Estudo fonético e fonológico do discurso conectado dos cantores melódicos de Heavy Metal

Abstract

Heavy metal is a musical genre known around the world, but it still suffers a lot of prejudice, mainly against the singers, who are stereotyped as vocalists without singing technics. Searching for a solution to this situation, by phonetics and phonology, this paper analyzes the connected speech produced by these vocalists, who are melodic singers of the genre. The study focus on the four aspects of connected speech, which are Rhythm, Elision, Assimilation and Linking, during the juncture built in the singing discourse. The methodology used in this paper was applied through a research which was case study, Qualitative and documental type, where extracts of the songs were analyzed (written lyrics, audios and phonetics transcriptions) of five singers from different nationalities. The singers and works chosen were: the Brazilian Edu Falaschi from Angra; the British Bruce Dickinson from Iron Maiden; the Dutch Simone Simons from Epica; the German Michael Kiske from Unisonic; and the Finnish Timo Kotipelto from Cain’s Offering. This research was based theoretically on Roach (2000), Silva (2011) e Shockey (2003), theorists of phonetics and phonology. At the end of the research, it was proved the use of those phonetic and phonological techniques by the melodic singers of Heavy Metal.