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Vocal music often has a sequence of sustained pitches that rise and fall, creating a melody, but some vocal styles use less distinct pitches, such as chants or a rhythmic speech-like delivery, such as rapping. As well, there are extended vocal techniques that may be used, such as screaming, growling, throat singing, or yodelling.
Articles relating to vocal music, a type of singing performed by one or more singers, either with instrumental accompaniment, or without instrumental accompaniment , in which singing provides the main focus of the piece.
Vocal music typically features sung words called lyrics, although there are notable examples of vocal music that are performed using non-linguistic syllables or noises, sometimes as musical onomatopoeia. A short piece of vocal music with lyrics is broadly termed a song, although, in classical music, terms such as aria are typically used.
She is also up for Record of the Year (“Espresso”), Album of the Year (Short n’ Sweet), Song of the Year (“Please Please Please”), Best New Artist, Best Pop Vocal Album (Short n’ Sweet ...
And the Grammy Award for best pop vocal album goes to... Sabrina Carpenter! Carpenter accepted the coveted prize for her album Short n' Sweet in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 2 at the 67th annual ...
Describing vocal sound is an inexact science largely because the human voice is a self-contained instrument. Since the vocal instrument is internal, the singer's ability to monitor the sound produced is complicated by the vibrations carried to the ear through the Eustachean (auditory) tube and the bony structures of the head and neck.
A part song, part-song or partsong is a form of choral music that consists of a secular (vs. ecclesiastical) song written or arranged for several vocal parts. Part songs are commonly sung by an SATB choir, but sometimes for an all-male or all-female ensemble.
Vocal harmony is a style of vocal music in which a consonant note or notes are simultaneously sung as a main melody in a predominantly homophonic texture. Vocal harmonies are used in many subgenres of European art music , including Classical choral music and opera and in the popular styles from many Western cultures ranging from folk songs and ...