vocalizing
Producing audible tones
Vocalizing is producing sounds with the voice—speaking, singing, humming, or making any vocal noise.
Musicians vocalize to warm up before performances.
Animals vocalize to communicate: The whales were vocalizing to each other across miles of ocean.
To vocalize thoughts or feelings is to express them aloud rather than keep them internal: She finally vocalized her frustrations.
Singing softly, sentimentally
- hummingContinuous low-pitched sound
- whistlingBlowing air tunefully
- warblingSinging with quavers
- trillingRapid note alternation
belting · falsetto · vibrato · yodeling · scat · opera · aria · lullaby
Vocal fold vibration
- enunciationClarity of spoken words
- pronunciationManner of speaking words
- dictionChoice of words
- phoneticsStudy of speech sounds
consonants · vowels · syllables · tongue · lips · palate · glottis · articulators
Organized group of singers
- blendCombine into mixture
- unisonSimultaneous identical action
- polyphonySimultaneous independent melodic lines
- homophonySame-sounding different words
harmony · counterpoint · soprano · alto · tenor · bass · ensemble · chanting
Expressing theatrically
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- dynamicsStudy of forces
- passionIntense emotional drive
- feelingSensed inner state
emotion · exclamation · sighing · groaning · moaning · wailing · crying out · laughing
Verbal account delivery
- recitationOral delivery from memory
- oratoryFormal eloquent discourse
- elocutionFormal speaking skill
- monologueUninterrupted solo address
dialogue · lecture · discourse · proclamation · announcement · declaration · testimony · soliloquy
crooning
Singing softly, sentimentally
trilling · belting · falsetto · vibrato · yodeling · scat · opera · aria · lullaby · serenade
phonation
Vocal fold vibration
- enunciationClarity of spoken words
- pronunciationManner of speaking words
- dictionChoice of words
phonetics · consonants · vowels · syllables · tongue · lips · palate · glottis · articulators · teeth
choir
Organized group of singers
- blendCombine into mixture
- unisonSimultaneous identical action
- polyphonySimultaneous independent melodic lines
homophony · harmony · counterpoint · soprano · alto · tenor · bass · ensemble · chanting · congregation
emoting
Expressing theatrically
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- dynamicsStudy of forces
- passionIntense emotional drive
feeling · emotion · exclamation · sighing · groaning · moaning · wailing · crying out · laughing · sobbing
narration
Verbal account delivery
- recitationOral delivery from memory
- oratoryFormal eloquent discourse
- elocutionFormal speaking skill
monologue · dialogue · lecture · discourse · proclamation · announcement · declaration · testimony · soliloquy · declamation
- expressionexpress, convey, communicate, verbal, nonverbal
- musicianshipsinging, playing, performing, practicing, harmonizing
- vocalizationsspeak, speaking, talking, whisper, shout
- parrot behaviorstalking, mimicry, squawking, screaming, preening
- mouth actionsbite, biting, chewing, chew, swallowing
- singing activitieskaraoke, choir, humming, caroling, serenading
vocalizingbeing silent
Not producing sound
silence · muteness · soundlessness · silencing · staying quiet
vocalizinggesturing
Moving limbs expressively
signing · miming · pantomiming · writing · gesticulating
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