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Monster Essays - A Cappella? Is That How You Spell It?
A Cappella? Is That How You Spell It?
The phrase a cappella is among the most butchered and misunderstood musical
terms. The predominant, and most "correct" spelling, is ...
a cappella - two words, two "p's", two "l's."
A Cappella, A Picky Definition
Musicologists have fun debating the extent to which a cappella, 'in the
style of the chapel,' can include instrumental accompaniment. Some argue
that early sacred a cappella performances would sometimes include
instruments that double a human voice part. So, the correct definition of a
cappella should be something like 'singing without independent instrumental
accompaniment.'
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