Definition of singings Singings
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What does singings mean?
Wiktionary 
- singings (Noun)
Plural of singing.
Part of speech
š¤- singings, noun, plural of singing.
WordNet
NounPlural: singings |
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| singing - the act of singing vocal music | ||
| vocalizing | ||
| vocal music music that is vocalized (as contrasted with instrumental music) | ||
| musical performance the act of performing music | ||
| a capella singing, a cappella singing singing without instrumental accompaniment | ||
| bel canto a style of operatic singing | ||
| coloratura singing with florid ornamentation | ||
| caroling singing joyful religious songs (especially at Christmas) | ||
| crooning the act of singing popular songs in a sentimental manner | ||
| crooning the act of singing popular songs in a sentimental manner | ||
| scat, scat singing singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument | ||
| harmonisation, harmonization singing in harmony | ||
| humming the act of singing with closed lips | ||
| chanting, intonation the production of musical tones (by voice or instrument); especially the exactitude of the pitch relations | ||
| intonation the production of musical tones (by voice or instrument); especially the exactitude of the pitch relations | ||
| karaoke singing popular songs accompanied by a recording of an orchestra (usually in bars or nightclubs) | ||
| part-singing singing with three or more voice parts | ||
| hymnody, psalmody the act of singing psalms or hymns | ||
| singalong, singsong informal group singing of popular songs | ||
| solfege, solfeggio a voice exercise; singing scales or runs to the same syllable | ||
| solfege, solfeggio, solmization a voice exercise; singing scales or runs to the same syllable | ||
| yodeling singing by changing back and forth between the chest voice and a falsetto | ||
| singing - disclosing information or giving evidence about another | ||
| tattle, telling | ||
| disclosure, revealing, revelation the speech act of making something evident | ||
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Wiktionary
- singing (Noun)
The act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing. - singing (Noun)
Disclosing information, or giving evidence about another. - singing (Noun)
A gathering for the purpose of singing shape note songs. - singing (Verb)
Present participle of sing. - singing (Adjective)
Smooth and flowing. - singing (Adjective)
Producing a whistling sound due to the escape of steam.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary š
- singing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sing - singing
a. & n. from Sing, v.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book āµ
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singing
The chaunt by which the leadsman in the chains proclaims his soundings at each cast:-- "To heave the lead the seaman sprung, And to the pilot cheerly sung, By the deep--nine."
Wikipedia 
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Singing means making music with the voice. Singing is probably the way that music started many thousands of years ago. When people sing they make their voices go high or low. If they do this in a way that uses notes of a scale then they make tunes.
Singing technique.
When people sing they use the air in the lungs. The speed that the air comes out of the lungs can be controlled with the muscle called the diaphragm which goes across the front of the body below the ribs. People who have singing lessons spend a lot of time practising ābreath controlā.
The air comes through the throat where the larynx is like a reed on a clarinet: it vibrates and this makes the note higher or lower depending on how it is controlled.
The sound comes into the mouth which is space where the sound can be made bigger (it āresonatesā). Professional singers even learn to think of the whole head as a resonator. They sometimes talk about the āmaskā, i.e. they imagine a mask in front of the face and this makes the sound bigger. The sound then comes out of the mouth so that it can be heard.
Singing is different from speaking because of the special way the vocal cords in the throat are used.
Voice ranges.
Most people can sing notes which cover more than an octave. People who sing a lot will probably be able to sing over two octaves. Singers can be called according to whether they have higher or lower voices: soprano, mezzo-soprano and contralto for women, tenor, baritone or bass for men. Some men are able to
