Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
antiphonally | (Adv.) ANTIPHONAL, relating to antiphons. |
antiphony | antiphonal chanting or singing. |
besung | (PaP.) BESING, to celebrate in song. |
breathily | (Adv.) BREATHY, of the singing voice, having an admixture of the sound of breathing. |
breathy | of the (singing) voice, having an admixture of the sound of breathing. |
cantillate | to chant or intone, esp Hebrew scriptures in the Jewish liturgical service. |
chiarezza | (Ital.) purity, clarity. |
choir | a band of singers; (verb, Shakesp.) to sing in unison. |
choirlike | like a choir. |
concent | (Arch.) a harmony or concord of sounds or voices. |
concentus | (Arch.) a harmony or concord of sounds or voices. |
croony | having or being a soft singing style. |
descanter | one who performs a descant. |
discanter | one who sings the discant. |
ditty | a simple song; (verb) to set to music. |
jodel | (Ger.) to sing or shout changing rapidly from normal to falsetto. |
orthian | of singing etc, very high-pitched. |
overword | (Scots) the refrain of a song. |
owreword | (Scots) the refrain of a song. |
portamento | (Ital.) in singing, or in the use of the bow, a gradual carrying or lifting of the voice or sound very smoothly from one note to another. |
presong | before song. |
rumbelow | a meaningless word, occurring as a refrain in old sea-songs. |
singable | able to be sung. |
singing | the act of singing. |
singingly | (Adv.) SINGING, like a song. |
singsong | a ballad; jingly verse (verb) to hold a singsong |
singsongy | having a singsong quality. |
solfege | (Fr.) a singing exercise using the syllable do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti. |
solfeggio | a singing exercise using the syllable do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti. |
solmization | a recital of the notes of the gamut. |
songbook | a book of songs. |
songcraft | the art of making songs or verse. |
songful | disposed to sing; full of song. |
songfully | (Adv.) SONGFUL, full of song. |
songless | incapable of singing. |
songlessly | (Adv.) SONGLESS. |
songlike | like a song. |
songsheet | a piece of paper with the words to one or more songs on it. |
spinto | (Ital.) having dramatic qualities; (noun) a voice having dramatic qualities. |
sprechgesang | (Ger.) a style of vocal delivery introduced by Schoenberg. |
sprechstimme | (Ger.) music using the sprechgesang form of vocalization. |
tessitura | (Ital.) the ordinary range of pitch of a voice or vocal piece of music. |
turnagain | (Arch.) a refrain. |
undersong | (Arch.) the burden of a song; the refrain. |
yodel | (Ger.) to sing or shout changing rapidly from normal to falsetto > YODELINGS, YODELLINGS. |
yodle | (Ger.) to sing or shout changing rapidly from normal to falsetto. |