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wall of sound

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.79 in modern English

Syllables
wal-l of -sound
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A popular music production technique, developed in the 1960s, in which a number of musicians perform the same instruments or parts in unison and the resulting sound is re-recorded in an echo chamber.

noun

A densely layered sound, often a piece of music.

Inflected Forms

walls of sound (plural)

Questions

What does wall of sound mean?
A popular music production technique, developed in the 1960s, in which a number of musicians perform the same instruments or parts in unison and the resulting sound is re-recorded in an echo chamber.

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