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accompanist, accompanyist
a person who provides musical accompaniment (usually on a piano)
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accordionist
a musician who plays the accordion
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bandsman
a player in a band (especially a military band)
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bassist
a musician who play the bass viol
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bassoonist
a musician who plays the bassoon
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bell ringer
someone who plays musical handbells
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carillonneur
a musician who plays a carillon
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cellist, violoncellist
someone who plays a violoncello
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clarinetist, clarinettist
a musician who plays the clarinet
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flautist, flute player, flutist
someone who plays the flute
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gambist
a musician who performs upon the viola da gamba
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guitar player, guitarist
a musician who plays the guitar
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harmoniser, harmonizer
a musician who sings or plays in harmony
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harper, harpist
someone who plays the harp
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harpsichordist
someone who plays the harpsichord
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hornist
a musician who plays a horn (especially a French horn)
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jazz musician, jazzman
a musician who plays or composes jazz music
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keyboardist
a musician who plays a keyboard instrument
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koto player
a musician who plays the koto
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lutanist, lutenist, lutist
a musician who plays the lute
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oboist
a musician who plays the oboe
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organist
a person who plays an organ
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percussionist
a musician who plays percussion instruments
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pianist, piano player
a person who plays the piano
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bagpiper, piper
someone who plays the bagpipe
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recorder player
someone who plays the recorder
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rhythm and blues musician
a performer (and sometimes composer) of rhythm and blues music
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rock 'n' roll musician, rocker
a performer or composer or fan of rock music
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saxist, saxophonist
a musician who plays the saxophone
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singer, vocaliser, vocalist, vocalizer
a person who sings
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sitar player
a musician who plays the sitar
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soloist
a musician who performs a solo
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trombone player, trombonist
a musician who plays the trombone
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cornetist, trumpeter
a musician who plays the trumpet or cornet
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vibist, vibraphonist
a musician who plays the vibraphone
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fiddler, violinist
a musician who plays the violin
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violist
a musician who plays the viola
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alto
a singer whose voice lies in the alto clef
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alto saxophonist, altoist
a musician who plays the alto saxophone
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baritone, barytone
a male singer
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bass, basso
an adult male singer with the lowest voice
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bugler
someone who plays a bugle
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canary
a female singer
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caroler, caroller
a singer of carols
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castrato
a male singer who was castrated before puberty and retains a soprano or alto voice
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chorister
a singer in a choir
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contralto
a woman singer having a contralto voice
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balladeer, crooner
a singer of popular ballads
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cymbalist
a performer on the cymbals
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drummer
someone who plays a drum
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folk singer, minstrel, poet-singer, troubadour
a singer of folk songs
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hummer
a singer who produces a tune without opening the lips or forming words
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lieder singer
a singer of lieder
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madrigalist
a singer of madrigals
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opera star, operatic star
singer of lead role in an opera
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pipe major
the chief piper in a band of bagpipes
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rapper
someone who performs rap music
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recitalist
a musician who gives recitals
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rock star
a famous singer of rock music
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songster
a person who sings
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soprano
a female singer
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syncopator
a musician who plays syncopated jazz music (usually in a dance band)
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tenor
an adult male with a tenor voice
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tenor saxophonist, tenorist
a musician who plays the tenor saxophone
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thrush
a woman who sings popular songs
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torch singer
a singer (usually a woman) who specializes in singing torch songs
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voice
(metonymy) a singer
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warbler
a singer; usually a singer who adds embellishments to the song
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xylophonist
someone who plays a xylophone
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yodeller
a singer who changes register rapidly (popular is Swiss folk songs)