Voice quality in heavy metal singing

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Keywords:

Singing in heavy metal, VPAS protocol, Voice quality in singing, Perceptual analysis of singing

Abstract

This paper studies high registers of heavy metal singing based on the voice profile analysis scheme (VPAS) protocol. Its main objective is to provide a scientific basis for a theme which is subjectively treated by the musical literature. Two professional and two amateur singers were recorded for the perceptual analysis. Their vocal productions were analyzed intra- and inter-singers by VPAS experienced judges (vocal coaches, speech therapists, phoneticians). Results indicate that the two groups of singers use distinctive articulatory strategies in singing at high registers.

Author Biographies

  • Alexsandro Rodrigues Meireles, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo: Vitoria, ES, BR

    Alexsandro Rodrigues Meireles is an Adjunct Professor at Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (Federal University of Espírito Santo) teaching and doing research in the area of Linguistics and Music, Bachelor in Music at UFES (Habilitation: Composition with emphasis on Musical Tracks), Master in Letters: Linguistic Studies at UFMG (2001) and PhD in Linguistics at UNICAMP. He has experience in the field of Linguistics/Music, with emphasis
    Phonetics and Phonology, working mainly on the following topics: elocution rate, speech rate, dynamic systems, acoustic and articulatory phonetics, experimental phonology, voice quality. In the Postgraduate Program in Linguistics at UFES she teaches phonetics/phonology and coordinates the Phonetics Laboratory linked to the Center for Studies in Phonetics and Phonology (NEFF). She is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of UFES.

  • Frederico Grama Cavalcante, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo: Vitoria, ES, BR

    Frederico Grama Cavalcante is graduated in Music: Licenciatura at the Federal University of Espírito Santo and student of the Musical Training Course in Lyrical Singing, at the Espírito Santo College of Music (FAMES). He has completed the following researches: "Phonetic-acoustic study of rhythmic variation in the mineiro dialect" (2011), "Acoustic and perceptual-auditory analysis of singing in heavy metal" (2012) and "Acoustic-perceptual analysis of vocalizes in lyrical singing (2013). He is currently vocal coach of the Madrigal Mosaico from the Music Course of UFES.

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2015-11-10

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“Voice Quality in Heavy Metal Singing”. 2015. Per Musi, no. 32 (November): 1-22. https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/permusi/article/view/38422.

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