singing

1. The act of singing vocal music (synset 100546538)
   associated with:

   • eisteddfod - any of several annual Welsh festivals involving artistic competitions (especially in singing)
   • music - musical activity (singing or whistling etc.)
   • 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.)
   is a type of:

   • musical performance - the act of performing music
   • vocal music - music that is vocalized (as contrasted with instrumental music)
   subtypes:

   • a capella singing, a cappella singing - singing without instrumental accompaniment
   • bel canto - a style of operatic singing
   • coloratura - singing with florid ornamentation
   • caroling - singing joyful religious songs (especially at Christmas)
   • crooning - the act of singing popular songs in a sentimental manner
   • crooning - singing in a soft low tone
   • scat, scat singing - singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument
   • harmonisation, harmonization - singing in harmony
   • humming - the act of singing with closed lips
   • chanting, intonation - the act of singing in a monotonous tone
   • intonation - singing by a soloist of the opening piece of plainsong
   • karaoke - singing popular songs accompanied by a recording of an orchestra (usually in bars or nightclubs)
   • part-singing - singing with three or more voice parts
   • hymnody, psalmody - the act of singing psalms or hymns
   • singalong, singsong - informal group singing of popular songs
   • solfege, solfeggio - a voice exercise; singing scales or runs to the same syllable
   • solfege, solfeggio, solmization - singing using solfa syllables to denote the notes of the scale of C major
   • yodeling - singing by changing back and forth between the chest voice and a falsetto
   same as: vocalizing
2. Disclosing information or giving evidence about another (synset 106818155)
   is a type of: disclosure, revealing, revelation - the speech act of making something evident
   same as: tattle, telling

1. Smooth and flowing (synset 301505397)
   referred to in: music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
   similar to: melodic, melodious, musical - containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody
   same as: cantabile

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