Why Is a Cappella So Good?

You can hear as wide a variety of sounds and textures in a contemporary a cappella song as you can across all genres of instrumental music. In fact, a cappella often demonstrates a wider variety of timbres in one track than many bands manage across their entire career!

What is special about a cappella music?

Although a cappella is technically defined as singing without instrumental accompaniment, some groups use their voices to emulate instruments; others are more traditional and focus on harmonizing. A cappella styles range from gospel music to contemporary to barbershop quartets and choruses.

Why is a cappella popular?

It's naturally a cover genre. It's about showing the instrumental value of the human voice—saying, “We can imitate that song with just our voices!” It really hit its stride, though, when innovative groups like Pentatonix and others began making the songs their own.