SCAT
(skat)
Jazz
singing in which improvised, nonsense syllables are sung to mimic
an instrumental solo Common
clues: Fitzgerald
forte; Sing like Mel Torme; Singing style; Improvise, musically;
Go “shooby-doo,” or just “shoo”; Jazz
technique; Emulate Ella; Torme specialty Crossword
puzzle frequency:
2 times a year Frequency
in English language:
56092 / 86800 Video: Summertime
– Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
I
stole everything I ever heard, but mostly I stole from the horns
~ Ella
Fitzgerald
Scat
singing is vocalizing either wordlessly or with nonsense words
and syllables as employed by jazz singers who create the
equivalent of an instrumental solo using only the voice. Thus it
is a type of voice instrumental.
Gifted
with a three-octave vocal range, Ella Fitzgerald is noted for her
purity of tone and "horn-like" improvisational ability,
particularly in her scat singing.
While
the use of nonsense syllables in singing long predates scat, scat
singing is distinguished by the fact that rather than using the
sounds to exactly reproduce the melodic line, improvisations are
made with the melody and rhythm, much as in other jazz
improvisations.
Another
form of jazz singing, vocalese, is closely related, but uses
lyrics rather than nonsense syllables. Often, rather than
improvising melodies, practitioners of vocalese sing lyrics to
improvisations by instrumental performers.
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