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singing
(mass) | singing
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singing
(encz) | singing,zpěv n: Zdeněk Brož |
singing
(encz) | singing,zpívá v: Zdeněk Brož |
singing
(encz) | singing,zpívající adj: Zdeněk Brož |
singing
(encz) | singing,zpívání n: Zdeněk Brož |
Singing
(gcide) | Sing \Sing\ (s[i^]ng), v. i. [imp. Sungor Sang; p. p.
Sung; p. pr. & vb. n. Singing.] [AS. singan; akin to D.
zingen, OS. & OHG. singan, G. singen, Icel. syngja, Sw.
sjunga, Dan. synge, Goth. siggwan, and perhaps to E. say,
v.t., or cf. Gr. ??? voice. Cf. Singe, Song.]
1. To utter sounds with musical inflections or melodious
modulations of voice, as fancy may dictate, or according
to the notes of a song or tune, or of a given part (as
alto, tenor, etc.) in a chorus or concerted piece.
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The noise of them that sing do I hear. --Ex. xxxii.
18.
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2. To utter sweet melodious sounds, as birds do.
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On every bough the briddes heard I sing. --Chaucer.
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Singing birds, in silver cages hung. --Dryden.
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3. To make a small, shrill sound; as, the air sings in
passing through a crevice.
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O'er his head the flying spear
Sang innocent, and spent its force in air. --Pope.
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4. To tell or relate something in numbers or verse; to
celebrate something in poetry. --Milton.
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Bid her . . . sing
Of human hope by cross event destroyed. --Prior.
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5. To cry out; to complain. [Obs.]
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They should sing if thet they were bent. --Chaucer.
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Singing
(gcide) | Singing \Sing"ing\,
a. & n. from Sing, v.
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Singing bird. (Zool.)
(a) Popularly, any bird that sings; a song bird.
(b) Specifically, any one of the Oscines.
Singing book, a book containing music for singing; a book
of tunes.
Singing falcon or Singing hawk. (Zool.) See {Chanting
falcon}, under Chanting.
Singing fish (Zool.), a California toadfish ({Porichthys
porosissimus}), called also midshipman; -- so called
because it produces a buzzing sound with its air bladder.
Singing flame (Acoustics), a flame, as of hydrogen or coal
gas, burning within a tube and so adjusted as to set the
air within the tube in vibration, causing sound. The
apparatus is called also chemical harmonicon.
Singing master, a man who teaches vocal music.
Singing school, a school in which persons are instructed in
singing.
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singing
(wn) | singing
adj 1: smooth and flowing [syn: cantabile, singing]
n 1: the act of singing vocal music [syn: singing,
vocalizing]
2: disclosing information or giving evidence about another [syn:
tattle, singing, telling] |
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a capella singing
(encz) | a capella singing,zpěv bez kapely n: znamená zpěv bez doprovodné
hudby luni |
a cappella singing
(encz) | a cappella singing,zpěv bez kapely n: znamená zpěv bez doprovodné
hudby luni |
carol-singing
(encz) | carol-singing, |
folksinging
(encz) | folksinging, |
gospel singing
(encz) | gospel singing, n: |
part-singing
(encz) | part-singing, n: |
scat singing
(encz) | scat singing, n: |
singing voice
(encz) | singing voice, n: |
singingly
(encz) | singingly, |
two-part singing
(encz) | two-part singing,dvojhlas n: Pino |
Part singing
(gcide) | Part \Part\ (p[aum]rt), n. [F. part, L. pars, gen. partis; cf.
parere to bring forth, produce. Cf. Parent, Depart,
Parcel, Partner, Party, Portion.]
1. One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything
is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a
whole; a number, quantity, mass, or the like, regarded
as going to make up, with others, a larger number,
quantity, mass, etc., whether actually separate or not; a
piece; a fragment; a fraction; a division; a member; a
constituent.
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And kept back part of the price, . . . and brought a
certain part and laid it at the apostles'feet.
--Acts v. 2.
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Our ideas of extension and number -- do they not
contain a secret relation of the parts ? --Locke.
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I am a part of all that I have met. --Tennyson.
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2. Hence, specifically:
(a) An equal constituent portion; one of several or many
like quantities, numbers, etc., into which anything is
divided, or of which it is composed; proportional
division or ingredient.
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An homer is the tenth part of an ephah. --Ex.
xvi. 36.
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A thought which, quartered, hath but one part
wisdom,
And ever three parts coward. --Shak.
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(b) A constituent portion of a living or spiritual whole;
a member; an organ; an essential element.
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All the parts were formed . . . into one
harmonious body. --Locke.
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The pulse, the glow of every part. --Keble.
