Why do some singers---?!
Question: -not show any trace of their national accent when singing? I am thinking of Bono(Irish) who sings without accent, but Daniel O'Donnell(Irish) with a broad Irish accent.ABBA had no accent when singing though they were Swedish, but Julio Iglesias shows traces of his Spanish accent. Why is this?
Answers: -not show any trace of their national accent when singing? I am thinking of Bono(Irish) who sings without accent, but Daniel O'Donnell(Irish) with a broad Irish accent.ABBA had no accent when singing though they were Swedish, but Julio Iglesias shows traces of his Spanish accent. Why is this?
This same question was asked a few days ago. Here is the answer I gave them.
A lot of foreign singers singing English and for that matter, English singers singing a different language, will sing phonically. They will use the word sounds rather than the words themselves, and by doing so, loose much of their accents.
A good example of this was Abba. At least in the first few years of their remarkable career, not one of them spoke enough English to order at McDonald's, but if you hear them sing, they are much easier to understand than many who's native language is English, and you have to strain to understand them. Those you hear an accent is probably because the speak English as a second language, and sing the way they speak. The really good English singers and bands also use this technique to get rid of accents. Also, if you listen to good choral music, choruses that you can understand every word they sing, even if they have 150 voices, it is because they are singing the "word sounds" rather than the word.
The technique to do this is basically, singing the vowel sounds of the words. By singing vowels, you can match the phonetic equivalent of every word, and make it fully understandable.
It is a very good lesson to those of us who do sing in English as our native language. If we strive to sing the "word sounds" rather than the words, it will not only be more understandable, but also more musical.
ha. good question. Probably because they worked with peopel who weren't thier nationality? and listened to songs from America / England.
probably because when they are singing they aren't pronouncing words the same as when they are talking. singing is like a language of it's own, in some ways.....
because they had speech lessons. thats what all singers have to go through
Mel Tillis, country singer, stutters when he talks, but not when he sings. When he was asked "Why is it that you don't stutter when you sing?", he replied, "Because I don't have to think about what I'm going to say, I just follow the sheet music."
I suppose it can work that way with accents also.
i think this is because america is the music capital of the world, and it is really hard to get a good music education if you are from another country, so by singing without an accent, you can impress more people, and become more popular, and more greatly pursue your musical career