A capella
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∙ 2011-06-13 22:34:24motet
A duet.
A hymn
A solo song or acapella
It's in Latin.
a cappella
Acapella
A capella is when a song is sung without accompaniment.
Music that consists of melody only, without harmony or accompaniment, usually sung.
Acapella is music sung without accompaniment. Spoken word is verse (poetry, etc.) spoken without music.
You may be thinking of the term 'a cappella'. It refers to music that is sung by voices without accompaniment on instruments of any kind. It comes from Cappella Sistina, the pope's chapel in Rome, where this was the only way liturgical music was performed.
Opera is a play to be sung by one or more persons with instrumental accompaniment and acted in costume. Therefore 'opera music' is the accompaniment.
Accapella is when voices sing without instrumental accompaniment.
melody sung without accompaniment
A song sung by only one singer, with or without instrumental accompaniment, is called a solo. A song sung by one or more singers without instrumental accompaniment is called a cappella.
Where a piece of music is built around a melody which is sung or played on a solo instrument, other instruments which supply harmonic and rhythmic support are called the accompaniment.
Opera music is an accompaniment, excepting for overtures or such like, to a play to be sung by one or more persons and acted in costume.