Scat singing
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In vocal jazz, scat singing is vocal improvisation with wordless vocables, nonsense syllables or without words at all. Scat singing gives singers the ability to sing improvised melodies and rhythms, to create the equivalent of an instrumental solo using their voice.
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See also
- A cappella
- Beatboxing
- Blues scale
- Dada
- Free improvisation
- Free jazz
- Glossolalia
- Jam session
- Lilting
- List of scat singers
- Overtone singing
- Pentatonic scale
- Puirt a beul
- Vocables in music
- Vocalese (jazz vocal improvisation using lyrics instead of nonsense syllables)
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