acappellaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Italian alla cappella (“in the manner of the [Sistine] chapel”), referring to non-instrumental choirs.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˌæ.kəˈpɛl.ə/, /ˌæ.kæˈpɛl.ə/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˌɑ kəˈpɛl.ə/
• 韻: -ɛlə

名詞

a cappella (複数形 a cappellas)

1. (music) A vocal performance with no instrumental accompaniment.

副詞

a cappella (not comparable)

1. (music) In a manner of a choir with no instrumental accompaniment; literally, "in the style of the (Sistine) Chapel (in Rome)", such as a musical Mass done a cappella. [from late 19th c.]^[1]

   Groups of teens singing a cappella on street corners got recording contracts.

2. (obsolete, music) In alla breve time.

形容詞

a cappella (not comparable)

1. (music) Singing solely or mainly without instrumental accompaniment. [First attested in the late 19th century.]^[1]

   An a cappella group sang during the wedding reception.

2. (music, US) Related to a form of purely vocal music mostly associated with American college performance groups.
   • 2012, Joshua S. Duchan, Powerful Voices, page 2:

     Socially, a cappella groups tend to be tight-knit ensembles in which close interpersonal relationships are formed.

3. (obsolete, music) alla breve.

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