a cappella

How To Use a cappella In A Sentence

• Melancholic melody, harmony, subtle dissonance, throat vibrato and asymmetric rhythms make up their choral, ‘a cappella’ style.
• From barbershop quartets to gospel close-harmony groups to doo-wop to the kooky a cappella experiments, vocals-only pop music has a long history.
• Tour: Rockapella rolls through Korea CONCERT Rockapella: This five-man group, which performs a cappella but with a vocal "percussionist," got its break at home in the U.S. from TV ads for coffee and the theme song to a popular TV show for kids. Time Off
• The music promises to be superb:James MacMillan has been commissioned to write two pieces: one for choir, organ, brass and timps, the other for choir a cappella. Archive 2009-05-01
• Music will include funky techno, a cappella singers, dance floor jazz, and chilled house.
• Pärt has written many a cappella works for several voices or chorus, and this new one, apart from its concision, is typical.
• Suddenly, a cappella is the hot new thing on campus. The Best Of College A Cappella (WATCH)
• The songs do have some vocal basslines, nonsense syllables, and a cappella passages, but the harmonies rarely evoke '50s or early '60s doo-wop.
• In the course of a single song, he can go from soaring a cappella vocals to Bobby McFerrin-esque vocal ticks to gutbucket blues.
• Words are clear, and the hymns, presented in their entirety, are imaginatively varied in terms of solo, a cappella, sectional and tutti singing.