a cappella

/ˌæ.kæˈpɛl.ə/ · noun

Meaning

A vocal performance with no instrumental accompaniment.
Singing solely or mainly without instrumental accompaniment.
Related to a form of purely vocal music mostly associated with American college performance groups.
Alla breve.
In a manner of a choir with no instrumental accompaniment; literally, "in the style of the (Sistine) Chapel (in Rome)", such as a musical Mass done a cappella.
In alla breve time.

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Related words

nonaccompaniment(English)concert performance(English)instrumental(English)monophony(English)nonaccent(English)melodylessness(English)instrumentalness(English)atonality(English)

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