In a vocal recital these days, cues to clap are less likely to come from the music's meaning and mood than from the fact that a star is onstage.
In a vocal tour de force, Mr. Polk also assumes the personas of a dozen or so of the class's most colorful, if condescendingly local-yokel, "Fargo -inflected characters.
With simultaneous color and word presentation in a vocal response, word semantics and vocalization of the color word run at similar time courses and therefore cause stronger interference.
The view espoused by Mason was shared by several teammates, placing Holmes in a vocal minority.
Upon her graduation in 1954, she won first prize in a vocal competition.
Single notes, as in a vocal line, can be easily manipulated.
The hardest quality to communicate in a vocal performance is Maigret's humanity.
Most of "Roses," Ms. Blige said, was a freestyle: improvised in a vocal booth.
He woke the next morning hoarse, and suspected that he had broken a vessel in a vocal cord.
Her portrayal of the courtesan struck by true love is not for those who prize consistency in a vocal performance.
I first recorded it as a demo in a vocal harmony band I was in called Café Society.
