About A cappella
A cappella is a music genre. It is usually classed as a form of vocal music.
Well-known performers associated with it include Bobby McFerrin and Pentatonix.
A cappella has given rise to 6 subgenres on this site, such as Barbershop music, Sean-nós singing, Isicathamiya and Mbube.
From Wikipedia
Music performed a cappella, less commonly spelled a capella in English, is a style of music performed by a singer or a singing group without any instrumental accompaniment. The term a cappella was originally intended to differentiate between Renaissance polyphonic and Baroque concertato musical styles. In the 19th century, a renewed interest in Renaissance polyphony, coupled with an ignorance of the fact that vocal parts were often doubled by instrumentalists, led to the term coming to mean unaccompanied vocal music. The term is also used, rarely, as a synonym for alla breve.
Genre family tree
Parent genres (↑) and subgenres (↓) of A cappella.
Key artists
- Bobby McFerrin
- Pentatonix
Related genres
Bel canto
clear singing style
Nasheed
Indonesia
Overtone singing
singing technique
Throat singing
vocal practices found in different cultures of the world and that may
Yukar
genre of Ainu oral literature
Moresca
15th/16th century pantomime dance and song
Kulning
music genre
Kirana gharana
style of Indian classical vocal music
Frequently asked questions
What is A cappella?
A cappella is a music genre. It is usually classed as a form of vocal music.
Who are famous A cappella artists?
Bobby McFerrin and Pentatonix.