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- noun Plural form of
instrumental .
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Examples
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But the actual funk tracks on this are really nice, the kind of thing you want to put in a high-rotation playlist for urban walking; think of the fat-bass instrumentals from the Fat Albert theme with a George Clinton's slitheriest, perviest licks.
Boing Boing: December 21, 2003 - December 27, 2003 Archives 2003
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Public Enemy is posting vocal tracks from their next disc on the Net and asking would-be DJs to mix in instrumentals and post them.
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His latest project is a three-album compilation titled “Tryptych” that contains new music. melodies and instrumentals from the composer’s works that had yet to have been performed.
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I’m getting my groove together and takin’ it on the road with these two mildly funky instrumentals from the U.K.
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The instrumentals are the stars of this album; along with "Barroquita", the songs "La Muerte del Rey", "Patita" and "Atlantico" are solid, melodic and Latin-tinged folk delights that show a band of musicians who may still be developing their technical skills but are clearly in-synch as a single-minded collective.
Latest reviews @ Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website 2009
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You don't hear a lot of instrumentals, which is great because you get to hear her unbelievable vocal ability.
Black Entertainment : Black News : Urban News : Hip Hop News - EURweb.com 2009
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As you may have gathered from the large number of "instrumentals" in the set list, the evening's performance was less than stellar.
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On closer inspection, there weren't any lyrics for either Neighbourhood of Infinity or I Feel Voxish - as according to the booklet they're both "instrumentals" (God knows what I'd been hallucinating all these years then).
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Of course, Bangladesh added to Pharrell's template the rhythmically triggered vocal samples, which caught on as a textural gesture in its own right, beyond the songs in question here - though it builds of course, in its whimsical way, on a longstanding trend toward incorporating vocal samples in hip-hop "instrumentals" (dating back at least to early RZA).
wayneandwax.com 2009
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Solo verse, all chorus“I wasn't ready to go”…words stop at“tennessee's my brother,” as they dock, instrumentals continues/fades soon after excitement of Nashville port, arm and arm marines/friends
DRA Johnny Dantonio 2011
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