The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #20662   Message #218409
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
26-Apr-00 - 03:08 PM
Thread Name: Song Circle Etiquette for Dummies
Subject: RE: Song Circle Etiquette for Dummies
I'm not too sure about this tendency to talk about "acapella" instead of "unaccompanied". I think that the term should be restricted to a certain sort of pure voiced singing that might be appropriate in a church setting.

If you start using " acapella" as if it meant the saame as "unaccompanied" you get the absurd (to my mind) situation where you call the sinmging of sea shanties and rugby songs "acapella", just because no-one's playing any kind of intrumental accompaniment.