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From:  "Caio Rossi" <caiorossi@t...>
Date:  Thu Jan 10, 2002  2:04 am
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] SINGERS AND MUSICIANS

How natural does "instrumentalist" sound to native speakers? Which do you hear
more often, musician or instrumentalist ( exclusively, of course, for someone
who plays a musical instrument )?

Thanks,

Caio


> In a message dated 1/9/2002 7:08:23 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> laura@d... writes:
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> << Ummm, I also will still take offense to the categorizations of "Singers"
> vs. "Musicians". They are one and the same in most instances now - at
> least in the classical world. >>
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> laura,
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> maybe you could think of it as singers being more than just musicians.
> all singers are musicians (good or bad) and, so are instrumentalists but, no
> instrumentalist is a singer (except metaphorically). and still, the voice
> qualifies as an instrument.
>
> mike
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