How To Use Vocal In A Sentence

In their summary, they state that this ape's vocal organ is not capable of producing delicately modulated or controlled sounds.
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
We the Muslims unequivocally condemn abuse of the phrase Allahu Akbar and call on the imams and the scholars to recondition appropriate use of the phrase. Mike Ghouse: Allahu Akbar Is Abused
Carr's attitude is both more equivocal and less consistent.

A six-time Grammy nominee (talk about frustration), Elling has released six albums of audacious vocalese that trumpet his daring range and intellectualism.
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If one can speak of a vocal Achilles heel, then Miss Roocroft's is still her cloudy diction.
Wrapped in slick vocal layering and multi-tracked veneer, the disc is more upbeat than previous records and features an old-country twang.
But equivocalness hangs in the air - we're waiting for it to tip over.
November, Sony Music issued a track called quell rumours that some of Jackson's vocals on the album were "fake". The Guardian World News
This female chanteuse has soothing vocals that'll take you to sonic heights that you've never been to.
Some may balk at the frivolous approach to taking drugs, but few series are as vocal in their celebration of youthful individuality. Times, Sunday Times
The unequivocal monotheism of Islam served to unite all.
The best parts of Brian's talent are still here, as if this was the long-delayed sequel to Smile or something, as the close-cropped vocal harmonies, the thick arrangements, and his affecting, if quaky lead vocals are all here in force.
It is very good to have such a clear and unequivocal statement.
[I] read what I write out loud rather than just subvocalize it as I write. October « 2008 « Subs’ Standards
A focus on texts and their position in all kinds of Italian secular vocal music of the time leads to a rather wordy book not very easy to follow in its layout, especially when a music example precedes its reference.
At the meeting in Milan he received the unequivocal support of the board. Times, Sunday Times
He seemed to have something to prove, and this occasionally meant his guitar would drown out the vocals or prolong a tune.
By the 1960s, whites too had become avid fans of township jazz, which had sprouted into kwela's instrumental music and mbaqanga, a vocal jazz style.
The message was unequivocal and unanimous: far from it being over, we are at only the very beginning of this crisis. Times, Sunday Times
It was as impossible to be ambivalent about Diana as it is to be equivocal about going to war.
These largely acoustic songs reacquaint us with his tremulous, soulful vocals and cutting lyrical style.
The band has a strong emphasis on vocals and harmony with guitarists, concertina, keyboard, accordion and harmonica backing.
He had been diagnosed as cortically blind and virtually the only vocal sound he was capable of making was a ‘clicking’ in his throat.
This trio of young ones from Melbourne, Australia makes a primitive, minimalist form of noise rock (vocalist Jonnine Standish's percussion instrument is a single maraca and a floor tom). Boing Boing
Magos Herrera has evolved into a global-centric musician, capable of expressing herself in a multiplicity of languages, and vocal settings; from straight-ahead, ballads, scats, and the various dimensions and invention of Afro-Latin music. HW Pick: Magos Herrera, Luna Menguante Barluna «
Match your vocal chords to the best singing bird in the world, the Water Slagger.
He must send an unequivocal message about the behaviour he expects of bankers, the accountability of the boss and the values of the City. Times, Sunday Times
A spin on the foot-to-the-floor musical approach is provided by the soulful vocal of Lisa Kekaula - perhaps this is what sets this band apart from the average recyclers of pop history.
The vocals and production are spot on and this track has easily passed the test of time.
Senator Jim Webb, the Virginia Democrat, former Navy Secretary and once and forever Marine, said unequivocally today that he was not interested in serving as Senator Barack Obama's running mate.
People who are anti-declawing generally are not all that educated on the actual facts, because the anti-declaw community is incredibly vocal compared to the rest of us. Keep Your Cats From Destroying Your Furniture | Lifehacker Australia
The vocal writing ranges between straightforward singing, Sprechstimme, and speech, depending on the dramatic role that the music must play.
There is songwriter, lead vocalist, and flutist, Johnny Burkemeister, and his brother Arlo Burkemeister who plays a Gibson EDS-1275 double neck guitar. Albatross Antics
The extrinsic muscles of the larynx control the degree of tension on the vocal cords, and the intrinsic muscles regulate the glottis.
