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Belting in English is Easier Than It is in Portuguese
Mfqp Bittencourt1, J C Minucelli-Cardelli2, Algp Navas2
1Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Abstract:
Belting singers receiving care at the speech therapy service mentioned they find it easier to sing in American English than in Brazilian Portuguese.
Objective:
to assess and compare the production of vowels and consonants of excerpts from musicals in Portuguese and English.
Methods:
a phonological and phonetic analysis of the same excerpt from musicals was performed in both languages.
Results:
We have observed that the predominance of fricatives in English and plosives in Portuguese explains the fluidity of singing in English and a greater disruption of speech fluidity in Portuguese.
Conclusion:
therefore, belting in English is easier than it is in Portuguese.
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