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Sung without instruments
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a cappella
Word definitions for a cappella in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A cappella is an adjective that means "unaccompanied singing." A cappella may also refer to:
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
A cappella \A cap*pel"la\ [It. See Chapel .] (Mus.) 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 ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ an a cappella group
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 (context music English) singing solely or mainly without instrumental accompaniment.(First attested in the late 19th century.) 2 (context obsolete music English) alla breve. adv. 1 (context music English) In a manner of a choir with no instrumental ...
Usage examples of a cappella.
He sang a cappella but could fill the great hall and the rooms beyond with his amazing four-octave voice so fully that listeners had to look at him often just to make sure that no choir stood behind him.
The night before, he had been entertained by a local a cappella group that had come to the house to perform, and he relayed the story excitedly, as if the Ink Spots themselves had dropped by for a visit.
He dreamed of conducting a service in that cathedral, of Brother Chaunticleer's a cappella gift to the brother gods, Oghma and Deneir, the talented tenor's voice echoing about the graceful walls like the songs of the heavens themselves.
She began to sing, a cappella, in a pure, strong, beautiful voice.
We all gasped like the a cappella choir at the Voice of the Almighty Lord Assembly Hall.