The best time of the year to census goatsuckers is early in the breeding season when birds are most vocal.
So many bands and vocalists are trapped in the covers universe.
The vocals soar over the mix adding to the epic feel of each track.
Think a big guitar sound, bouncing bass lines, Liberal dashes of Hammond organ, skyscraping harmonies and the most soulful vocal you're ever likely to hear on this Island and you're halfway there.
It's all very much of its time, and sounds a bit dated now, but Beats and Pieces holds up well, as does Find a Way (with excellent vocals by Queen Latifah).
These normally nuanced characters briefly became vessels for issue-based polemic rather than wry, subtle dialogue - and even to unequivocal admirers, this is a serious wobble.
I like how the vocals melodies integrate into the music.
Had the two vocal soloists shone the same way, the rating above could have been five stars. Times, Sunday Times
Those who invoke it are signalling an equivocal stance on slavery, at best, and thus are insulting all black people.
For example, 'Cardio' sits unequivocally at the top with the irrefutable disclaimer that the fatties were the first to go. Junk - Latest Happenings
At precisely that moment, some other mother, somewhere out in the universe, must have been having an out-of-body experience and decided to descend into my body to seize control of my vocal cords.
This of course applies only to the ‘pre-vocalic’ R which is normally realized as a ‘frictionless continuant’ by such speakers. The Oxford BBC Guide to Pronunciation | Linguism | Language Blog
The impulsive force of breath is the motive force of sound production when a person is singing; so it is the key link in vocal music training.
Patients may be unaware of vocal tics, but family members may find the incessant noises grating.
At times, she vocalizes sounds, trying in her best way to speak.
Being raised in a Lutheran tradition, my vocal writing is largely chorale style homophony contrasting with traditional contrapuntal textures.
The house captain had serious doubts about my acting ability and my vocal range. Seminary Boy
This had the interesting side effect of causing his vocal accomplice to fall temporarily silent.
Inside a rehearsal space at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center this week, a group of musicians including former múm vocalist Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir, an Icelandic string trio Gyda Valtýsdóttir, Borgar Magnason and Maria Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir and the Seattle-based Aono Jikken Ensemble were running through their cues and a new score by composer Matthew Patton. Worldwide Hospitalities
Yet such improvements to our education system will require relentless and vocal outcry from the parents whose children suffer most from the current state of our poorest and lowest-performing schools. Jalen Rose: Voter Education Equals Improving Our Educational System
She was a vocal opponent of the plan.
The comments have provoked outrage, with politicians in France and Germany vocal in condemning what they termed a distortion of the scientific evidence that risked putting many more lives at risk in sub-Saharan Africa, where millions are living with the disease. Top stories from Times Online
The vocal tone of the group was lovely but there was no oomph, no snap, no crackle and definitely no pop.
He's not one for vocal acrobatics or disguises. Times, Sunday Times
Musical backing is kept low key with touches of strings, brass and brooding electronica, never overshadowing Jane's fragile but emotive vocals.
Pentham charged forward like a runaway Rhino and, roared on by the vocal Thwaites fans, finished with a sublime dink over the keeper which defied a man of his size.
Rather, the essay should be read as a complexly equivocal attack on a whole ideology of theory as "non-sense," in which the bitingly direct sentence is designed to replace Continental wooliness. Archive 2008-11-01
So the idea that even one Planned Parenthood staffer (by definition … a “pro-choicer”) is perfectly okay with funding even one abortion, specifically to kill a black child — well, we are unilaterally and unequivocally against that. ProWomanProLife » On “moral hygiene”
The thundering guitars, melodic vocals and poetic lyrics seemed to transcend classification.
The first half of the concert moved from 16th century recorder music, through Mozart, vocal chamber music, on to rumbustious wind sea shanties and then a lively string quintet.
