ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

A cappella

Okay kiddo, imagine you and your friends want to sing a song, but you don't have any instruments to play. What do you do? Well, you use your voices to make the sounds of the instruments! That's what a cappella is all about.

A cappella is a type of music where people sing without any musical instruments. Instead, they use just their voices to create the different sounds you'd hear from instruments like drums, guitars, and pianos.

When people are singing a cappella, they have to work together really closely to make sure they're all singing the right notes and keeping the rhythm going. They also have to come up with different ways to create all the different sounds that the instruments would make.

It can be really fun to listen to a cappella music, because you can really hear how all the voices are working together to create something special. Some people even say that a cappella music feels really warm and personal, because you can really hear the individual voices and personalities of the people singing.

So that's what a cappella is, kiddo! It's a way of making music with just your voice and working together with others to create something really cool.