Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality rhythm and a variety of vocal techniques. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music (arias recitatives songs etc.) that can be sung with or without accompaniment by musical instruments. Singing is often done in an ensemble of musicians such as a choir of singers or a band of instrumentalists. Singers may perform as soloists or accompanied by anything from a single instrument (as in art song or some jazz styles) up to a symphony orchestra or big band. Different singing styles include art music such as opera and Chinese opera Hindustani music and religious music styles such as gospel traditional music styles world music jazz blues gazal and popular music styles such as pop rock electronic dance music