skilled musician

collocation in English

meaningsofskilledandmusician

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skilled
adjective
uk
/skɪld/us
/skɪld/
having the abilities needed to do an activity or ...
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musician
noun[C]
uk
/mjuːˈzɪʃ.ən/us
/mjuːˈzɪʃ.ən/
someone who is skilled in playing music, usually as ...
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(Definition ofskilledandmusicianfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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She was askilledmusician, playing piano and violin.
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While commitment to paper in effect freezes the aria in place, askilledmusicianwould vary melody, ornamentation and harmony in accordance with the content and structure of the poem.
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When combined with the appropriate instrument, and askilledmusicianversed in the conventions for its interpretation, musical notation provides sufficient detail for the reproduction of a series of sound-events.
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A highlyskilledmusicianwill provide the ideal lip pressure and air pressure for each frequency (note) being produced.
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She was supposedly a veryskilledmusicianas well, in both singing and playing the lute.
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He also enjoyed a reputation as askilledmusician.
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She achieved a reputation as askilledmusicianon harp and piano.
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He was askilledmusicianand played the violin (deliberately badly in his shows).
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He is also an expert thief,skilledmusician, and is adept at any pursuit requiring swiftness and dexterity.
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Skilled musicians' substantial departures from nominal durations in the score will help music programmers realise that deadpan performance is a musically dead horse.
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The system they describe is addressed to skilled musicians instead of non-music experts as in our case.
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He was apparently askilledmusician.
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The author expresses nostalgia for a pre-digital era when skilled musicians played acoustic instruments in recording sessions, implying that digital instruments do not demand a comparable level of skill.
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In this way the -exible urban workforce of skilled musicians not only homogenized musical performance in towns but also carried new liturgical practices and devotions from one parish to another.
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The school gained a reputation for producing skilled musicians who became successful professional musicians.
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The lads are all highly skilled musicians and powerful singers too.
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But clearly these questionably skilled musicians serve to remind all of us that everyone can find a place in the arts.
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It consists of five very talented and skilled musicians.
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The town is known for producing many skilled musicians of all genres.
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By the mid-teens, though, two new technologies had appeared which allowed the general public to hear music as performed by skilled musicians: the hand-played piano roll and the phonograph record.
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