BELTING IN CONTEMPORARY POP MUSIC: ORIGIN, VOCAL TECHNIQUE, EXPRESSIVE POSSIBILITIES

Abstract

The belting technique is one of the fundamental ones in modern vocal pop music. The author studies the origin of this technique, its performance features, the connection of belting with the orthoepy of the English language, as well as some examples of the application of this technique in the work of such vocalists as Cristina Aguilera, Liza Minelli, Lidia Isac.

Keywords

• belting
• vocal technique
• cristina aguilera
• liza minelli
• lidia isac