Perfil vocal de cantores amadores de igrejas evangélicas

Abstract

Introduction: The practice of inappropriate vocal behavior in singing, when practiced for a long time, added to vocal abuse and poor use of the voice, can evolve to more serious lesions in the vocal folds, progressing to funcional dysphonia. Objectives: Trace the vocal profile of a group of amateur singers from the evangelical churches Assembly of God of the Fama ministry in Aparecida de Goiânia. Method: Descriptive quantitative field research, with a population of 30 amateur singers. Subjects of both genders, aged 18 to 60 years, who sang weekly, without self-reported hearing complaints, diagnosed voice problems, who were undergoing speech therapy and who had already taken a singing class.The research was carried out on the premises of the Assembly of God church. A self-administered questionnaire was the evaluation instrument used. Results and discussion: There was a predominance of vocal complaints in all individuals surveyed, such results can be justified by the lack of singing techniques and lack of knowledge about vocal health, in addition, the fact that 83% of participants did not perform vocal warm-up is considered a factor for the prevalence of vocal complaints in this group. Finally, the rate of vocal abuse before singing was considered high, contributing to the negative voice changes reported by the singers. Conclusion: The data found identified that the singers do not have knowledge about aspects of vocal health and vocal hygiene, nor do they use techniques to use the singing voice.