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Old 08-16-2010, 12:05 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Ehr, yeah! Trusty ol' Wikipedia has this to say about it.

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Vocal music is a genre of music performed by one or more singers, with or without instrumental accompaniment, in which singing (i.e. vocal performance) provides the main focus of the piece. Music which employs singing but does not feature it prominently is generally considered instrumental music (e.g. the wordless women's choir in the final movement of Holst's The Planets) as is music without singing. Music without any non-vocal instrumental accompaniment is referred to as a cappella.

Vocal music typically features sung words called lyrics, although there are notable examples of vocal music that are performed using non-linguistic syllables or noises, sometimes as musical onomatopoeia. A short piece of vocal music with lyrics is broadly termed a song.

Vocal music is probably the oldest form of music, since it does not require any instrument besides the human voice. All musical cultures have some form of vocal music.
So .. Music where singing is the main focus. Does this mean I can post Kate Bush videos all over this thing? I'm going to assume the answer is .. why yes, yes indeed.

Here's her most famous song, Wuthering Heights


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Old 08-16-2010, 07:32 AM   #2 (permalink)
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He can't find his key and doesn't know when to come in.
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Old 08-16-2010, 07:46 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Thanks for the dry joke, Hugo.

Now, I assume that yodeling fits smoothly in under the definition of vocal music, so then I get to pester you all with my fascination for Franzl Lang yet again

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Old 08-16-2010, 11:31 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Lisa Gerrard (Dead Can Dance) singing The Wind That Shakes the Barley:




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I suppose we could put a lot of examples, from the Gregorian chants to the thousands of kinds of traditional vocal music around the World. I do my bit:

Flamenco is divided into several subgenres, which in turn have their own subclassifications. Martinetes (wiki) are part of the a cappella group. This one is sung by Niña Pastori:




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I know I mentioned Diamanda Galas here quite a bit, but what a hell. Vocal music week would be missing a great voice, if I don't. She's best known for her operatic, three and a half octave range voice, after all, it's a prime tool of her expression. She said it best: "My voice was given to me as an instrument of inspiration for my friends, and a tool of torture and destruction to my enemies. An instrument of truth."

She can easily go from very intense, avant-garde type of music where her unique vocal style is inspired by Schrei opera of German expressionism onto the jazz, soul, blues singing accompanied by her piano, and everything in between.





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About as raw as it can get. I can't tell you why i find this addictive, impressive considering it's just a voice and a pair of hands.
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@tore - That yodeling is great, I love it.

Another favorite of mine - Nico. She's sort of polarizing when it comes to her voice, but I love her, that wall, especially when it cracks a little. And I have such a soft spot for her German folk sensibility.



Elizabeth Fraser of Cocteau Twins has a beautiful voice especially here in This Mortal Coil's Song to the Siren

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These guys are pretty good. They just do covers of popular songs acapella style.
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