PURPOSE: to compare vocal welfare habits of lyric and popular singers. METHODS: it is a descriptive exploratory work, with the participation of 30 lyrical singers and 30 popular singers. All answered a questionnaire with 13 objective questions about vocal habits and use of professional voice. Data were statistically analyzed RESULTS: popular singers have similar feeding habits as lyrical singers: smoking, alcohol and recreational drug use. Popular singers have fewer hours of sleep/rest along the day, which is a statistically significant difference. This group also differed from the lyrical singers because they have, in most cases, another work, with professional use of spoken voice. there was also a statistically significant increased workload on the use of singing voice in lyric singers, as well as the increased use of resources considering myths to improve the voice. Popular singers know less about the work of speech language pathologists with voice professionals. Lyrical singers warm up the voice with greater frequency over the popular singers, although this second group has demonstrated that this habit has been acquired. Both groups do not systematically slow down their voice, after the professional activity. CONCLUSION: popular and lyrical singers have some similar habits on the vocal health and they are different mainly due to the weekly to singing workload, using myths to improve voice, knowledge about the speech language pathologist work and voice warming-up practice.
Voice; Voice Diseases; Habits; Music