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(c) A constituent of character or capacity; quality;
faculty; talent; -- usually in the plural with a
collective sense. "Men of considerable parts."
--Burke. "Great quickness of parts." --Macaulay.
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Which maintained so politic a state of evil,
that they will not admit any good part to
intermingle with them. --Shak.
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(d) Quarter; region; district; -- usually in the plural.
"The uttermost part of the heaven." --Neh. i. 9.
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All parts resound with tumults, plaints, and
fears. --Dryden.
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(e) (Math.) Such portion of any quantity, as when taken a
certain number of times, will exactly make that
quantity; as, 3 is a part of 12; -- the opposite of
multiple. Also, a line or other element of a
geometrical figure.
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3. That which belongs to one, or which is assumed by one, or
which falls to one, in a division or apportionment; share;
portion; lot; interest; concern; duty; office.
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We have no part in David. --2 Sam. xx.
1.
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Accuse not Nature! she hath done her part;
Do thou but thine. --Milton.
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Let me bear
My part of danger with an equal share. --Dryden.
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4. Hence, specifically:
(a) One of the opposing parties or sides in a conflict or
a controversy; a faction.
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For he that is not against us is on our part.
--Mark ix. 40.
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Make whole kingdoms take her brother's part.
--Waller.
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(b) A particular character in a drama or a play; an
assumed personification; also, the language, actions,
and influence of a character or an actor in a play;
or, figuratively, in real life; as, to play the part
of Macbeth. See To act a part, under Act.
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That part
Was aptly fitted and naturally performed.
--Shak.
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It was a brute part of him to kill so capital a
calf. --Shak.
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Honor and shame from no condition rise;
Act well your part, there all the honor lies.
--Pope.
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(c) (Mus.) One of the different melodies of a concerted
composition, which heard in union compose its harmony;
also, the music for each voice or instrument; as, the
treble, tenor, or bass part; the violin part, etc.
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For my part, so far as concerns me; for my share.
For the most part. See under Most, a.
In good part, as well done; favorably; acceptably; in a
friendly manner; as, to take an act in good part.
--Hooker.
In ill part, unfavorably; with displeasure.
In part, in some degree; partly.
Part and parcel, an essential or constituent portion; -- a
reduplicative phrase. Cf. might and main, {kith and
kin}, etc. "She was . . . part and parcel of the race and
place." --Howitt.
Part of speech (Gram.), a sort or class of words of a
particular character; thus, the noun is a part of speech
denoting the name of a thing; the verb is a part of speech
which asserts something of the subject of a sentence.
Part owner (Law), one of several owners or tenants in
common. See Joint tenant, under Joint.
Part singing, singing in which two or more of the harmonic
parts are taken.
Part song, a song in two or more (commonly four) distinct
vocal parts. "A part song differs from a madrigal in its
exclusion of contrapuntual devices; from a glee, in its
being sung by many voices, instead of by one only, to each
part." --Stainer & Barrett.
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Syn: Portion; section; division; fraction; fragment; piece;
share; constituent. See Portion, and Section.
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Singing
(gcide) | Sing \Sing\ (s[i^]ng), v. i. [imp. Sungor Sang; p. p.
Sung; p. pr. & vb. n. Singing.] [AS. singan; akin to D.
zingen, OS. & OHG. singan, G. singen, Icel. syngja, Sw.
sjunga, Dan. synge, Goth. siggwan, and perhaps to E. say,
v.t., or cf. Gr. ??? voice. Cf. Singe, Song.]
1. To utter sounds with musical inflections or melodious
modulations of voice, as fancy may dictate, or according
to the notes of a song or tune, or of a given part (as
alto, tenor, etc.) in a chorus or concerted piece.
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The noise of them that sing do I hear. --Ex. xxxii.
18.
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2. To utter sweet melodious sounds, as birds do.
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On every bough the briddes heard I sing. --Chaucer.
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Singing birds, in silver cages hung. --Dryden.
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3. To make a small, shrill sound; as, the air sings in
passing through a crevice.
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O'er his head the flying spear
Sang innocent, and spent its force in air. --Pope.
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4. To tell or relate something in numbers or verse; to
celebrate something in poetry. --Milton.
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Bid her . . . sing
Of human hope by cross event destroyed. --Prior.
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5. To cry out; to complain. [Obs.]
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They should sing if thet they were bent. --Chaucer.
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a. & n. from Sing, v.
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Singing bird. (Zool.)
(a) Popularly, any bird that sings; a song bird.
(b) Specifically, any one of the Oscines.
Singing book, a book containing music for singing; a book
of tunes.
Singing falcon or Singing hawk. (Zool.) See {Chanting
falcon}, under Chanting.
