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: > > << 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. >> > > laura, > > 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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