acapella = unaccompanied instrument

[LanDi Liu]

That's just a gross misunderstanding of the word, extending its meaning to
instruments.

Having conducted many amateur choirs, I've also heard the "a cappello"
pronunciation mentioned in the other post, but also only from people with no
formal music training.

On Feb 11, 2008 10:18 AM, James Harbeck <jharbeck at sympatico.ca> wrote:

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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBAQKZO6hrg  has the following description:
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> Jeff Hughes covering Foo Fighters "The Pretender" on violin acapella.
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> The performance is a violin solo, no voice.
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> James Harbeck.
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