For his opening move — in which "Oh" would have been a feasible if less canonic alternative (fully licensed by the dictionary) — is a line that negotiates in process between the vocal base line of expressive oralilty, on the near hand, and, at expression's farthest reach, the vocative asymptote of natural communion with inanimate energy. Phonemanography: Romantic to Victorian
‘In the midst of all this,’ he writes of the era of Generation X and grunge rock, ‘satire alone could be safely, unequivocally embraced, because it acknowledged the sanctity of nothing at all.’
Rachel heard herself asking, never before considering that he would have had a previous obligation before vocalizing his commitment to her.
Her pleasing voice met the demands of the wide vocal range with assurance and expressive colour.
None can count on unequivocal support. Times, Sunday Times
This was a label that dominated musically as well as attracting and nurturing top-shelf vocal talent.
Today's preprocessed Nashville pop music with fiddles and steel guitars and twangy vocals, UNCOOL! Playing harsh with the field of music
With the _f_, the tone must be there already, _before_ I have pronounced it; to pass from the _f_ to the _r_ I must summon to my aid the auxiliary vowel _oo_, in order to prevent the formation of any unvocalized interstices in the sound. How to Sing [Meine Gesangskunst]
He has boosted his vocal power, widened his range and sounds more impressive than ever.
A proof may be messy, dreary, tedious, or look like a joke, but there must be an unequivocal criterion for its validity, even if accessible to but a few specialists.
Her workshop is designed to improve vocal stamina and the clarity of speech rather than get rid of our accent.
The aria, "Ombra leggier," is fairly lavish in its texture of vocal embroidery, and has always been a favorite number on the concert stage. The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers
The comic-characters can't speak vocally, only through speech-bubbles that have to be read.
This is strictly for those who love a heavy riff, vocal histrionics and want to practice air guitar. The Sun
Close by the stir of the great city, with all its fret and chafe and storm of life, in the desolate garden of that sombre house, and under the withering eyes of relentless Crime, revived the Arcady of old, -- the scene vocal to the reeds of idyllist and shepherd; and in the midst of the iron Tragedy, harmlessly and unconsciously arose the strain of the Pastoral Music. Lucretia — Complete
In this study, the phototactic behavior in the spheroidal, multicellular volvocine green alga Volvox rousseletii (Volvocales, Chlorophyta) was analyzed. BioMed Central - Latest articles
Nevertheless, visual debits were more than balanced out by vocal credits.
This finding bolsters the so-called gestural theory of language evolution, whose proponents argue that language evolved initially as a gesture system before becoming vocal.
Some of these arias were written in a virtuoso style, with rich vocal lines and complex instrumental accompaniment; others were cantabile, meaning simpler in style and intended mainly to highlight the feelings or thoughts of a character, with little ornamentation and the instrumentation kept in the background. Epinions Recent Content for Home
Ife" sampled dance traditions from West Africa and Cuba, with music that included Art Blakey's drumming and Cuban folk vocals. Dance review: Ronald K. Brown's Evidence at Harman Hall
In both species, the larger and the smaller, it is the male that sings, and the female that is unvocal. The History of Animals
Her vocals are mousy yet pretty (think Suzanne Vega, Julie Doiron), never overshadowing the delicate ambiance created by simple layers of loops and noodling.
Yet I know that many poets see a double-space as a framing device for how the work looks on the page, with no significance intended for how the poem sounds when read aloud or when vocalized internally. Sheryda Warrener reads Karen Solie
What is more surprising is that we still have an equivocal attitude to the English Baroque. Times, Sunday Times
In the 18th and 19th centuries the barcarole inspired a considerable number of vocal and instrumental compositions, ranging from opera arias to character pieces for piano.
Nevertheless her ‘Nightsong’, which incorporates and subtly updates a line from an Irish song, is very fine, as is the even more stark, shell-like vocal of ‘Psalm’.
I could input by subvocalising but I prefer a keyboard, and I could type on a virtual keyboard in the air but I prefer feedback, so keys appear on surfaces near my hands and I type on them.
Electronics were largely eschewed for acoustic strumming, vibes, banjo and plenty of ‘ba-ba-ba’ backing vocals.
He's a guest vocalist on a Sharon Robinson album in all but name, and that's a waste.
