instrumentalists
Players of music
Instrumentalists are musicians who play instruments rather than sing.
The term appears in contexts distinguishing performers by role: The band featured three vocalists and five instrumentalists.
In philosophy and social science, instrumentalists are adherents of instrumentalism—the view that theories or concepts are tools for prediction rather than descriptions of reality.
Game participants
- performersThose who entertain audiences
- soloistsFeatured individual musicians
- accompanistsMusicians supporting lead performers
- sidemenSupporting band members
session musicians · virtuosos · ensembles · touring musicians · first chair · concertmasters · principals · hired guns
Note-playing hand technique
- bowingBending forward in deference
- embouchureWind player's mouth position
- breath controlManaging exhalation deliberately
- articulationClear vocal expression
phrasing · vibrato · dynamics · intonation · sight-reading · scales · arpeggios · practice
Of ancient Greece/Rome
- jazzImprovisational American music genre
- orchestralFor a symphony ensemble
- folkRegular common people
- rockSolid earthen material
blues · country · mariachi · gamelan · klezmer · flamenco · bluegrass · reggae
Those valuing practical results
- utilitariansMaximizers of aggregate welfare
- empiricistsPhilosophers favoring sensory knowledge
- rationalistsAdvocates of reasoned thinking
- consequentialistsEthics judges by results
functionalists · positivists · realists · materialists · behaviorists · mechanists · naturalists · experimentalists
players
Game participants
- performersThose who entertain audiences
- soloistsFeatured individual musicians
- accompanistsMusicians supporting lead performers
sidemen · session musicians · virtuosos · ensembles · touring musicians · first chair · concertmasters · principals · hired guns · freelancers
fingering
Note-playing hand technique
- bowingBending forward in deference
- embouchureWind player's mouth position
- breath controlManaging exhalation deliberately
articulation · phrasing · vibrato · dynamics · intonation · sight-reading · scales · arpeggios · practice · dexterity
classical
Of ancient Greece/Rome
- jazzImprovisational American music genre
- orchestralFor a symphony ensemble
- folkRegular common people
rock · blues · country · mariachi · gamelan · klezmer · flamenco · bluegrass · reggae · afrobeat
pragmatists
Those valuing practical results
- utilitariansMaximizers of aggregate welfare
- empiricistsPhilosophers favoring sensory knowledge
- rationalistsAdvocates of reasoned thinking
consequentialists · functionalists · positivists · realists · materialists · behaviorists · mechanists · naturalists · experimentalists
- talent competitionstalent show, talent shows, auditions, judges panel, golden buzzer
- Epistemologistsempiricists, rationalists, positivists, constructivists, conventionalists
- performersactor, dancer, actress, singer, musician
- church musicanthems, hymnal, masses, hymnbook, canticles
instrumentalistsvocalists
Musical voice performers
singers · lead singers · crooners · chanteuses · divas
instrumentalistsexpressionists
Artists emphasizing subjective emotion