Singing fish (Zool.), a California toadfish ({Porichthys
porosissimus}), called also midshipman; -- so called
because it produces a buzzing sound with its air bladder.
Singing flame (Acoustics), a flame, as of hydrogen or coal
gas, burning within a tube and so adjusted as to set the
air within the tube in vibration, causing sound. The
apparatus is called also chemical harmonicon.
Singing master, a man who teaches vocal music.
Singing school, a school in which persons are instructed in
singing.
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Singing bird
(gcide) | Singing \Sing"ing\,
a. & n. from Sing, v.
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Singing bird. (Zool.)
(a) Popularly, any bird that sings; a song bird.
(b) Specifically, any one of the Oscines.
Singing book, a book containing music for singing; a book
of tunes.
Singing falcon or Singing hawk. (Zool.) See {Chanting
falcon}, under Chanting.
Singing fish (Zool.), a California toadfish ({Porichthys
porosissimus}), called also midshipman; -- so called
because it produces a buzzing sound with its air bladder.
Singing flame (Acoustics), a flame, as of hydrogen or coal
gas, burning within a tube and so adjusted as to set the
air within the tube in vibration, causing sound. The
apparatus is called also chemical harmonicon.
Singing master, a man who teaches vocal music.
Singing school, a school in which persons are instructed in
singing.
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Singing book
(gcide) | Singing \Sing"ing\,
a. & n. from Sing, v.
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Singing bird. (Zool.)
(a) Popularly, any bird that sings; a song bird.
(b) Specifically, any one of the Oscines.
Singing book, a book containing music for singing; a book
of tunes.
Singing falcon or Singing hawk. (Zool.) See {Chanting
falcon}, under Chanting.
Singing fish (Zool.), a California toadfish ({Porichthys
porosissimus}), called also midshipman; -- so called
because it produces a buzzing sound with its air bladder.
Singing flame (Acoustics), a flame, as of hydrogen or coal
gas, burning within a tube and so adjusted as to set the
air within the tube in vibration, causing sound. The
apparatus is called also chemical harmonicon.
Singing master, a man who teaches vocal music.
Singing school, a school in which persons are instructed in
singing.
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Singing falcon
(gcide) | Singing \Sing"ing\,
a. & n. from Sing, v.
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Singing bird. (Zool.)
(a) Popularly, any bird that sings; a song bird.
(b) Specifically, any one of the Oscines.
Singing book, a book containing music for singing; a book
of tunes.
Singing falcon or Singing hawk. (Zool.) See {Chanting
falcon}, under Chanting.
Singing fish (Zool.), a California toadfish ({Porichthys
porosissimus}), called also midshipman; -- so called
because it produces a buzzing sound with its air bladder.
Singing flame (Acoustics), a flame, as of hydrogen or coal
gas, burning within a tube and so adjusted as to set the
air within the tube in vibration, causing sound. The
apparatus is called also chemical harmonicon.
Singing master, a man who teaches vocal music.
Singing school, a school in which persons are instructed in
singing.
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Singing fish
(gcide) | Singing \Sing"ing\,
a. & n. from Sing, v.
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Singing bird. (Zool.)
(a) Popularly, any bird that sings; a song bird.
(b) Specifically, any one of the Oscines.
Singing book, a book containing music for singing; a book
of tunes.
Singing falcon or Singing hawk. (Zool.) See {Chanting
falcon}, under Chanting.
Singing fish (Zool.), a California toadfish ({Porichthys
porosissimus}), called also midshipman; -- so called
because it produces a buzzing sound with its air bladder.
Singing flame (Acoustics), a flame, as of hydrogen or coal
gas, burning within a tube and so adjusted as to set the
air within the tube in vibration, causing sound. The
apparatus is called also chemical harmonicon.
Singing master, a man who teaches vocal music.
Singing school, a school in which persons are instructed in
singing.
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Singing flame
(gcide) | Singing \Sing"ing\,
a. & n. from Sing, v.
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Singing bird. (Zool.)
(a) Popularly, any bird that sings; a song bird.
(b) Specifically, any one of the Oscines.
Singing book, a book containing music for singing; a book
of tunes.
Singing falcon or Singing hawk. (Zool.) See {Chanting
falcon}, under Chanting.
Singing fish (Zool.), a California toadfish ({Porichthys
porosissimus}), called also midshipman; -- so called
because it produces a buzzing sound with its air bladder.
Singing flame (Acoustics), a flame, as of hydrogen or coal
gas, burning within a tube and so adjusted as to set the
air within the tube in vibration, causing sound. The
apparatus is called also chemical harmonicon.
Singing master, a man who teaches vocal music.
