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
But in her case, that’s a solo trick, destined to be played without accompaniment.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 22, 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
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
Spain specifies among its prohibitions "the total or partial publication of melodies, with or without accompaniment, transposed or arranged for other instruments or with different words."
From Copyright: Its History and Its Law by Richard Rogers Bowker
