Musicians:
"Instrumentalist" redirects here. For followers of the philosophy, see instrumentalism. A musician is a person who plays or writes music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music:
A musician can be self-taught, or learn by formal education in a conservatory or by a private instructor or a guru.
Musicians can be amateur or professional. A professional musician is usually defined as one who is paid to perform, compose or act in any other productive manner related to music, and whose main source of income is this activity. Professional musicians may work freelance, enter into a contract with a studio or record label, be employed by a professional ensemble such as a symphony orchestra or big band, or by an institution such as a church or business (such as a jazz club or a bar).
[edit] Types of musicians
- Leaders
Conductor · Bandleader
- Composers
Composer · Songwriter · Arranger · Orchestrator
- Instrumentalists
Bassist or Double bassist · Bassoonist · Bandurist (Bandura player) · Bouzouki player · Cellist · Clarinetist · Drummer · Euphoniumist · Electronic musician · Flautist · Guitarist (Electric, Acoustic) · Harpist · Hornist (Horn player) · Keyboardist (Keyboard player) · Oboist · Organist · Pianist · Percussionist · Recorder player · Saxophonist · Sawist (musical saw player) · Sitarist · Poet · Trombonist · Trumpeter (also Trumpet player) · Tubist (Tuba player) · Turntablist (DJ) · Uillean piper · Violinist · Violist (Viola player)
- Vocalists
Singer · Rapper · Screamer
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