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Rarea cappella
The correct spelling is a cappella.
How to pronounce a cappella
/ˌæ.kæˈpɛl.ə/
nounIPA: /ˌæ.kæˈpɛl.ə/
Say it like: A c-app-ell-a
The correct spelling is a cappella. A vocal performance with no instrumental accompaniment. For example: "An a cappella group sang during the wedding reception."
Usage Examples
“An a cappella group sang during the wedding reception.”
“Groups of teens singing a cappella on street corners got recording contracts.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A vocal performance with no instrumental accompaniment.
adjective
- 1.Singing solely or mainly without instrumental accompaniment.
- 2.Related to a form of purely vocal music mostly associated with American college performance groups.
- 3.Alla breve.
adverb
- 1.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.
- 2.In alla breve time.
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