Sentence examples for mostly a cappella from inspiring English sources

They sang mostly a cappella, using relatively simple harmonies.

Ms. O'Connor sang the mostly a cappella title song with a countertenor's plangent pang.

After they did an impromptu — and mostly a cappella — reprise backstage, he said, "I will follow y'all to the ends of the earth".

In the first half of the program the choruses took turns on stage to sing two or three numbers each, mostly a cappella.

It was mostly a cappella -- a cross between doo-wop, field hollers, gospel, the soul and blues -- accompanied by what sounded like sticks on a bucket keeping a beat.

This performance is billed as "The Bobs' First Mostly a Cappella Comedy Show," a title that seems redundant, since this postmodern doo-wop group is always funny and nearly always sans instruments.

DIX HILLS "The Mostly Barbershop A Cappella Show," the Five Towns College Men's and Women's A Cappella Chorus, barbershop quartets, the Long Island Sound and regional groups.

Cantus fares better in William Walker's foursquare hymn "Wondrous Love," from "The Southern Harmony," with a vigorous, mostly straightforward a cappella account.

Yet while the music is sparse — just vocals, mostly Ms. Case a cappella — it's also nearly free-form, with ghost-choir harmonies arriving at unexpected moments.

An outsider musician long before the expression was coined, Fischer made up nursery rhyme-like ditties such as "Merry Go Round", "Monkeys Versus Donkeys" and "Which Way Did the Freaks Go?", which he mostly sang a cappella in a raspy voice that often wavered from the intended melody and tempo.

"Mostly Barbershop," a cappella show, featuring the Five Towns College Men's and Women's A Cappella Chorus, the Five Towns College Barbershop Quartet, the Long Island Sound and other regional groups.