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  • noun Plural form of instrumental.

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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.

    Boing Boing: July 8, 2001 - July 14, 2001 Archives 2001

  • 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.

    Galactica Ii | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009

  • I’m getting my groove together and takin’ it on the road with these two mildly funky instrumentals from the U.K.

    Gruesome Twosome: Avocado Funk Edition : Scrubbles.net 2006

  • 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

  • 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

  • As you may have gathered from the large number of "instrumentals" in the set list, the evening's performance was less than stellar.

    FallNews - all mud and witches 1998

  • 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).

    FallNews - all mud and witches 1998

  • 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

  • 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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