instrumental music
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinstrumentalandmusic
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instrumental
adjective
uk/ˌɪn.strəˈmen.təl/us/ˌɪn.strəˈmen.t̬əl/
formal
If someone or something is instrumental in a process, plan, or system, that person or thing is one of the most important influences in causing it ...
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music
noun[U]
uk/ˈmjuː.zɪk/us/ˈmjuː.zɪk/
a pattern of sounds made by musical instruments, voices, or computers, or a combination of these, intended to give pleasure to people listening ...
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All of these volumes depend on traditional paradigms drawn from the analysis ofinstrumentalmusic.
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It encompasses a variety of artistic expressions :instrumentalmusic, songs, dancing and theatre.
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Muchinstrumentalmusicappears to fit visuals effortlessly and thus has filled television's extensive continuity sections.
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To date, there is virtually no evidence ininstrumentalmusicresearch explaining possible connections between self-regulated strategy use, interest, intrinsic motivation, and choice.
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Theinstrumentalmusicthat accompanies - envelops - this episode is sustained rather than unfolded.
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Theinstrumentalmusicin the opera comprises two overtures, a pantomimic march, and several preludes and interludes to vocal numbers.
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Also, no synthesizer to date comes close to rendering a piece ofinstrumentalmusicwith the 'feeling' of an accomplished musician.
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There is little empirical evidence of gender attitudes in individualinstrumentalmusicteaching since much of the research is conducted as case studies.
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Other papers explicitly interpreted representations of death ininstrumentalmusic.
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For example, what functions didinstrumentalmusicplay relative to staging?
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Instrumentalmusicteachers spend a great deal of lesson time on developing a wide range of sound from the softest to the loudest.
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Instrumentalmusichad sung, danced, drawn pictures and characters (22); now it 'gestured' in direct metaphorical strokes.
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Everyone uses this spectromorphological referral process when listening to recordings ofinstrumentalmusic.
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This assertion is still a good description of the status of research on students' learning in higherinstrumentalmusicinstitutions today: it is practically non-existent.
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Apart from dialogue, its complex repertoire of auditory effects includesinstrumentalmusicand song.
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These complex families were grouped into three categories; 'instrumental musicmaking', 'hybridinstrumentalmusic-making', and 'non-sounding play with the instrument'.
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They clearly require thatinstrumentalmusicbe provided for stage action prior to singing.
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It was not long before the studio became a focus for those seeking to exceed or reject the limitations ofinstrumentalmusic.
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At the next level we have aggregates of these elements - for example, ininstrumentalmusicwe might have melodic patterning, as in a theme.
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