Popular music songs and pieces typically have easily singable melodies. Classical instrumental melodies tended to be almost voicelike and singable. The album was commended on its catchy singable tunes and public appeal. The text with the singable melodies of his songs made them cultural possessions. Her melodic lines are singable and carefully attentive to the text. His style is melodic, easily singable, and remains popular with "a cappella" singing groups. He also has singable Irish translations of Lieder and other art songs. "Billboard.com" praised the song's "handsome, relaxed acoustic performance" and "imminently singable chorus". It was much more popular because the tunes were more "singable". And that means they've got to be actable as well as singable. In music, cantabile , an Italian word, means literally "singable" or "songlike". Eight years later Blegen himself wrote a singable translation consisting of 22 verses. He also said that the song was "utterly singable" and "the ideal summer anthem". Ira polished it into a more singable form, while George perfected the music. It is singable but sacrifices much accuracy and arguably emotional depth in the translation.