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VOCALIZING

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The act of singing vocal music

Synonyms:

singing; vocalizing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("vocalizing" is a kind of...):

musical performance (the act of performing music)

vocal music (music that is vocalized (as contrasted with instrumental music))

Domain member category:

music (musical activity (singing or whistling etc.))

eisteddfod (any of several annual Welsh festivals involving artistic competitions (especially in singing))

chorus; Greek chorus (a company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in unison) on the action in a classical Greek play)

coach; private instructor; tutor (a person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vocalizing"):

yodeling (singing by changing back and forth between the chest voice and a falsetto)

solfege; solfeggio; solmization (singing using solfa syllables to denote the notes of the scale of C major)

solfege; solfeggio (a voice exercise; singing scales or runs to the same syllable)

singalong; singsong (informal group singing of popular songs)

hymnody; psalmody (the act of singing psalms or hymns)

part-singing (singing with three or more voice parts)

karaoke (singing popular songs accompanied by a recording of an orchestra (usually in bars or nightclubs))

intonation (singing by a soloist of the opening piece of plainsong)

chanting; intonation (the act of singing in a monotonous tone)

humming (the act of singing with closed lips)

harmonisation; harmonization (singing in harmony)

scat; scat singing (singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument)

crooning (singing in a soft low tone)

crooning (the act of singing popular songs in a sentimental manner)

caroling (singing joyful religious songs (especially at Christmas))

coloratura (singing with florid ornamentation)

bel canto (a style of operatic singing)

a capella singing; a cappella singing (singing without instrumental accompaniment)

Derivation:

vocalize (sing (each note a scale or in a melody) with the same vowel)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb vocalize

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