533v: Vocal music (solo and ensemble)

533v: Vocal music (solo and ensemble)

Description

Vocal music may be done as a solo or in an ensemble, either unaccompanied or accompanied. An "ensemble" refers to the group producing music and how the group is organized." Certain vocal music may be men only, women only, children only, or mixed. Certain voice TIMBRE can be associated with certain emotions. Further areas to research include song TEXT SETTING, SONG GENRE and MUSICIANS.

**Kinds of ensemble**
Antiphonal singing/playing	Music in which two groups sing or play alternately.
Hocket	Music in which individual notes in the melodic line are played or sung by different musicians.
Responsorial	Singing in which leader and chorus alternate.

Context for this page:

Ocm module: Vocal music (solo and ensemble)
In ocm module: 533
In ocm module: Music
In modular book: Expanded ethnomusicology categories for the Outline of Cultural Materials, by Kenneth R. Hollingsworth
In bookshelf: Anthropology

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library, Version 3.5, published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 1999. [Ordering information.]

Page content last modified: 17 March 1999