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Solo vs Instrumental - What's the difference?

solo | instrumental |

As nouns the difference between solo and instrumental

is that solo is solo (piece of music for one) while instrumental is instrumental (grammatical case).

solo

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (music) A piece of music for one performer.
  • A job or performance done by one person alone.
  • A card game similar to whist in which each player plays against the others in turn without a partner.
  • A single shot of espresso.
  • (Gaelic football) An instance of soloing the football

    • Coordinate terms

    * (coffee) doppio, triplo (rare)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Without a companion or instructor.
  • Of, or relating to, a musical solo.

    • Verb

  • To perform a solo.
  • To perform something in the absence of anyone else.
  • (Gaelic football) To drop the ball and then toe-kick it upward into the hands.

    • Derived terms

    * soloist * solo run

    Related terms

    * solitaire

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    instrumental

    English

    (wikipedia instrumental)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Acting as an instrument; serving as a means; contributing to promote; conductive; helpful; serviceable; essential or central.
    • He was instrumental in conducting the business.
  • * (rfdate), (William Shakespeare), (Hamlet), I,ii
    • The head is not more native to the heart, The hand more instrumental to the mouth —
  • (music) Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for, an instrument, especially a musical instrument.
    • instrumental music
  • * (rfdate) (Thomas Babington Macaulay)
    • He defended the use of instrumental music in public worship.
  • * (rfdate) (John Dryden)
  • * Sweet voices mix'd with instrumental sounds.
  • (grammar) Applied to a case expressing means or agency, generally indicated in English by by'' or ''with with the objective.
    • the instrumental case

    Coordinate terms

    * (serving as a means) final * (music) vocal, a capella

    Antonyms

    * noninstrumental

    Derived terms

    * instrumental error * instrumentation * instrumentality * instrumentive

    Noun

  • (uncountable, grammar) The instrumental case.
  • (countable, music) A composition without lyrics.
  • * 1977 , Stereo Review (volume 38, page 70)
    • I recommend this album in the face of the fact that five of the eleven songs are the purest filler, dull instrumentals with a harmonica rifling over an indifferent rhythm section. The rest is magnificent

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