Vocal work

Multiple sung lines moving together in harmonized intervals.

The group 'oooh!' exclamation – a signature gesture of the early Merseybeat sound

Two simultaneously sung melodic lines.

Three sung lines moving together in harmonized intervals.

Sustained 'aah' vocal sounds used as wordless backing.

Improvised vocal phrases not part of the written lyric.

All band members sing together as a group rather than one lead with backings.

McCartney sings in his full-power upper-chest register – raw, intense, and physically demanding

Repeated 'yeah' interjections used as a hook or backing figure.

Improvised wordless syllabic singing, often associated with jazz.

Mass group vocal designed for listener participation.

Two or more independent VOCAL lines sung at once (vocal polyphony); includes vocal countermelodies. For an instrumental secondary line, use musical-element/Countermelody.

Lead vocal delivered with shouting force rather than sustained singing.

An audible vocal scream as a deliberate musical gesture.

Two singers carry two DIFFERENT lead lines at the same time, neither one acting as a backing vocal to the other.

A vocalist sings in the light, breathy upper register above their natural chest-voice range

A single syllable extended over several notes.

Group vocal delivered in a chant style rather than melodic singing.

Non-singing vocal sounds used as a textural element.

The vocal is delivered as speech or near-speech rather than a sung melodic line.

A hummed melodic line, no consonants.

A whispered vocal passage as a deliberate musical gesture.

Voices entering in succession with the same melody, overlapping in time.