The end result is a hugely infectious upbeat floor-filler with hard knock drums and a new level of vocal from Craig. Femalefirst.co.uk - Celebrity Gossip + Lifestyle Magazine
Fans of her earlier work will be pleased to learn that her new songs retain her distinctive sultry vocal delivery. Times, Sunday Times
Well, the United States government has been a very vocal critic of the human rights situation in the country, but it's not just the United States government.
No complaints about his basic vocal quality: effortless, easy on the ear. Times, Sunday Times
Zebras communicate with vocalizations and body language.
The complex mental activities always remain in the training of vocal music performance.
We chose dingoes because they are more vocal than foxes.
Though she was a fine soloist with vocal training, she refused, pleading no experience in choral work. Christianity Today
Strident, assertive saddlebacks begin argumentative vocal duels, their staccato ‘Yak-yak - yak-yak’ in ever longer and louder volleys.
Yet it unequivocally states that the People "Shall not" (imperative) "coerce" the government, without defining what form such "coercion" takes. Please sign this open letter to Moveon.org et al re. petitions to topple The Thought Crimes Bill
They also unequivocally demonstrate that noticeable change can emerge on its own by summing up the steady unnoticeable work of incremental deletions of the unfit.
She blows me away with what she's doing vocally. The Sun
I Got Rhythm is a lively and entertaining production with an array of costume changes, live vocal performances and technically demanding dance.
the polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates
After a dramatic recitative which Genaux sings with some interesting vocal color, the aria is as light and as refreshing as a cool breeze.
They are the most vocal of the great apes. Times, Sunday Times
In 1988, Page released his solo debut, Outrider, which featured former Led Zeppelin vocalist Robert Plant and drummer Jason Bonham, the son of late Zeppelin drummer John Bonham. Five People Born on January 9 | myFiveBest
That monotony of form, those commonplace cadenzas, those endless bravura passages introduced at haphazard irrespective of the dramatic situation, that recurrent _crescendo_ that Rossini brought into vogue, are now an integral part of every composition; those vocal fireworks result in a sort of babbling, chattering, vaporous mucic, of which the sole merit depends on the greater or less fluency of the singer and his rapidity of vocalization. Gambara
Anyone who becomes too vocal in promoting its benefits risks triggering hostility and outright opposition. Bad Food Britain
A similar explanation has been proposed for other animal mimics that show evidence of vocal learning.
The vocals are shared alternately between the two singers; both sound like fragile pixies, trapped in a lyrical world of jealous lovers and murderous intent.
Method:DIOMED semiconductor laser is used to treat 39 patients with vocal cords leukoplakia. , selected laser output parameters included contact or no contact, continuous mode, 5W power.
A warm midrange is the appealing platform that supports Jim James's voice, one of the most alluring in rock, as MMJ delivers songs that incorporate elements of rock, folk, funk and, on the track "The Day Is Coming," a charming bit of old-school jazz-pop vocalizing. My Morning Jacket of Many Styles
Vocal Studies & Uprock Narratives eschews deep bass and braggadocio, working organic beats and polyrhythmic blasts with electronic effects.
Porgy must be one of the longest and most physically demanding roles in the repertory, and Alvy Powell meets the challenge eloquently despite occasional traces of vocal strain.
Few singers have Bellamy's energy or vocal range, and standouts here include Screenager and their anthem, Muscle Museum.
Palestinians in the diaspora risk losing "their entitlement to equal representation ... their ability to vocalise their views, to participate in matters of national governance, including the formation and political identity of the state, and to exercise the right of return. Palestinian state could leave millions of refugees with no voice at UN
Now that she's jumped to one of the most famous vocalists, she doesn't deign to visit her former friends.
His art continues to inspire responses ranging from unequivocal praise to outright condemnation.
Enhanced immune function was not equivocal in beef feedlot steers.
What he and others needed was a vocalist - raucous, untempered, impelling release and therefore relief - not a novelist onanistically stroking his phrases.
The vocal demands of these two worlds are vastly different. Times, Sunday Times
The American system gives voters a clear and unequivocal choice. The Sun
The last song is a vocally layered gem, featuring the organ in a far more restrained mood.
This album exposes him as an unremarkable singer, largely devoid of charisma or vocal prowess.
