Pianist, Arranger, Composer, Conductor is the second solo album by American musician Richard Carpenter , released in 1998.
9-453: The album includes instrumental versions of songs by The Carpenters and Richard's album Time , and is dedicated to their deceased mother, Agnes Carpenter. The album contains two new songs, "All Those Years Ago" and "Karen's Theme", with the latter being released as a single. This 1990s pop album–related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Instrumental An instrumental or instrumental song
18-475: A genre in which both vocal/instrumental and solely instrumental songs are produced is blues. A blues band often uses mostly songs that have lyrics that are sung, but during the band's show, they may also perform instrumental songs which only include electric guitar , harmonica , upright bass / electric bass and drum kit . Some recordings which include brief or non-musical use of the human voice are typically considered instrumentals. Examples include songs with
27-421: A section that is not sung but which is played by instruments can be called an instrumental interlude , or, if it occurs at the beginning of the song, before the singer starts to sing, an instrumental introduction . If the instrumental section highlights the skill, musicality, and often the virtuosity of a particular performer (or group of performers), the section may be called a "solo" (e.g., the guitar solo that
36-406: Is music normally without any vocals, although it might include some inarticulate vocals, such as shouted backup vocals in a big band setting. Through semantic widening , a broader sense of the word song may refer to instrumentals. The music is primarily or exclusively produced using musical instruments . An instrumental can exist in music notation , after it is written by a composer ; in
45-413: Is a Dutch DJ, remixer and producer. He was the co-creator of Alice Deejay , and their biggest hit, " Better Off Alone ", was credited to "DJ Jurgen presents Alice Deejay". As a solo artist, he also had an international hit with “Higher and Higher”, which peaked at number 34 on Billboard ’s Dance Club Songs chart in 2000. Currently, Jurgen hosts the morning show on Wild FM. This article on
54-462: Is a key section of heavy metal music and hard rock songs). If the instruments are percussion instruments , the interlude can be called a percussion interlude or "percussion break". These interludes are a form of break in the song. In commercial popular music , instrumental tracks are sometimes renderings, remixes of a corresponding release that features vocals, but they may also be compositions originally conceived without vocals. One example of
63-409: Is loose and subjective. Falling just outside of that definition is " Theme from Shaft " by Isaac Hayes . " Better Off Alone ", which began as an instrumental by DJ Jurgen , had vocals by Judith Pronk , who would become a seminal part of Alice Deejay , added in later releases of the track. DJ Jurgen Jürgen Rijkers (born 13 February 1967), better known by his stage name DJ Jurgen ,
72-497: The following: Songs including actual musical—rhythmic, melodic, and lyrical—vocals might still be categorized as instrumentals if the vocals appear only as a short part of an extended piece (e.g., " Unchained Melody " (Les Baxter), " Batman Theme ", " TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia) ", " Pick Up the Pieces ", "The Hustle", " Fly, Robin, Fly ", " Get Up and Boogie ", " Do It Any Way You Wanna ", and " Gonna Fly Now "), though this definition
81-406: The mind of the composer (especially in cases where the composer themselves will perform the piece, as in the case of a blues solo guitarist or a folk music fiddle player); as a piece that is performed live by a single instrumentalist or a musical ensemble , which could range in components from a duo or trio to a large big band, concert band or orchestra . In a song that is otherwise sung,
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