voice part
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- noun
- /vɔɪs pɑrt/
- Specialized
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parte vocal
- Encourage students to look for the patterns in all of the voice parts, not just their own, and to look for rhythms as well as interval relationships.
- perform each voice part
- singers perform each voice part
- sing their voice part
Examples
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In a choir, each singer is assigned a specific voice part based on their vocal range.
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Rather than just learning to sing their voice part, they begin to look at the entire score.
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Have voice parts sing their own opening line in order.
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Much work is done to correctly sort out voice parts.
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If one student is absent from a rehearsal, there is another to perform the voice part.
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The center of an AP music theory course is four-voice part writing.
Academic text (1993) -
In the first twelve measures, find where each voice part has chantlike characteristics.
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Other voice parts are added with embellishments and ornamentation above each line.
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Even if our harmonies were at times unconventional, it was still fun to listen to all of the voice parts.
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Gospel music is performed (or written) in three voice parts: soprano, alto, and tenor.
Academic text (2003)
Synonyms
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A melody one voice or instrument plays in a song
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A single musical line sung or played by one part
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The singing voice recorded separately from the instruments
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a section written to be sung by a particular voice' is directly and compositionally derivable from 'voice' (vocal line) + 'part' (a specific musical line). This noun–noun combination follows a common English pattern for indicating 'the part for X' and is cross-linguistically replicable, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The compound voice part comes from the way music is written: each singer has a separate line or part for their voice, for example 'soprano' or 'tenor'. So a voice part is the section of a song written for that particular singing range.