Singing school, a school in which persons are instructed in
singing.
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Singing hawk
(gcide) | Singing \Sing"ing\,
a. & n. from Sing, v.
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Singing bird. (Zool.)
(a) Popularly, any bird that sings; a song bird.
(b) Specifically, any one of the Oscines.
Singing book, a book containing music for singing; a book
of tunes.
Singing falcon or Singing hawk. (Zool.) See {Chanting
falcon}, under Chanting.
Singing fish (Zool.), a California toadfish ({Porichthys
porosissimus}), called also midshipman; -- so called
because it produces a buzzing sound with its air bladder.
Singing flame (Acoustics), a flame, as of hydrogen or coal
gas, burning within a tube and so adjusted as to set the
air within the tube in vibration, causing sound. The
apparatus is called also chemical harmonicon.
Singing master, a man who teaches vocal music.
Singing school, a school in which persons are instructed in
singing.
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Singing master
(gcide) | Singing \Sing"ing\,
a. & n. from Sing, v.
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Singing bird. (Zool.)
(a) Popularly, any bird that sings; a song bird.
(b) Specifically, any one of the Oscines.
Singing book, a book containing music for singing; a book
of tunes.
Singing falcon or Singing hawk. (Zool.) See {Chanting
falcon}, under Chanting.
Singing fish (Zool.), a California toadfish ({Porichthys
porosissimus}), called also midshipman; -- so called
because it produces a buzzing sound with its air bladder.
Singing flame (Acoustics), a flame, as of hydrogen or coal
gas, burning within a tube and so adjusted as to set the
air within the tube in vibration, causing sound. The
apparatus is called also chemical harmonicon.
Singing master, a man who teaches vocal music.
Singing school, a school in which persons are instructed in
singing.
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Singing school
(gcide) | Singing \Sing"ing\,
a. & n. from Sing, v.
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Singing bird. (Zool.)
(a) Popularly, any bird that sings; a song bird.
(b) Specifically, any one of the Oscines.
Singing book, a book containing music for singing; a book
of tunes.
Singing falcon or Singing hawk. (Zool.) See {Chanting
falcon}, under Chanting.
Singing fish (Zool.), a California toadfish ({Porichthys
porosissimus}), called also midshipman; -- so called
because it produces a buzzing sound with its air bladder.
Singing flame (Acoustics), a flame, as of hydrogen or coal
gas, burning within a tube and so adjusted as to set the
air within the tube in vibration, causing sound. The
apparatus is called also chemical harmonicon.
Singing master, a man who teaches vocal music.
Singing school, a school in which persons are instructed in
singing.
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singingfish
(gcide) | Midshipman \Mid"ship`man\, n.; pl. Midshipmen.
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1.
(a) Formerly, a kind of naval cadet, in a ship of war,
whose business was to carry orders, messages, reports,
etc., between the officers of the quarter-deck and
those of the forecastle, and render other services as
required.
(b) In the English naval service, the second rank attained
by a combatant officer after a term of service as
naval cadet. Having served three and a half years in
this rank, and passed an examination, he is eligible
to promotion to the rank of lieutenant.
(c) In the United States navy, the lowest grade of
officers in line of promotion, being students or
graduates of the Naval Academy awaiting promotion to
the rank of ensign.
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2. (Zool.) An American marine fish of the genus Porichthys,
allied to the toadfish; also called singingfish.
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Cadet midshipman, formerly a title distinguishing a cadet
line officer from a cadet engineer at the U. S. Naval
Academy. See under Cadet.
Cadet midshipman, formerly, a naval cadet who had served
his time, passed his examinations, and was awaiting
promotion; -- now called, in the United States,
midshipman; in England, sublieutenant.
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Singingly
(gcide) | Singingly \Sing"ing*ly\, adv.
With sounds like singing; with a kind of tune; in a singing
tone. --G. North (1575).
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a capella singing
(wn) | a capella singing
n 1: singing without instrumental accompaniment [syn: {a
cappella singing}, a capella singing] |
a cappella singing
(wn) | a cappella singing
n 1: singing without instrumental accompaniment [syn: {a
cappella singing}, a capella singing] |
gospel singing
(wn) | gospel singing
n 1: folk music consisting of a genre of a cappella music
originating with Black slaves in the United States and
featuring call and response; influential on the development
of other genres of popular music (especially soul) [syn:
gospel, gospel singing] |
part-singing
(wn) | part-singing
n 1: singing with three or more voice parts |
scat singing
(wn) | scat singing
n 1: singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for
the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical
instrument [syn: scat, scat singing] |
singing voice
(wn) | singing voice
n 1: the musical quality of the voice while singing |
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