Instrumental definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary INSTRUMENT'AL, a. Conducive as ... promote or effect an object; helpful. The press has been instrumental in enlarging the bounds of knowledge. 1. Pertaining to instruments; made by instruments; as instrumental music, distinguished form vocal music, which is made by the ... relating to or designed for or performed on musical instruments; "instrumental compositions"; "an instrumental ensemble" [ant: vocal] 2: serving or acting as a means or aid; "instrumental in solving the crime" [syn: implemental, instrumental, subservient] Merriam ...
Instrumental errors definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Instrumental In`stru*men"tal, a. [Cf. F. instrumental.] 1. Acting as an instrument; serving as a means; contributing to promote; conductive; helpful; serviceable; as, he was instrumental in conducting the business. The head is not more native to the heart, The hand more instrumental to the mouth. --Shak. 2. (Mus.) Pertaining to, made by ... or prepared for, an instrument, esp. a musical instrument; as, instrumental music, distinguished from vocal music. ``He defended the use ...
instrumental goods definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Producer's goods Pro ... other goods, such as tools and raw material; -- called also instrumental goods, auxiliary goods, intermediate goods, or goods of the second ...
... simultaneous sounds in accordance or harmony. Music is vocal or instrumental. Vocal music is the melody of a single voice, or the harmony of two or more voices in concert. Instrumental music is that produced by one or more instruments. By ... 2005) n 1: an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner 2 ... to produce a composition having unity and continuity b. vocal, instrumental, or mechanical sounds having rhythm, melody, or harmony 2. a ... Reference Dictionary n. 1 the art of combining vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) to produce beauty of form, harmony, and ... which either means louder playing, forte, or, more probably, an instrumental interlude. 2. Not Necessarily Unimpressive: Our knowledge is, therefore, ...
... players organized to perform ensemble music — compare band Britannica Concise Instrumental ensemble of varying size and composition. Today the term orchestra ... of distinction, and by the moderns to a band of instrumental musicians. 2. The place in any public hall appropriated to a band of instrumental musicians. 3. (Mus.) (a) Loosely: A band of instrumental musicians performing in a theater, concert hall, or other place ... oratorios, cantatas, masses, and the like, or of vocal and instrumental solos. (c) A band composed, for the largest part, of ... Place for musicians (as in a theatre). 2. Band of instrumental musicians (in an orchestra). Moby Thesaurus German band, L, ...
... musicians Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1615 music and especially instrumental ensemble music intended for performance in a private room or ... performer for each part Britannica Concise Music composed for small instrumental ensembles and performed without a conductor. Traditionally intended for performance ... heard in concert halls. It began with the 16th-cent. instrumental consort, and long continued to be associated with aristocratic households ... The serenade, nocturne, and divertimento were Classical genres for varying instrumental forces, often intended to accompany meals and other activities. Standard ... a chamber. Chamber lye, urine. --Shak. Chamber music, vocal or instrumental music adapted to performance in a chamber or small apartment ... orchestra, composition, descant, electronic music, etude, exercise, harmonization, incidental music, instrumental music, invention, nocturne, opus, orchestration, piece, production, program music, ...
Instrumentality definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary INSTRUMENTAL'ITY, n. Subordinate or auxiliary agency; agency of any thing ... French instrumentalities for law enforcement" 2: the quality of being instrumental for some purpose 3: an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end [syn: instrumentality, instrumentation] Merriam Webster's ... ties) Date: 1651 1. the quality or state of being instrumental 2. means, agency Webster's 1913 Dictionary Instrumentality In`stru ... ty, n.; pl. Instrumentalities. The quality or condition of being instrumental; that which is instrumental; anything used as a means; medium; agency. The instrumentality ...
... Vocal music, music made by the voice, in distinction from instrumental music; hence, music or tunes set to words, to be ... repertoire"; "organized a vocal group to sing his compositions" [ant: instrumental] 2: having or using the power to produce speech or ... to be performed by one or more singers, usually with instrumental accompaniment [syn: vocal music, vocal] 2: a short musical composition ... or produced by the voice with or without accompaniment (cf. INSTRUMENTAL). --n. 1 (in sing. or pl.) the sung part of ... Vocal music, music made by the voice, in distinction from instrumental music; hence, music or tunes set to words, to be ...
... agreeable to the ear, whether the sounds are vocal or instrumental, or both. The trumpets sound, And warlike symphony is heard ... agreeable to the ear, whether the sounds are vocal or instrumental, or both. The trumpets sound, And warlike symphony in heard ... and pipe and symphony. --Chaucer. 3. (Mus.) (a) An elaborate instrumental composition for a full orchestra, consisting usually, like the sonata ... etc., and still earlier, to certain compositions partly vocal, partly instrumental. (b) An instrumental passage at the beginning or end, or in the course ...
... plants. 2. Produced by the organs; as organic pleasure. 3. Instrumental; acting as instruments of nature or art to a certain ... fertiliser] Merriam Webster's I. adjective Date: 1517 1. archaic instrumental 2. a. of, relating to, or arising in a bodily ... 2. Produced by the organs; as, organic pleasure. [R.] 3. Instrumental; acting as instruments of nature or of art to a ... 2. Produced by the organs; as, organic pleasure. [R.] 3. Instrumental; acting as instruments of nature or of art to a ... organical) 1. Radical, fundamental, constitutional, vital. 2. Organized, systematized. 3. Instrumental. Moby Thesaurus anatomic, animate, architectonic, architectural, atavistic, basic, biological, biotic ...