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 cappella In A Sentence
- Afterwards, all three put on a jaw-dropping a cappella gospel medley that left everyone's spine tingling with pleasure.
- Melancholic melody, harmony, subtle dissonance, throat vibrato and asymmetric rhythms make up their choral, ‘a cappella’ style.
- For, though it may appear on the surface to be a specialist disc, of somewhat recherché material, it cannot fail to delight anyone who loves the sound of a cappella singing at its finest.
- From the late 1580s onwards, the ‘craze’ for the madrigal, scored for a cappella voices or accompanied by one or more lutes, almost exactly mirrored the contemporary enthusiasm for the sonnet.
- Stewart introduces the great Tony Bennett, who sings "America" a cappella, which is pretty extraordinary, gotta say. How it unfolded: 'Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear'
- they performed a cappella
- Se si dà quell'inno ad un maestro di cappella per metterlo in musica concertata ed in _battuta sensibile_, verrà subito distrutto il _ritmo_, e se la cantilena della cappella pontif. si scrive in battuta, si vedranno cadere nel _battere_ alcune sillabe brevi, senza pregiudizio della loro quantità". The Ceremonies of the Holy-Week at Rome
- They sing a cappella, circling the pews as congregants trickle in and join the singing.
- Last year the label debuted with a collection of a cappella singing by Kentucky coal miner Chicago Reader
- Each group includes different combinations of instruments; a newly formed a cappella vocal jazz ensemble will also be featured.