3syllables
a cappella
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Definitions ofa cappella
1noun
- A vocal performance with no instrumental accompaniment.
1adjective
- Singing solely or mainly without instrumental accompaniment.
Example: "An a cappella group sang during the wedding reception."
- Related to a form of purely vocal music mostly associated with American college performance groups.
- Alla breve.
1adverb
- 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.
Example: "Groups of teens singing a cappella on street corners got recording contracts."
- In alla breve time.
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