singable
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- adjective
- /ˈsɪŋəbl/
:
cantable
- The choir practiced a singable tune that everyone enjoyed humming along to.
- singable syllables
Examples
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The melody was simple and singable, making it easy for everyone to join in.
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They selected a singable song for the wedding so all the guests could participate.
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Above all, he made it singable.
Fiction book (2001) -
How can I possibly lead an entire chorus to create a singable song?
Academic text (1997) -
The C-minor melody is limited to the range of a fifth and is quite singable.
Academic text (2003) -
Music Row declared, "loved it, loved it, loved it!" in response to the song's driving rhythm and instantly singable lyric.
Blog text (27) -
So you're a very kind of melodic, singable kind of phrase, even if it's just the part you come up with.
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Many music educators argue, though, that solfge syllables are more singable than letter names or numbers.
Academic text (2003) -
He also said Frey noted that the Eagles even tried to make their guitar solos "singable"—thus the reason almost everyone knows the final minutes of the song "Hotel California."
Blog text (5)
Synonyms
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Easy to hum because the tune is simple and stays in your head
Good enough for someone to write a song about it
Antonyms
How Singable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word singable comes from the verb sing and the ending -able, which means 'able to', like in readable, so it simply means 'able to be sung' and is used for music that is easy or suitable to sing.