instrument
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With their new recordings, two leading jazz pianists—Jason Moran and Marta Sanchez—are expanding the language of their instrument.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
The constraints of a limited instrument forced him to come up with new approaches to playing that wouldn’t otherwise have been necessary.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
Lampenius, a classical concert violinist, obtained permission to play her instrument - a 19th Century Gagliano violin - live on stage.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
The most prominent instrument on the album is its layers of vocal treatments.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
An hour or more of that and her instrument definitely would have been damaged.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
Vocabulary lists containing instrument
Macbeth's "Is this a dagger..." soliloquy
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John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961
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