What is a break?

In music is a break of Cry vocal technique, which often suggests sadness or emotional anxiety. In the middle of the note, the singer cuts off the note and then restores it and creates a short gap. The similarity between this gap and the sob gives him the name "Cry Break". Cry break can be either a distinctive sole sound or a small curtain in the middle of a note.

In American Music, Cry Break is a common feature of the country and western music. It is mainly associated with the work of the legendary rural singer Hank Williams. Many rural songs focus on the topics of loneliness and breaking the heart; Williams and other rural singers used a CRY break to mediate this emotion, suggesting that they were so confused by grief that they had to stop in the middle of the note to sobbing. The most famous example of this technique in country music is probably Williams' hit from 1949 "I'm so lonely that I could cry" in which Cry breaks the puncture of the "O" in "Lonesome".

Other voice techniques complement the use of a stopKy in the land of singing. The note after the break may be higher than the original note, indicating that the singer's voice has broken. The singer can also add Vibrato or Tremolo notes, which quickly pulsates to indicate shaking breathing associated with crying. These techniques increase the story of the song, suggesting that the singer really experiences the emotions described in the lyric. Instrumental sounds play a similar role and guitars cause the sound of crying.

This technique is so closely linked to the ground and western music in the United States that it is part of the common cultural stereotype of the Country singer. The extensive use of this technique and other forms of voice color of rural singers gave the genre an easily identifiable sound that is sometimes parodied in other forms of music. This stereotype goes-in-hand with an extended association between country music and songs about tragedy.

Cry break appears in addition to American country music in other forms of music. It is, for example, the feature of traditional Mexican singing as well as many DAlšeho forms of singing, in which voice technology is used to express intense emotions. It also occurs in traditional music in the South Pacific, where it is one of the many techniques used in ritual dialects. Ritual mourning in some indigenous tribes in South America also use CRY break to give the impression of crying.