without accompaniment

Example Sentences

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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

They had been singing without accompaniment for much of the preceding hour; now they also went without microphones, on a version of “The Earth Has No Skin,” by the way-out indie folk singer Jana Hunter.

From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2011

They sing a unique and merry chorus without accompaniment, which is interrupted by the entrance of Horatio and Marcellus, who inquire for Hamlet.

From Stars of the Opera by Wagnalls, Mabel