vocally
vocal
noun[ Cusually plural ]
uk /ˈvəʊ.kəl/ us /ˈvoʊ.kəl/
the singing in a piece of popular music: （流行音乐中的）演唱部分
The vocals are shared by two members of the band.演唱部分由乐队中的两名成员共同完成。
Who is that on vocals (= singing)?唱歌的人是谁？

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Singing
a cappella
accompaniment
accompany
alto
anthem
coloratura
contralto
countertenor
croon
crooner
dirge
playback singer
prima donna
psalm
quartet
quintet
singsong
the Internationale
warble
yodel

vocal | American Dictionary

vocal
adjective
us/ˈvoʊ·kəl/

vocaladjective (OF THE VOICE)

[ not gradable ]
relating to or produced by the voice, either in singing or speaking:
vocal music

vocaladjective (OFTEN HEARD)

often expressing opinions and complaints in speech:
He is emerging as his party’s most vocal critic of the president.

vocally

adverb[ not gradable ]us/ˈvoʊ·kə·li/
vocal
noun[ Cusually pl ]
us/ˈvoʊ·kəl/

vocalnoun[C usually pl] (THE VOICE)

the singing in a piece of popular music:
At times his vocals were drowned out by the audience singing along.

Examples of vocal

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The best way to put students on the right track is to make them listen to some early examples of double-tracked lead vocals.
In fact, the unsteady vocals are the trappings of someone very uncomfortable in the rhythms of their body.
On top, there will be vocals and lead guitar soloing.
The gruff vocals are treated with a lot of reverb and brief phrases are spat out rather than sung.
The separate layers of percussion, instruments and vocals remain distinctly enunciated in a manner only possible through an intelligent and professional use of studio equipment.
The characteristic indie guitar sound was a 'wall of noise' - jangling or droning guitars, buried vocals and reverberation.
He haunts humanism with his regenerated and denatured vocals.
The track is here recorded as a flatter, nonreverb sound, especially the vocals.
The vocals consist of a large amount of spoken text with a political meaning.
Each number has its own costume and wig plot, and the dancers lip-synch to recorded vocals.
Popular music is mixed to create deliberately incompatible 'spaces' around instrumentalists, percussion and vocals.
However, more boys take part in rock band vocals.
The work is scored for performer (vocals and shaker) and computer music system.
What most of these female vocals have in common is a substantial amount of non-verbal singing23.
There are howls, scrapes, drones, rattly and bumpy percussions, arrhythmic rhythms (complex but not necessarily worked out in advance as structuring devices), croaky vocals.
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