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PlayingShe plays the piano very well.I play lead guitar in a rock band.The oboe plays the main theme.The trumpets sounded to mark the queen€™s arrival. a bass, clarinet, guitar, horn, keyboard, sax, trumpet, viola, etc. player an orchestral playerPerforming a concerto, instrumental, violin soloist a clarinet, jazz virtuoso a brass, dance, military, rock band a jazz, string quartet a pop, rock group a solo album, artist, career, cello, instrument, passage, performance, voice, work unaccompanied singing, violin a bass, saxophone solo a gala, pop, symphony concert a concert, gala, virtuoso performance a live, rock, solo gig an organ, a piano recitalJames Levine conducts the orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera in New York.the Scottish Symphony Orchestra, led by Elizabeth LeightonLearningMy sister is learning the French horn.I practise the clarinet an hour a day.He studied piano at the Royal College of Music.My father took up the trumpet in his retirement.She dropped/gave up the violin when she was fifteen.He teaches the flute. a music/piano/singing lesson/teacher band/cello/choir practice an orchestral rehearsalPrepositionsonShe sang three songs and I accompanied her on the piano.That was Miles Davis on trumpet.fora work for cello, oboe and harpsichordNOTE that when you are talking about classical music, the instrument usually has a definite article.In other contexts it is dropped:He plays the clarinet.She playes bass guitar.Composingcompose/writean accompanimenta balleta concerto for an instrument/a musicianmusican operaan orchestralscoreparts for harp and bassoona songthe soundtrack for a filma string quarteta symphonyThe piece was specially composed for the English Chamber Orchestra.She loves playing the concerto because it is so well written for the clarinet. accordion, African, baroque, chamber, church, classical, dance, live, pop, world music Beethoven, choral, classical, orchestral, organ, piano pieces chamber, choral, classical, instrumental, musical, orchestral, organ, piano, symphonic worksMy sister has taken up the tuba.
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