Could someone give me feedback on my pronunciation when singing this song?

Luan316

16 days ago

[Link to my video :)](https://youtu.be/QCjv_p4IWCI?si=95OVnJLGLh-wVV2w) I'm Brazilian and I don't speak English natively, but I know a few things. I recorded the video in a simple and relatively quick way, just to post it on my social media today. I'll say that even when I analyzed the video, I already identified some things that sounded a bit strange to me and that I would try to improve, even though I didn't notice them at the time, but I'll leave it up to you to draw your own conclusions. Just to mention one example that seemed frequent to me in this video: the fact that I apparently pronounce the "t" at the end of some words in an extremely weak way (e.g.: white, right, tonight). Watching the video, it might seem like I didn't even pronounce it, but it turns out that I make a sound with my mouth in these cases that is very soft and I feel like it might not be right. And of course, there are other things that I noticed, as I mentioned. I understand that it may be difficult, but I will be very happy if someone offers to analyze it, feel free to give feedback. :)

3 comments

Optimal_Side_•15 days ago

It might be more of an accent than pronunciation but one thing I’ll say is you could relax the vowels a little bit. For example, when you would say “again”, it sounds sort of like like *ageen* when it should be closer to *aguhn* or *aghen*. Otherwise it sounds like you’re making great progress, keep it up!

amb3rlamp5•15 days ago

Not a bad take, good job on the cover! I think you're right that the main accent/pronunciation issue is in the hard "t" sound as in white and tonight, which to my understanding you don't really use in continental and Brazilian Portuguese -- the t produces more of a "dh" "ch" or soft g sound in your native language. My recommendation is to just practice English words that utilize that hard T sound at the beginning, like teeth, table, tennis, tonight, turn, etc. etc. That way you can hear the sound a little easier and adjust your mouth/teeth/tongue to replicate it better

Paradichlorobenzenne•15 days ago

I hear a big emphasis on the vowels in certain words, like the “u” sound in ”you”, and the “gen” sound in “again”, but it sounds like it‘s intentional to me. A lot of country singers and alternative(rock, emo, grunge, etc.) singers tend to sing like that, so it makes sense with the vibe of the song. But, It’s a bit hard to tell what’s intentional or not when someone‘s singing. I also noticed that some words aren’t pronounced as clearly as others and they’re harder to pick up on because of the weaker pronunciation of the “t” in certain in words. when I’m learning different languages and I’m stumped on the pronunciation of a word, i listen to multiple people say that word in a sentence and then I repeat it until i get it right. People pronounce things differently depending on where they live, so I typically use the most common pronunciation!