Singing Style, Vocal Habits, and General Health of Professional Singers

Abstract

Introduction For the singer, the voice is a medium used to express feelings that capture the listener. Every singing style has specific demands, and a vocal alteration may prevent the singer from meeting them. Objective To compare the singing style, the vocal habits, and the general health data of professional singers. Methods Cross-sectional, quantitative and retrospective study of a survey database. Data on the singing style, the vocal habits, and the health conditions and history of 57 professional singers, 31 female singers and 26 male singers, aged from 19 to 57 years old (average of 32 years old), from a mid-sized town were analyzed Results There was a prevalence of female (54 ± 2%) popular singers (91 ± 2%), in the adult age (51 ± 2%), nonsmokers (89 ± 2%), nonusers of alcohol (77 ± 2%), with respiratory problems (53 ± 2%), mainly rhinitis (23 ± 2%), and without other health problems. There was a significant use of alcohol in males ( p = 0.010); among the alcohol users, there was a significant presence of respiratory problems ( p = 0.046), of pharyngitis/tonsillitis ( p = 0.003), and of gastroesophageal reflux (GER) ( p = 0.043); there was a significant presence of GER in subjects reporting endocrine problems ( p = 0.023), of gastritis ( p = 0.023), and of pharyngitis/tonsillitis ( p = 0.030). Conclusion There was a predominance of adult professional popular female singers, with complaints of respiratory issues (with a higher prevalence of rhinitis), without other general health issues, of nonsmokers, and of nonusers of alcohol.

Effect of COVID-19 Quarantine on Voice Handicap Index in Female Classical Singers

“…Only female classical singers were included in the present study due to the more considerable participation of women in this type of research compared to men. 15 The questionnaire contained data on vocal classification, age, years of professional experience, weekly time of singing studies, and dedication to rehearsals. The professional experience time was answered using a five-point scale, with one corresponding to 1 year of experience, and five corresponding to 5 years or more of experience.…”

Considerations and demands in the voice care of contemporary commercial singers in occupational health and safety aspects

“…The classical singing style is associated with the opera and requires sophisticated vocal quality with harmonic richness, proper articulatory control, and vocal projection. In this way, the voice can be heard over the loud orchestra even without electronic amplification [19]. This technique referred to as bel canto -"beautiful voice" describes a clear, dense, sonorous vocal sound, rich in color and dynamics which is produced without compromising the vocal function [20,21].…”

Medidas vocais aerodinâmicas de cantores profissionais

“…Research, Society and Development, v. 9, n. 7, e661974795, 2020 (CC BY 4.0) | ISSN 2525-3409 | DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v9i7.4795 presença de queixas vocais, de perda auditiva, e dados incompletos no banco de dados (Frigo, 2016;Frigo et al, 2017;Andriollo et al, 2019;Santos, Montagner, Bastilha, Frigo, & Cielo, 2019;Cielo et al, 2019).…”

“…No presente estudo, houve predomínio de cantores do sexo masculino, da mesma forma que ocorreu em outros trabalhos (Zimmer, Cielo, & Ferreira, 2012;Frigo, 2016;Garcia &López, 2017;Galdino & Barros, 2017;Andriollo et al, 2019;Sales et al, 2019). No entanto, a maioria dos estudos mostra preponderância do sexo feminino na área do canto, sugerindo que as cantoras são mais participativas em pesquisas fonoaudiológicas (Dassie-Leite, Duprat, & Busch, 2011;Goulart, Rocha, & Chiari, 2012;Lopes & Lima, 2014;Gunjawate, Aithal, Guddattu, Kishore, & Bellur, 2016;Loiola-Barreiro & Silva, 2016;Villafuerte-Gonzalez et al, 2017;Santos et al, 2019;Hakanpää, Waaramaa, & Laukkanen, 2019;Zuim, Lloyd, Gerhard, Rosow, & Lundy, 2019;Sousa & Silva, 2016;Moreti, Ávila, Rocha, Borrego, Oliveira, & Behlau, 2012).…”

“…A maioria dos cantores do presente estudoera do estilo popular, o que concorda com outros trabalhos (Frigo, 2016, Loiola-Barreiro & Silva, 2016Santos et al, 2019;Garcia &López, 2017), mas diverge de estudos em que a maioria era de estilo clássico (Hakanpää et al, 2019;Zuim et al, 2019) ou que apresentaram equivalência entre os estilos (Dassie-Leite et al, 2011;Moreti et al, 2012). Percebe-se que não há distribuição predominante do estilo popular ou clássico na literatura.…”