multi-instrumentalist

noun

mul·ti-in·stru·men·tal·ist ˌməl-tē-ˌin(t)-strə-ˈmen-tə-list

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: a musician who plays two or more instruments

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Ambient The multi-instrumentalist Laraaji is among the most significant figures in all of electronic music. —

The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024 The rhythm section, helmed by multi-instrumentalist Brad Cook works wonders, flickering and flaring in tandem with Crutchfield’s mighty but nimble voice. —

Stephen Kearse, TIME, 8 Dec. 2024 Sarah Schachner Composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist, 36 What issues are most important to you right now within the Recording Academy? —

Elizabeth Dilts Marshall, Billboard, 5 Dec. 2024 Consider Chatterton’s Fields of This, an exemplary case study, as the hazy slacker rock the Oxnard, California, duo of guitarist-keyboardist Brock Pierce and multi-instrumentalist Logan Scrivner dream up is brash yet diffident. —

Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for multi-instrumentalist

Word History

First Known Use

1969, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of multi-instrumentalist was in 1969

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