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By ordinary means, sing a vocal piece in any case (7)

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humanly

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'vocal piece in any case' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'by ordinary means sing a' is the wordplay.
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'ordinary means' becomes 'nly' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'sing' becomes 'hum' (humming is a kind of singing).
'hum'+'a'='huma'
'nly' after 'huma' is 'HUMANLY'.

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