A Study of Acoustic-phonetic of “Saat Terakhir” Song by ST12 in Dangdut and Pop Versions

Abstract

This study is carried out due to the differences in the pronunciation of song lyrics between dangdut and pop singers. For example, dangdut singers pronounce the word /cinta/ in "Saat Terakhir" by ST12 as [cInta], while pop singers pronounce it as [c h Inc h a]. The data were from "Saat Terakhir" by ST12 sung by Charly Van Houten and Lesti Kejora as they have a quite similar voice color. This study focuses on the acoustic-phonetic differences of the two singers including (a) duration, (b) frequency or pitch, and (3) intensity or voice. The data were obtained through downloading the song and analyzed using acoustic-phonetic theory with the help of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) for phonetic transcription and Praat software for acoustic-phonetic analysis. The results indicate that in terms of pronunciation, the pop singer adds aspirated sounds of [ h ] to phonemes of /c/, /t/, and /d/ and pronounce the sound /t/ to [c h ] and [t h ], while the Dangdut singer tends to pronounce them in accordance with the rules of the language. The Dangdut singer tend to sing longer than pop singers with a duration of 42.067394 microseconds. Further, the Dangdut singer has a higher tone frequency than the pop singer of 533.2434584525848 Hz. Meanwhile, the pop singer has a higher voice loudness than the Dangdut singer with a scale of 86.16124255533789 dB.

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“…Meanwhile, Bandung Oppa frequently added aspirated sounds in the form of [ h ] to the phonemes /b/, /p/, /s/, /k/, /j/, /g/, and /t/. This finding is in line with a previous study by Idris et al (2021) that pop singers often added aspirated sounds in the form of [ h ] to the phonemes /c/, /t/, and /d/, and pronounced the sound /t/ becomes [c h ] and [t h ]. For example, pop singers pronounce the word /jatUh/ to [jat h Uh].…”

“…The analysis is not much different from tables 1 and 2 because Bandung Oppa still adds a lot of aspirated sounds [ h ] to the phonemes /b/, /p/, /s/, /k/, /j/, /g/, and /t/. This is in line with Idris et al (2021) that it is not only Korean speakers who often add the sound aspirated [ h ], but also pop singers from Indonesia like Charly Van Houten who adds the aspirated sound in the form of [ h ] to the phonemes /c/, /t/, and /d/ and pronounce the sound /t/ into [c h ] and [t h ], while the pronunciation of dangdut singers tends to be more in accordance with the sound rules of the language. This study also shows that Korean speaker YouTubers are still influenced by the sounds of their native language indicated by the replacement of the phoneme /ə/ in the word [tərUs] to /u/ in the word [turUs].…”

“…Lee and Chau (2017) state that digital social media have provided many opportunities for ordinary people to engage in various social activities because social media are easy to access. Many studies related to acoustic phonetics have been done, for example, Aulia and Rosalina (2022), Idris, Sudana, andRahmawati (2021), andWiratsih (2019). First, a study by Aulia and Rosalina (2022) showed that the YouTubers tended to have the same pronunciation when pronouncing Indonesian words.…”

“…However, they tended to pronounce the phoneme /ə/ into /ŭ/ (Korean phoneme, romanization is 'eu'). Second, a study by Idris et al (2021) showed that in terms of pronunciation, pop singers add aspirated sounds in the form of [ h ] on the phonemes /c/, /t/, and /d/ and pronounce the sound /t/ into [c h ] and [t h ]. Meanwhile, the pronunciation of dangdut singers tends to be more in accordance with the sound rules of the language.…”