The attractive part of the vocal delivery is the tone, the snotty sneer with which nearly every line is delivered.
a number of voices, makes me sick, the whole design of vocall musick being lost by it. Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 58: October 1667
This starkly produced single combines a sultry female vocal with hypnotic electronics and shows Tricky at his subtle best. The Sun
This song rests on the talents of vocalist Nicole Jackson, a woman who weeped into Dannii Minogue's unforgiving bosom on the 2009 X Factor as she was tossed aside to make room for Rachel Adedeji. This week's new singles
These may have final postvocalic /r/ and a medial /r/ as trill or tap.
Always at his best out on the training field, he was said to become increasingly and untypically remote, and he left, after considerable vocal encouragement from Leeds fans, in 1980. Jimmy Adamson obituary
The synergistic blend of natural ingredients in the pastilles helps alleviate strain on the vocal chords and throat.
The FSVQ-CEC scheme is applied to an analysis-synthesis adaptive predictive speech encoding system so as to exploit the redundancy between vocal tract codevectors and excitational codevectors.
The delightful Finnish soprano is the first of a distinguished group of vocal recitalists at Brian McMaster's final festival, performing songs by Mozart, Sibelius, Schoenberg and Britten.
The vocals plateau at a whining croon throughout the most of the album.
The play their own unique style of melodic lo-fi indie rock, with flowing guitar lines, soft vocals and fat drums and bass.
Needless to say, I have a special place in my heart for onomatopoeias 1: the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (as buzz, hiss) 2: the use of words whose sound suggests the sense (thank you Merriam-Webster). Blog – syllable studio
But Wilson devoted just one track to the band and the other seven to vocals.
This applies to the stage also - in the moments that Dustin is doing vocals and synths, the rhythms that you hear are recordings of him playing drums.
Caron Wheeler's rich, husky vocal is perfect for the song's mellow soulfulness.
Her appoggiaturas and tuning are excellent, though the vocal assurance is not always quite there.
The theme park is particularly interested in studying vocalizations and visual communication with regard to reproduction.
Sellers translated his vocal mutability into a visual variety, applying wigs and fake noses, playing old men and women, and creating a new kind of stardom.
But in more rural areas where there is a less diverse mix of people, those afraid of difference become vocal and treat fellow humans badly.
Their melodramatic arrangements, cascading strings and faintly histrionic vocal performances reflected the films' camp excesses.
His dramatic vocal colorations leave no one in doubt that as Emperor of the Tartars he can command an army.
You sing all the male parts but you used female vocalists. The Sun
Although in other poems Leapor shows that labouring class women can be desperately unhappy in marriage, she is not unequivocal.
The lead singer has developed a slight raspiness to his usually clean vocals.
Odd noises, strange instruments, keening vocals; its tunes wind themselves around your heart like drifting smoke.
The new album incorporates vocal laments from Eastern Europe and a dirge-like hymn from a Croatian church congregation.
Marco Repola for the Wall Street Journal A cosplayer dressed up as the Vocaloid Kagamine Len gets help from a friend in getting his wig just right. Cosplayers Crowd Ani-Com
As before, the recording quality is as lo-fi as it gets, and each one of the twenty-three tracks features Lou on his guitar with only an occasional assist on backing vocals or music.
Encoded within the sense of loss of not being able wholly share my practice with her, was the realization that this was the process of discovering my own vocality.
These scores required singers with a beautifully produced, expressive sound and great vocal agility.
Well we have 3 songwriters and 3 vocalists so we have a few different styles.
But some people are more vocal than others. The Sun
Their gestures, facial expressions, and vocal intonations render them stereotypically gay or epicene.
With the increased growth of the thyroid and cricoid cartilage, the angulation of the vocal chords decreases, eliminating subglottic narrowing and subsequent airway obstruction associated with anesthesia in younger children.
It does this by filtering out sounds by frequency - usually around the normal vocal range of human voices.
The Prefuse recipe calls for chunky breakbeats generously peppered with piano, vocals, video game samples and other left-field sounds.
On the record and live, Jon's vocals are almost unintelligible through guitarist Jared Burke Eglington's extreme riffage.
