"a cappella"
Definition:
- In church or chapel style; -- said of compositions sung in the old church style, without instrumental accompaniment; as, a mass a capella, i. e., a mass purely vocal.
- A time indication, equivalent to alla breve.
Web Definitions for a cappella
- sung without instrumental accompaniment.
www.ket.org/artstoolkit/music/glossary.htm - Singing without music.
www.jacirae.com/a_glossary_music_industry_terms_jaci_rae.html - (ah ka-PELL-ah; Lat.) Originally unaccompanied music sung "in the chapel." Term now applies to choral music without instrumental accompaniment.
www.li.suu.edu/library/humtxt/glossary/glossary.htm - (lit. "in the church style") a vocal work unaccompanied by instruments. Occasionally percussion is used without disturbing the ...
www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/traditional-music/ency/a1.htm - The term is pronounced "ah kah-PEH-lah." The literal translation is "as in church." What it means (and has meant for centuries) is to sing without instrumental accompaniment. It was customary to have unaccompanied singing in many European churches.
theclassicalstation.org/terminology/glossary.shtml - term referring to music that is sung without instrumental accompaniment (unaccompanied vocal music)
www.cbasyracuse.org/musicpage/page0037.htm - Music without instrumental accompaniment; popular in South Africa.
jchs.usd475.org/garveyj/africa.htm - Choral music generally without accompaniment; literally - in the style of the chapel
cablemodem.fibertel.com.ar/consultoresasociados/dal/syntheway/musical_terminology.htm - without musical accompaniment; "they performed a cappella"
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn - A cappella (Italian: “at the chapel” or Latin: "From the chapel/choir") music is vocal music or singing without instrumental accompaniment, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A cappella - A Cappella is a 1985 album by Todd Rundgren. The album is one of Rundgren's most unusual in that every sound is the product of the artist's voice. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A Cappella (album) - Unaccompanied vocal music
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