Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Use of the voice in speaking or singing.
- noun Music The act, technique, or art of singing.
- noun A vowel sound.
- noun A system of vowels used in a language or dialect.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The exercise of the vocal organs in speech or song; vocalization.
- noun A vocalic sound.
- noun See
nominalism .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The exercise of the vocal organs; vocalization.
- noun rare A vocalic sound.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
speaking orsinging - noun linguistics The
vowel sounds used in a language
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the system of vowels used in a particular language
- noun the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract
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Examples
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And the judges offered a textbook of expressive types: Bridgewater's voice seamed yet brassy in "The Surrey With the Fringe on Top," Elling firm and well-crafted as woodwork in "You Don't Know What Love Is," Reeves majestic in "Stormy Weather," and Austin unleashing a fusillade of vocalism in an urgent "Lady Be Good."
Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocalist Competition 2010 at Kennedy Center Anne Midgette 2010
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Indeed, though that album's title may smack of classic Hollywood, it is Mr. Calleja's classic vocalism that stands out on all his recordings.
Here to Deal With the Devil Barrymore Laurence Scherer 2012
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Of the two-dozen or more performances I have heard live, what is memorable in the best of them is not so much dazzling vocalism as an interpretive point of view.
Rodney Punt: Schubert's Winterreise from Le Salon de Musiques Rodney Punt 2011
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With her usual creamy vocalism, Ms. Fleming sang arias and duets covering many warring emotions, some beyond her vocal and theatrical skills.
A Season of Meager Delights David Littlejohn 2011
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Still, despite this, the rest of the cast was not as strong, and there was as much cringe inducing vocalism and not.
Down Mexico Way 2009
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Of the two-dozen or more performances I have heard live, what is memorable in the best of them is not so much dazzling vocalism as an interpretive point of view.
Rodney Punt: Schubert's Winterreise from Le Salon de Musiques Rodney Punt 2011
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Directed by Johannes Weigand, the singers 'physical language is as telling as their vocalism.
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Baritone Haijing Fu offered an affecting portrayal of Seikyo, even in some almost-falsetto-range passages that evoked traditional Chinese opera vocalism.
The Hun Wears Prada Heidi Waleson 2010
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The third movement is a brilliant evanescence of percussion overhanging string chords that soar wordlessly at the edge of vocalism, like a theremin; and the fourth movement casts intellectual brilliance aside and wraps things up, in time-honored style (think Brahms) with a rousing Hungarian dance.
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Barbara Hannigan was extraordinary in the stratospheric, rapid-fire vocalism of Gepopo.
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