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a cappella • \ah-kuh-PEL-uh\ • adverb or adjective. : without instrumental accompaniment. Examples: The audience quieted when the singer walked out and began singing a cappella. "…

Although a cappella is technically defined as singing without instrumental accompaniment, some groups use their voices to emulate instruments; others are more traditional and focus on harmonizing.

: not uttered by the voice. nonvocal communication. b. : not relating to, composed or arranged for, or sung by the human voice. nonvocal music recordings.

sung without instrumental accompaniment. solo. composed or performed by a single voice or instrument. Antonyms: accompanied, attended. playing or singing with instrumental or vocal accompaniment.

philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche As German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche said, “Without music, life would be a mistake.”

Atonal refers to a type of music as well as a how composers treat harmony. Atonal music is any music that does not have a tonal center. Atonal music does not have a key, or a hierarchy of notes. Atonal music is meant to sound random and unharmonious compared to tonal music.

Music would not exist without sound. Everything musical is made from sound. And yet, the reverse is not true - there are many sounds which are not musical. Clearly there is a difference between musical sounds, and non-musical sounds.

Acapella means singing without the accompaniment of instruments or a backing track and it can be performed either as part of a group or on your own. It is a form of music that does not involve any instruments. Instead, the sound of the singers provides all the musical instruments that are needed.

Scat singing is a type of voice instrumental music. A scat is vocalized using wordless vocables and syllables (e.g. "bippity-bippity-doo-wop-razzamatazz-skoobie-doobie-shoobity-bee-bop-a-lula-shabazz") as employed by jazz singers.

a cappella Music without any non-vocal instrumental accompaniment is referred to as a cappella.

A cappella - One or more vocalists performing without an accompaniment.

Accompaniment is the musical part which provides the rhythmic and/or harmonic support for the melody or main themes of a song or instrumental piece.