Ariana Grande is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Born in Florida, USA, she has a Floridian accent, with an interesting Italian influence because of her family background, she is Italian descent; an Italian American.
Ariana Grande’s accent is high-pitched, giving her a higher-sounding voice, which makes her sound younger, adds more personal and friendly tones to her accent, …. she speaks to you “like a friend”, ….. “like a friendly teenager”.
Speaking with a high-pitched accent makes us sound younger, more youthful, and more friendly, more personal-sounding, and less formal-sounding!
Ariana Grande uses special speaking techniques in her accent, such as ‘VIP Words’, ‘Power Words’ and ‘Vocal Fry’.
VIP WORDS are words that EMPHASISE our SPEECH and make our speaking more DYNAMIC! (VIP stands for “Very Important Pronunciation”).
POWER WORDS are the words which create the ‘BIGGEST IMPACT’ the ‘BIGGEST EFFECT’ on the LISTENER, when speaking.
VOCAL FRY (sometimes called creaky voice) is a vocal sound used a lot by young adult women who speak American English, college-age female Americans. It’s a vocal pattern of low, creaky vibrations, a scratchy sound – it makes the voice sound more edgy, more urban, more cool!
In Ariana Grande’s accent, you can hear many examples of ‘Vocal Fry’ when she’s speaking in the following YouTube video:
For example, when she says: “I don’t have words, gonna cry myself to sleep!” (at 1 Minute 27 Seconds):
Ariana Grande’s Accent: Vocal Fry – ariana grande speaking voice evolution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxbbjJXebIQ
Ariana Grande uses special speaking techniques in her accent, such as ‘VIP Words’, ‘Power Words’ and ‘Vocal Fry’.
Would you like to learn the same speaking techniques that Ariana Grande uses in her accent?
Would you like to learn how to use ‘VIP Words’, ‘Power Words’ and ‘Vocal Fry’?
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Vocal Fry Register – Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocal_fry_register
Creaky Voice – Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creaky_voice
Ariana Grande – Wikipedia:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariana_Grande
Ariana Grande – Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com › arianagrande
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