VOCALIZING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vocalizing mean? 

• VOCALIZING (noun)
  The noun VOCALIZING has 1 sense:

1. the act of singing vocal music

  Familiarity information: VOCALIZING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VOCALIZING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of singing vocal music

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

singing; vocalizing

Hypernyms ("vocalizing" is a kind of...):

musical performance (the act of performing music)

vocal music (music that is vocalized (as contrasted with instrumental music))

Domain member category:

chorus; Greek chorus (a company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in unison) on the action in a classical Greek play)

coach; private instructor; tutor (a person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.))

music (musical activity (singing or whistling etc.))

eisteddfod (any of several annual Welsh festivals involving artistic competitions (especially in singing))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vocalizing"):

chanting; intonation (the act of singing in a monotonous tone)

yodeling (singing by changing back and forth between the chest voice and a falsetto)

solfege; solfeggio; solmization (singing using solfa syllables to denote the notes of the scale of C major)

solfege; solfeggio (a voice exercise; singing scales or runs to the same syllable)

singalong; singsong (informal group singing of popular songs)

hymnody; psalmody (the act of singing psalms or hymns)

part-singing (singing with three or more voice parts)

karaoke (singing popular songs accompanied by a recording of an orchestra (usually in bars or nightclubs))

intonation (singing by a soloist of the opening piece of plainsong)

a capella singing; a cappella singing (singing without instrumental accompaniment)

humming (the act of singing with closed lips)

harmonisation; harmonization (singing in harmony)

scat; scat singing (singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument)

crooning (singing in a soft low tone)

crooning (the act of singing popular songs in a sentimental manner)

caroling (singing joyful religious songs (especially at Christmas))

coloratura (singing with florid ornamentation)

bel canto (a style of operatic singing)

Derivation:

vocalize (sing (each note a scale or in a melody) with the same vowel)