ADJECTIVE
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sung without instrumental accompaniment
they sang an a cappella Mass
ADVERB
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without musical accompaniment
they performed a cappella
How To Use a capella In A Sentence
- Accompanied by an ensemble, Musica Fiata, incorporating specialist period instruments such as chalumeau, arciliuto and violino in tromba marina, La Capella Ducale deliver the psalms with joy, some of the ornamentation is so detailed it sounds like laughter. The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
- Lyndsey Turner's punchy production intercuts scenes with a capella versions of hip-hop, rock and grime numbers, arranged by the musical director James Fortune. Posh; The Empire; Hair
- A series of enervating campus visits is marked by interchangeably chirpy undergraduate tour guides united by their ability to walk backward while extolling the school's a capella groups and reassuring parents about the high priority placed on security. A Craving for Acceptance
- Destiny's Wild even went so far as to gripe that Neapolitan had stolen their idea of singing the song a Capella, which is hardly a novel concept. IGN TV
- Singing a capella is characteristic of Orthodox Christian hymnography.
- Rock-pool rambles, an a capella singing workshop and bushcraft are on the agenda. Times, Sunday Times
- The Ordinary of the Mass will be sung in polyphony a capella with the proper of the Mass Introduxit vos in Gregorian. Announcement from St. Colman's Society and Your Announcements
- He had this a capella, '60s thing about him, and he obviously connected with my voice because he heard some of that doo-wop still in my voice. Mike Ragogna: Beyond Dirty Dancing & Semisonic : Conversations with Dan Wilson and Franke Previte
- It certainly helps that the a capella original track presented a kind of tabula rasa for other artists, but I'd think no one would have bothered to re-mix this song if the original work weren't so compelling. Expecting Rain
- “Amelia” has an expressive score interwoven with moments of seeming simplicity: hymn tunes, a capella ensembles, and brief instrumental solos rising from the pit, all divided into scenes with orchestral intermezzi. "Amelia" at the Seattle Opera