instrumental solo
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An instrumental solo is a passage in a piece of music where a single instrument plays alone or takes the melodic lead while other instruments provide accompaniment.
In popular music, the guitar solo is the most familiar type: The song builds to a two-minute instrumental solo.
The term distinguishes these passages from vocal performances.
- virtuosityExceptional technical skill
- cadenzaExtended solo passage
- classicalOf ancient Greece/Rome
- pianoKeyed percussion instrument
- arpeggiosChord notes played individually
double stop · improvisation · violin · jazz · saxophone · guitar · finger picking · rock · staccato · recital · phrasing · dynamics · tone color · blues · unaccompanied · standing ovation · flute · breath control
instrumental solovocal performance
Sung musical delivery
vocal solo · singing · aria · a cappella · lyrics
instrumental solochamber ensemble
Few instrumentalists performing together
choir · ensemble performance · tutti · symphony orchestra · symphony
instrumental soloaccompaniment
Supplementary support element
backing track · rhythm section · background music · comping · vamp
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