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Music performed a cappella (/ ˌ ɑː k ə ˈ p ɛ l ə / AH kə-PEL-ə, UK also / ˌ æ k ə ˈ p ɛ l ə / AK ə-PEL-ə, Italian: [a kkapˈpɛlla]; [1] lit. ' in [the style of] the chapel '), less commonly spelled a capella in English, [2] is music performed by a singer or a singing group without instrumental accompaniment.
"How Will I Know" is a song recorded by American singer Whitney Houston for her self-titled debut studio album. It was released on November 22, 1985, by Arista Records as the album's third single . Written and composed by George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam , it was originally intended for pop singer Janet Jackson , who passed on it.
This category contains songs that are meant to be sung a cappella (without accompanying instrumentation). Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
List of musical chords Name Chord on C Sound # of p.c.-Forte # p.c. #s ... Approach chord; Chord names and symbols (popular music) Chromatic mediant; Common chord (music)
"Easy Lover" is a song performed by Philip Bailey of the band Earth, Wind & Fire and Phil Collins of the band Genesis, jointly written and composed by Bailey, Collins, and Nathan East. The song appears on Bailey's solo album, Chinese Wall. Collins has performed the song in his live concerts, and it appears on both his 1990 album, Serious
The Yale Whiffenpoofs is a collegiate a cappella singing group at Yale University.Established in 1909, it is the oldest such group in the United States. Best known for "The Whiffenpoof Song", [1] the group is composed of 14 senior students who compete for admission in the spring of their junior year. [2]
A short piece of vocal music with lyrics is broadly termed a song, although in different styles of music, it may be called an aria or hymn. 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.
"Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" is an R&B ballad [3] [4] written in the key of C-sharp major. [7] [inconsistent] The song is set in common time with a tempo of 69 beats per minute. [7]It has the sequence of F (add9) –C/E–Dm 7 –C as its chord progression throughout the track, and Houston's vocals span an octave and a perfect fifth, from G 3 to D 5. [7]