Musician (Performance of Music)
Nouns
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musician, artiste, performer, player, minstrel
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bard etc. (poet) Poetry
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[specific types of musicians] accompanist, accordionist, instrumentalist, organist, pianist, violinist, flautist
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harper, fiddler, fifer, trumpeter, piper, drummer
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catgut scraper. band, orchestral waits. vocalist, melodist
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singer, warbler
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songster, chaunter, chauntress, songstress
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cantatrice. choir, quire, chorister
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chorus, chorus singer
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philomel, thrush
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siren
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bulbul, mavis
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Pierides
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sacred nine
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Orpheus, Apollo, the Muses Erato, Euterpe, Terpsichore
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tuneful nine, tuneful quire. composer etc. Melody. Concord. performance, execution, touch, expression, solmization.
Verbs
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play, pipe, strike up, sweep the chords, tweedle, fiddle
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strike the lyre, beat the drum
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blow the horn, sound the horn, wind the horn
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doodle
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grind the organ
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touch the guitar etc. (instruments) Musical Instruments
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thrum, strum, beat time. execute, perform
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accompany
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sing a second, play a second
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compose, set to music, arrange. sing, chaunt, chant, hum, warble, carol, chirp, chirrup, lilt, purl, quaver, trill, shake, twitter, whistle
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sol-fa
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intone. have an ear for music, have a musical ear, have a correct ear.
Adverbs
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adagio, andante etc. (music) Music.