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INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does instrumental music mean?
• INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC (noun)
The noun INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC has 2 senses:
1. music intended to be performed by a musical instrument or group of instruments
2. music produced by playing a musical instrument
Familiarity information: INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Music intended to be performed by a musical instrument or group of instruments
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("instrumental music" is a kind of...):
music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Music produced by playing a musical instrument
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("instrumental music" is a kind of...):
music (musical activity (singing or whistling etc.))
Context examples
The patients were stimulated with instrumental music by pop singers Adele and Enya.
(Music believed to boost hypertension treatment, Agência Brasil/EBC)
The patients were stimulated with instrumental music by pop singers Adele and Enya.
(Music believed to boost hypertension treatment, Agenciabrasil/EBC)
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