Topic: help please!!!

can someone please tell me what      tacet    means, it is in the housemartins song Caravan of love, im tryin to play but got no idea what it means thanks if you can help

Re: help please!!!

every woman every man
tacet means silent
so join the caravan of love 
stand up stand up

Re: help please!!!

Yep, 'tacet' means silent - more specifically, it indicates that the instrument(s) are silent (often suddenly muted), but that the lyric continues.  This typically creates a very dramatic effect during a song.  It is also sometimes indicated in songsheets with 'n.c.' or 'NC' which I assume is meant to convey "No Chord".

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