untrained but casually compelling voice.

It was an untrained voice, to be sure, but Mr. Jerkins thought he heard something.

Tim Green (Fox) - Smart, but often crams all he knows in 20-second bites; must modulate his untrained voice.

Webb has a distinctive, untrained voice and Lloyd Webber was said to have told her "You sing in my keys."

McGlynn's choral arrangements are written specifically for their combination of classically trained singers and untrained voices.

Occasionally, voice change is accompanied by unsteadiness of vocalization in the early stages of untrained voices.

These untrained voices bring an earthy authenticity to this music that the professionals cannot match.