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

Recorded mainly on acoustic baritone guitar, without accompaniment, it features an array of baby boomerish standards, by the likes of Carly Simon, Burt Bacharach and the Beatles.

From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2011

This time it was a vocal Mass without accompaniment, to be sung in Lent in the same church, dedicated to St. Charles, my patron saint.

From Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music by Gounod, Charles