Analysis of Distinctive Formant Frequencies on Singers Singing English Song

Abstrak

Vowels, as fundamental components of human speech across all languages, are cued acoustically by formants, resonance frequencies of the vocal tract shape during speech sound. In analyzing formant frequencies, a software called Praat can be used, which is an open-software tool for the analysis of speech in phonetics. This study was conducted to compare formant frequencies of three singers pronounced the same vowels while singing English song titled Easy on Me by Adele. The data of this study was analyzed by descriptive qualitative research using content analysis. The analysis of the data was done to find out the frequencies of first (F1) and second (F2) formant which were extracted using Praat software. Based on the findings, it can be concluded that British singer produced the lowest F1 for the mid vowel /ə/ in <gold>, the lowest F2 for the central vowel /ə/ in <gold>, and the highest F2 for the front vowel /i:/ in <me>, meanwhile, the highest F1 was produced by American singer for the mid vowel /ə/ in <river>.