# Is there a name for this style of singing? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [March 12, 2022, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-style-of-singing/960931 "2022-03-12T03:42:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2022, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-style-of-singing/960931/1 "2022-03-12T03:42:15Z")
I know it’s a cover of “Ahead by a Century” performed by Young Voices Toronto. It sounds very Enya-ish. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/lVyZyElFLUE/maxresdefault.jpg "Here’s to the next 100") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVyZyElFLUE) ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2022, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-style-of-singing/960931/2 "2022-03-12T10:17:14Z")
It just sound “choral”. Or are your referring to the reverb? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2022, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-style-of-singing/960931/3 "2022-03-12T15:05:30Z")
More the beat and the general mood. I guess I’d call it “inspirational” with “Afro-Caribbean” overtones, for lack of a better name. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2022, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-style-of-singing/960931/4 "2022-03-13T10:40:06Z")
The actual singing (voice production, timbre) I would just call “singing”. To me it sounds natural, rather than heavily trained, such as you might get in, say, operatic or musical comedy singing - let alone the seemingly free-style warbling a lot of singers seem to decorate a tune with. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2022, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-style-of-singing/960931/5 "2022-03-13T11:01:38Z")
On second thoughts, if you mean the arrangement (the fact that they’re singing in unison rather than harmony), then I suppose the term “community singing” would fit. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2022, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-style-of-singing/960931/6 "2022-03-13T16:43:20Z")
When everybody sings the same part, it is called monophony (as opposed to polyphonic music). ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2022, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-style-of-singing/960931/7 "2022-03-13T16:53:47Z")
That helps, thanks!