Vocal Music and Rhythm Patterns Standardized

Vocal music is a type of singing performed by one or more singers, either with instrumental accompaniment or without instrumental accompaniment, in which singing provides the main focus of the piece.^¹ Music which employs singing but does not feature it prominently is generally considered to be instrumental music as is music without singing.^¹ Music without any non-vocal instrumental accompaniment is referred to as a cappella.^¹