His vocalness is of course nothing whatsoever to do with his financial interests in a company that is bidding for the ID contract of course. Ladyman prepares his post-Common career path?
The vocals are shared by two members of the band.
She is also very vocal with her opinions and this has sparked plenty of controversy.
Most people seem to take one of two general points of view on the quest that rockets represent: A vocal minority is certain that humanity will colonize space, just as Europeans colonized the New World.
And why the deafen silence of the normally vocal Republicans remain mute, with no loud attacks on everything the Media Imperial President has done, with no rhetorical shouting points repeated ad nauseum, just taking the high road with a few reasonable discussions over actual policy points? Matthew Yglesias » The Think Tank Arm of the Military-Industrial Complex
No man can live on sweetly sparkling guitars and creamy vocal harmonies alone. Times, Sunday Times
Even if I thought that I had some moral or good manners responsibility to use the label preferred by a strong majority of the group, I see no basis for accepting such a responsibility to use the label preferred by a vocal minority, or even half of thegroup. The Volokh Conspiracy » Another Word I Will Gladly Continue To Use:
Josh listened in awe as she sang the vocalise at the end.
His text unequivocally presents an elite perspective of non-elite individuals.
Why don't non-Narten stems outnumber Narten ones which have marked vocalic length? Where do Narten presents come from?
Mr. Frye perfected his impression by matching Nixon's vocal tones and modulations, by adopting a few of the president's catch phrases, such as "Let me make this perfectly clear," and by creating a few of his own, including "I am the president, and make no mistake about that. David Frye, mimic who used Nixon as object of satire, dies at 76
Expect instrumentals, funky numbers and some soulful jazz vocals from one Marie Harper.
Smith takes more vocal chances on Hill, giving us his bright falsetto often and almost without apology - almost.
The white-eyed greenlet is a vocalist of such extraordinary versatility and power that one feels almost guilty in speaking of him under the title which stands at the head of this paper. Birds in the Bush
An electronic onslaught, with an ominous melody and haunting vocals. The Sun
The relaxed instrumentation elevates the insightful vocals, creating a sound best described as progressive garage rock.
Above these there is a vocal line so free and continuous that the strictures imposed by the repetition of the bass are scarcely felt.
I took the exams over a four day period in a small conference room next to the department secretary's office (complete with daily noon-time vocals from the Hari Krishnas outside the window). Get the Best Education in the World, Absolutely Free!, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
Warrenpoint community needs to vocalise its hopes and expectations and make its voice heard.
TH is either sibilant as in thigh; or semivocal as in thee; both of which are simple sounds, and want two new characters. Note XV
The politician gave an equivocal answer.
Not surprisingly, the music is simply beautiful, filled with emotion-packed vocals, lush backing harmonies, and rich sonic textures.
Light, glittering synths work to counter his deep, gutsy vocal to amazing effect. The Sun
Little Eve is coming on nicely and is sitting up and gurgling and vocalising.
The former work is rather seductive, thanks in part to the coos of the vocalists and also because of the exotic tones of the marimbas, glockenspiels, and metallophone.
Perhaps I am not as much of an audiophile as you, but I had no trouble distinguishing guitars, drums, saxophone and vocals.
Reading is memorized with the aid of murmur, mouthing the words subvocally as one turns the text over in one's memory; both Quintilian and Martianus Capella stress how murmur accompanies meditation. Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro
I. Day, tall, and thin, and gaunt, with a hatchet face, who looked as if a squeak was his vocal limit, had Social life in old New Orleans : being recollections of my girlhood,
The album's real strengths lay in the exploratory solo songs, which blended old soul vocals, horns, guitars and super-tight drum chops into seamless concoctions that often had the feel of a real band.
The delicate layers of percussion, viola, double bass, trumpet and flugelhorn soothe and seduce the ears, but it's Williams' tender vocals that lull the listener into submission.
And in the duets, Rutter and Gavin were glorious; faced with such wonderful vocalism we could not help but be carried away and forget the work's rather dodgy dramaturgy.
They are conventional works only in the sense that they treat the voice vocally, if you will.

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