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Vocables, Singing

By: Chun-bin Chen
In: The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture
Edited by: Janet Sturman
Subject:Sociology of Culture, Social & Cultural Anthropology, Popular Music

Vocables are syllables without lexical or word-based meanings, such as fa la la la la in the Christmas carol “Deck the Halls.” This form of syllables is often labeled as meaningless, nonsense, no-meaning, meaningless-nonsensical, nontranslatable, and non-lexical by ...

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  Chen, C. (2019). Vocables, singing. In J. Sturman (Ed.), The SAGE international encyclopedia of music and culture (Vol. 1, pp. 2332-2334). Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. doi: 10.4135/9781483317731.n776
  
  Chen, Chun-bin. "Vocables, Singing." In The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture, edited by Janet Sturman, 2332-2334. Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2019. doi: 10.4135/9781483317731.n776.
  
  Chen, C 2019, 'Vocables, singing', in Sturman, J (ed.), The sage international encyclopedia of music and culture, SAGE Publications, Inc., Thousand Oaks,, CA, pp. 2332-2334, viewed 23 October 2020, doi: 10.4135/9781483317731.n776.
  
  Chen, Chun-bin. "Vocables, Singing." The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture. Ed. Janet Sturman. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks,: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2019. 2332-2334. SAGE Knowledge. Web. 23 Oct. 2020, doi: 10.4135/9781483317731.n776.
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