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Revision as of 22:05, 16 April 2012
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An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or singing, although it might include some non-articulate vocal input; the music is primarily or exclusively produced by musical instruments.
In a song that is otherwise sung, a section not sung but played with instruments can be called an instrumental interlude.[2] If the instruments are percussion instruments, the interlude can be called a percussion interlude. These interludes are a form of break in the song.
In popular music
In commercial popular music, instrumental tracks are sometimes renderings of a corresponding release that features vocals, but may also be compositions originally conceived without vocals. An instrumental version of a song which otherwise features vocals is also known as a -1 (pronounced minus one).
The opposite of instrumental is a cappella.
In genres which the non-vocal part is conceived using electronic media, the instrumental not necessarily has to be conceived by musical instruments, but is the term to refer to some composition or version that does not include vocals.
#1s
Instrumentals in advertising
Many times, instrumentals are used in advertising in place of vocalized music, because there is much more room for a product's information. Some notable cases are:
- "Moby Dick" – Led Zeppelin (Recycling Advert from '70s)
Borderline cases
Some recordings which include brief examples of the human voice are typically considered instrumentals. Examples include singles with the following:
- Short verbal interjections (as in "Tequila" or "Topsy" or "Wipe Out" or "The Hustle")
- Repetitive nonsense words (e.g., "la la..." (as in "Calcutta") or "Woo Hoo");
- A short spoken passage (e.g., "To Live Is to Die" by Metallica);
- Wordless vocal effects, such as drones (e.g., "Rockit" or "Flying");
- Vocal percussion, such as beatbox B-sides on rap singles;
- Yodeling (e.g., "Hocus Pocus");
- Whistling (e.g., "I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman" or "Colonel Bogey March").
- An omninous statement at the end (e.g., God Bless the Children of the Beast by Motley Crue, Cremation by King Diamond)
A few songs categorized as instrumentals may even include actual vocals, if they appear only as a short part of an extended piece (e.g., "Unchained Melody" (Les Baxter) or "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" or "Pick Up the Pieces" or "The Hustle" or "Fly, Robin, Fly" or "Do It Any Way You Wanna" or "Gonna Fly Now" (Bill Conti)). Falling just outside that definition is "Theme From Shaft" by Isaac Hayes.
See also
- Instrumental hip hop
- Instrumental rock
- List of rock instrumentals
- Easy listening
- Medley
- Post Rock
- Beautiful music
- Smooth jazz
- A cappella, vocal music or singing without instrumental accompaniment
- Choro, a Brazilian instrumental folk music
Notes
- ^ Contains several vocal interjections of the title track.
- ^ Features vocal interjections of the title track at the end of each chorus.
- ^ Contains several Scottish sounding grunts at the end of each chorus and immediately beforehand.
- ^ a b Stranger on the Shore hit #1 on the end of year UK charts, but NOT the weekly UK charts. Despite this, it is the highest selling instrumental single worldwide and in the UK; in the US, this honor falls to Meco's Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band.
- ^ Contains vocal interjections before, during and immediately after the choruses.
- ^ Contains vocals at the beginning and during the fade-out.
- ^ Contains vocal interjections at the end of the second and third verses.
- ^ Contains screams of "do the hustle!" at the end of each chorus.
- ^ Contains vocal interjections of the title track at the end of each chorus and "up, up to the sky" as an ending.
- ^ Contains vocals, which total thirty words and thus contains the most amount of lyrics of any instrumental song to hit #1.
- ^ Contains, during its choruses, several nonsensical vocal interjections of the title.
- ^ At the beginning, before the main piece begins, it features the lyrics "Oh yeah, I used to know Quentin, he's a real, he's a real jerk".
References
- ^ Osborne, Ben (12 March 1999). "The toy done good". The Guardian. London: Guardian Media. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
- ^ http://www.blurtit.com/q4339876.html
- ^ Huey, Steve. "Mantovani: Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w http://ukcharts.20m.com/inst1.html
- ^ a b c Mawer, Sharon. "Eddie Calvert: Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
- ^ a b Mawer, Sharon. "Winifred Atwell: Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
- ^ a b Huey, Steve. "Pérez Prado: Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
- ^ Mawer, Sharon. "Lord Rockingham's XI: Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
- ^ a b "Pianist Russ Conway dies". BBC News. 16 November 2000. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g McNair, James (10 December 2009). "Whatever Happened To The Hit Instrumental?". Mojo. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
- ^ a b "The Shadows founder member dies". BBC News. November 29, 2005.
- ^ Perrone, Pierre (23 September 2008). "Obituary: Earl Palmer". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
- ^ a b http://www.brianbennettmusic.co.uk/art_rhythm.php
External links
- Every instrumental top 20 hit song from 1960 to the present from Tunecaster.com with a sample of each
- Thousands of free intrumental tracks