A cappella music was originally used in religious music, especially church music as well as anasheed and zemirot. Gregorian chant is an example of a cappella singing, as is the majority of secular vocal music from the Renaissance. The madrigal, up until its development in the early Baroque into an instrumentally-accompanied form, is also usually in a cappella form. Jewish and Christian music were originally a cappella,[citation needed] and this practice has continued in both of these religions as well as in Islam. COUNT 4
QSN1 What form of music was A cappella predominately used for in its early years? ANS1 religious music QSN2 What was considered part of A cappella until the Baroque period? ANS2 The madrigal QSN3 The madrigal became what type of form that prevented it from being accompanied with A cappella? ANS3 instrumentally-accompanied QSN4 In what era was most of the vocal music considered A cappella? ANS4 Renaissance