to vocalize

Examples

• All

• After vocalizing, the conductor rehearses the chosen passage for at least twelve minutes until it can be sung with mastery of basic elements, essential phrasing, and appropriate tone quality.

  Academic text (2001)

• Vocalizing on a hum helps singers establish a keen sense of forward vibration in the sound.

  Academic text (2004)

• Having each section of the choir vocalize separately is the most efficient way for both the director and the students to hear results.

  Academic text (1993)

• In Western terms, the student begins by vocalizing quarter notes.

  Academic text (2013)

• She'd been vocalizing all afternoon.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Vocalizing in the band rehearsal can help students develop their aural skills.

  Academic text (2002)

• Eventually, one can become fluent in vocalizing fast and intricate patterns.

  Academic text (2013)

• Vocal teachers might abandon sight-singing and just have students read music by vocalizing nonsense syllables such as "la" or "loo," but this does little to reinforce a conceptual framework of pitches.

  Academic text (2003)

• The choir continued vocalizing the melody until each member sang in perfect harmony.

• During warm-up exercises, the instructor had us vocalize using different vowel sounds.

How Musical

to belt

• Informal

15 5.5

to sing

∞ 1.0

to vocalize

• Specialized

1 6.0

to hum

69 1.0

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