Formation and feature

Formation and feature

　A cappella is divided into some parts. It is about divided into 6 from 4 after modernization. I introduce the form of present age a cappella to you.

Lead

Lead sings the melody of music. They have a role which tells words.

A cappella was sung from the first at the church. The church music values the prayer for God. Therefore, importance is attached to words. Lead is essential part.

It is suitable for those who want to come out in front. Since chorus and percussion back up a lead, a lead can sing very pleasantly.

Do you think that what kind of person is suitable in order to sing a lead? The main is lead although harmony of a cappella is charm. Lead must not lose other chorus parts at volume of voice.

 　

Chorus

 Although it is various by the number of a group, 2-3 choruses are. Impressions of music change entirely by this chorus. It is because chorus moves codes. According to kinds of these codes, music tones become bright, become dark, or become mystical. Chorus gives volume in harmony to a song and work attaches expression.

 Even if it is not a cappella, there is music using a chorus. The decisive difference from other music, for example gospel, is singing one part alone. That is, deception does not here. The point is the tension of volume of voice and voice. Since it is a conspicuous part, if voice does not arrive, it tends to become the impression “a lead is weak.”

 Do you think that what kind of person is suitable in order to sing chorus? Generally, the person of vocal quality soft and gentle to suits a lead. Shady soul is important for a chorus strictly.

Bass

 Bass makes low sounds like musical instruments. It seems that a male generally becomes a base in many cases when one person’s male is in a female group. However, in the case of a male group, it is too easy to merely become a base only for the reason why voice is low.

 Although it is being able to say to all the parts, especially bass takes the lead in a pitch. Bass is a core of a chord and supports music. Therefore, “sense of stability” is becoming very important. If bass is establishing massively, even if a lead and chorus are shaky, it is correctable somehow. A person good at voice control and those who have the calmness of seldom being perturbed are fit.

Percussion

 Voice percussion is a part who reproduces the sound of drums using voice or a breath. By using a microphone, it can also make the sound in which a real drum is not lost. It is also called vocal percussion in the United States.

 It is popular with young men. Reasons are the following.

-      It is made easily, without using a musical instrument.

-      It is smart.

-      It seems to be interesting.

-      It is easy to come out of the result of practices.

A cappella and religion

A cappella is also a religious great by-product.

A cappella was sung as church music of Europe for many years. So, a cappella and religion are inseparable relations. It seems that there was also a place referred to as not using musical instruments in religious events in a denomination.

A cappella of a Renaissance term

The musician was competing in Renaissance music for making complicated and gorgeous music. For reason, it was not clear anymore whether it is a religious rite or a concert. Moreover, it is difficult to catch important words. The Vatican regarded this as questionable. The Vatican was forbidden from using a musical instrument. It seems that various arguments were also there. First, the Trient ecumenical council was held. The measure for opposing the Reformation of Luther and others at the meeting was discussed. It is because composers wanted to have made gorgeous music and to compete for an arm. As a result of being decided that restriction was imposed on the music used for a divine service. Polyphony was stopped entirely in the beginning and there was an opinion that worship only by a Gregorian chant is accepted. However, the principle of the divine service music of removing a common element as much as possible was decided. The contents are here.

1.   The whole or a part of music serves as polyphony.

2.   It is simple. Listening comprehension of words is easy.

3.   It consists of two or more parts.

Therefore, composers began to make simple music. The style of a cappella was circulated by this.

 Palestrina made the music of the outstanding a cappella.

Jewish

Services in the Temple in Jerusalem include musical instruments. But traditional Jewish religious services did not include musical instruments. It is because a player is going to make musical instruments more gorgeous if it is used. Then, the tradition which sings a cappella was made.

Muslim

Many Muslim musicians also sing a cappella. Some singers didn’t use musical instruments. It is because using them was forbidden.

The thought as Japanese

http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/002769.html

This report shocked me. This is the shocking report that Christian’s a cappella group banished a gay’s member. Mr. Will Thomason was dismissed in conformity with that members of the group should act in conformity with the instruction of the Bible. Of course by almost all cappella groups, there is no such thing. This group is exposed to criticism also in the United States.

Therefore, though a large majority is irreligious, this problem is no means unrelated also to us who have sung the black spiritual.

Religion is free. Music is also free. Then, is enjoying music freedom, being contrary to religion? Alone, a chorus also has the side in which it cannot do. That is, a chorus is completed in society.

Prohibition

A cappella seems to be the music borne by prohibition. Although it is the music which had brightness removed, it became deep beautiful by efforts of composers and players. I would also like to sing beautiful songs.

The origin of a cappella

 

Two Ps and Two Ls

　

　
The word “a cappella” means Italian “like church”. A cappella music started in the churches of many organized Western religions at Renaissance term. The musician was making complicated and gorgeous music from church music, and was competing at the Renaissance term. The musician was making complicated and gorgeous music from church music, and was competing at the Renaissance term. Therefore, the Mass became a situation which does not understand whether it is a religious rite and whether it is a concert. Words become difficult to catch people and they did stripes. The Vatican regarded this as questionable. The Vatican made church music simplify as part of church reform. The origin of a cappella seems to be the chorus music which is not played and it was sung in the chapel of the Vatican. People would come to call an unplaied thing as the style of the church, seeing the appearance which the choir has sung the hymn by no playing at the church.  This style of singing came to be known as a cappella (also spelled a cappella), meaning, "of the church" or "in the style of the church."

 

The beginning of a cappella

　The United States has much immigration. Of course, Italians are also contained. It seems that they in the 19th century performed the barber in many cases. There were people who are running the barber by four brothers. They tried to delight the visitor. They began to sing, without playing the musical instrument in a store. Since there was also no amusement those days, this became extremely popular. This spread at a stretch as a "barber shop quartet."

Contemporary a cappella

　The "a cappella" which we hear usually means contemporary a cappella, when the most. Contemporary a cappella is fundamentally composed of four to seven persons. (This is explained at the third week.) One of the gospels has a "quartet." A quartet is mainly a chorus of four-person organization. It may be sung without using a musical instrument. It appeared as commercial music in the 1930s. This style is called Doo-Wop. Since the musical instrument was unnecessary for this, it spread during the black boys of the U.S. urban areas of the postwar years. And it was accepted also in the street musician.

History of voice percussion





Hip-hop was produced in the United States of the 1970s. It carried out soon and voice percussion was produced from the culture. The poor's people can buy neither a drum machine nor a turntable. It is said that it is beginning that they imitated the drum kit and minced the rhythm. Voice percussion is the technology which expresses the sound of a percussion instrument by the mouth as it is just as it is. Although called voice percussion in Japan, it is common to be called vocal percussion in English.

Encounter of voice percussion and a cappella

　Voice percussion was taken in by a cappella. The music which emphasized the rhythm with tempo began to appear. The prototype of present-day a cappella began to be made by this.