Incazelo yesichazamazwi yokuthi "i-cappella singing" icula ngaphandle kokuhambisana nezinsimbi, ngokuvamile eqenjini noma endaweni yekhwaya. Ekuculeni i-cappella, amazwi abahlabeleli awukuphela kwezinsimbi zomculo ezisetshenziselwa ukukhiqiza umculo, ukuvumelana nesigqi. Igama elithi "i-cappella" lisuka kusiNtaliyane futhi lisho "ngesitayela sesonto," kubhekiselwa emculweni odlalwa ezimeni zenkolo ngaphandle kokuhambisana nezinsimbi. Ukucula kwe-cappella kuvamile ezinhlotsheni eziningi zomculo, okuhlanganisa i-classical, ikwaya, i-gospel, ne-contemporary cappella.