singing, vocalizing

the act of singing vocal music

• a cappella singing, a capella singing — singing without instrumental accompaniment
• bel canto — a style of operatic singing
• coloratura — singing with florid ornamentation
• caroling — singing joyful religious songs (especially at Christmas)
• crooning — the act of singing popular songs in a sentimental manner
• crooning — singing in a soft low tone
• scat, scat singing — singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument
• harmonization, harmonisation — singing in harmony
• humming — the act of singing with closed lips
• intonation, chanting — the act of singing in a monotonous tone
• intonation — singing by a soloist of the opening piece of plainsong
• karaoke — singing popular songs accompanied by a recording of an orchestra (usually in bars or nightclubs)
• part-singing — singing with three or more voice parts
• psalmody, hymnody — the act of singing psalms or hymns
• singsong — (British) informal group singing of popular songs
• solmization — singing using solfa syllables to denote the notes of the scale
• yodeling — singing by changing back and forth between the chest voice and a falsetto

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