without accompaniment
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Tone-deaf and stricken by the reality of hearing themselves sing without accompaniment, the Butcher loses all sense of rhythm, pitch and even the lyrics to their favorite song.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 27, 2023
Throughout the hard-rocking rendition of the Phil Hanseroth-penned oldie, Carlile vacillated between a raspy growl and clean-and-pristine pitch perfectionist, nailing her wind-down closing notes without accompaniment.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 11, 2022
Now, instead of teaching ensemble pieces, she devoted each week to just one or two pop or holiday songs, which the kids could perform without accompaniment at home.
From Washington Post • Dec. 23, 2020
The subject, Samantha Montgomery, a deeply talented aspiring singer from New Orleans, posts videos of herself singing original songs without accompaniment that are doctored by Kutiman, an Israeli electronic wizard, to become fully produced mixes.
From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2016
One of them he made improvise a cadenza, and a second sang the alto to it without accompaniment.
From Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay by Fay, Amy