Desvantagem vocal em cantores de igreja

Abstract

OBJETIVO: avaliar a desvantagem vocal de cantores amadores de coros de igreja. MÉTODO: participaram 42 cantores de coros amadores de igrejas, sendo 20 homens e 22 mulheres, com idades entre 18 e 59 anos. Todos responderam a um questionário contendo perguntas sobre autopercepção vocal e práticas de canto, e ao protocolo Índice de Desvantagem para o Canto Moderno (IDCM), composto por 30 questões referentes às subescalas incapacidade, desvantagem e defeito. Foi realizada triagem perceptivo-auditiva para classificação das vozes em adaptadas ou alteradas e mensuração dos graus De alteração. RESULTADOS: a pontuação total média obtida no IDCM foi 23 pontos. Os maiores escores foram obtidos na subescala "defeito" (10,9), seguido por "incapacidade" (7,6) e "desvantagem" (4,5), com diferença entre elas (p= 0,001). Cantores que nunca realizaram aula de canto apresentaram maiores escores no domínio "desvantagem" (p=0,003). À medida que o escore total do IDCM aumentou, a nota atribuída pelo cantor em relação à própria voz diminuiu (p= 0,046). Participantes com qualidade vocal alterada apresentaram maiores escores nas subescalas incapacidade e desvantagem e no domínio total do IDCM quando comparados aos que apresentavam qualidade vocal adaptada (p=0,012, p=0,049 e p=0,015, respectivamente). Além disso, quanto maior o grau de alteração vocal, maiores foram os escores referentes à subescala incapacidade (p=0,022). CONCLUSÃO: cantores de igreja apresentam desvantagem vocal importante. Quando apresentam alterações vocais, esta desvantagem é ainda maior. Quanto maior o grau de alteração vocal, maiores as limitações referentes à voz cantada. Aulas de canto parecem minimizar a desvantagem vocal nessa população.

Índice de desvantagem para o canto moderno em cantores evangélicos de igrejas tradicionais e pentecostais

“…About the vocal and laryngeal complaints related to singing/rehearsal questions in which was possible to observe women form the Pentecostal group to have higher handicap index when compared to the ones of traditional group, while other questions about complaint and symptoms were not possible to distinguish. In this context, similar results as described in literature are observed 8,13,29,33 , in which MSHI shows to be a sensitive and efficient tool to evaluate singers in different styles. This fact point out to the need of addressing MSHI as complementary to gospel singers' assessment.…”

Coro universitário: autopercepção de sintomas vocais e desvantagem vocal no canto

“…Speech pathologists, singing teachers but also the choristers themselves perceive positive changes in vocal aspects, as in vocal range, breath and voice projection, after being held these interventions [21][22][23][24] . It can be seen that the highest score, with respect to CPIC, was in Defect subscale, followed by the Disability and Handicap; these data are equivalent to the findings of other similar studies 12,17,18,25 , in which the defect and disability subscales had higher scores than the subscale Handicap for all singers. Several factors such as lack of vocal technique, inexperience in the corner, high vocal demand and the end use of the voice were reported by the authors as the justification of the largest subscale index defect.…”

“…In this study the largest number of participants are female, which is the most common sex in many of the choirs, as can also be seen in previous studies 10,18,19 . It should be considered that several singers may have other vocal activity beyond the choir, which brings the importance of the singer is conscious and reflect on this activity, regardless of whether it is harmful or not to vocal health.…”

Sintomas do trato vocal e índice de desvantagem vocal para o canto moderno em cantores evangélicos

“…The praise group in evangelical churches has an important role in leading the faithful to praise and adore God using song throughout the realization of the mass (2) , taking on an important function in Church programs. Gospel singers generally develop their singing for personal satisfaction, vocation or talent, becoming in this manner amateur singers, almost always without training or specialized coaching (3) . Amateur singers can present diverse complaints in relation to their voice and in terms of vocal tract discomfort symptoms, such as: hoarseness, failures and loss of voice, difficulty to attain high or low notes, constant coughing, pain in the neck region, as well as a tight sensation or lump in their throat and a feeling of dryness (4,5) .…”

“…There are few studies that assess voice handicaps for singing with gospel singers (3,13,14) and the few that do exist are divergent in terms of their findings. One study reports no difference according to gender (3) , while another showed that women presented a higher rate of voice handicap (13) .…”