What is Scat singing?
[[Image:Ella_Fitzgerald_(1940).jpg|[[Ella Fitzgerald]] is generally considered to be one of the greatest scat singers in jazz history.|thumb|upright]] '''Scat singing''' is used in [[jazz music]]. It is performed by using the voice to make sounds, but not using any recognisable words. A singer would [[improvise]] (make up) a solo using nonsense [[syllable]]s, which is like a musical instrument solo in a song. Scat singing probably started when singers like [[Louis Armstrong]] and [[Ella Fitzgerald]] began to use their voices to copy the sounds of instruments.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textS/Scatsinging.html |title=Scat singing |first= |last= |work=music.vt.edu |year=2011 |accessdate=30 December 2011 |archive-date=8 February 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070208121328/http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textS/Scatsinging.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{cite web |url=http://www.jazz.com/dozens/the-dozens-scat-singing |title=The Dozens: Scat Singing |first=Thomas |last=Cunliffe |work=jazz.com |year=2011 |accessdate=30 December 2011 |archive-date=12 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111212022506/http://www.jazz.com/dozens/the-dozens-scat-singing |url-status=dead }} {{music-stub}} [[Category:Jazz music]] [[Category:Singing]]