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soloist

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for soloist.

Editorial note

He grew up idolizing Alain Robert, a french soloist who made his bread and butter out of soloing buildings.

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Quick take

A person who performs a solo.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of soloist gathered in one view.

noun

A person who performs a solo.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for soloist.

noun

A person who performs a solo.

Example sentences

1

He grew up idolizing Alain Robert, a french soloist who made his bread and butter out of soloing buildings.

2

A free soloist can easily get this done in a quarter or a third of the time.

3

Being a lead/soloist is more about timbre and presence (including to a not insignificant extent looks).

4

I am currently doing something very similar and documenting the process:) I'd recommend chef librarian over soloist though.

5

I'm 35 now, and I still play as a soloist, in chamber music, and with an orchestra.

6

Or the otherwise completely average person who puts 80 hours a week into violin practice and can perform with the best gifted soloist.

7

Lennon wouldn't have reached the peaks he did both as a later Beatle and as a soloist were it not for her avante-garde influence.

8

Imagine a soloist violinist mentally rehearsing his performance for later that evening.

9

I'm a soloist by nature, but I've learned that I need to work with others.

10

Alex Honnold: No free soloist ever died doing anything cutting edge.

11

Most soloist died in different types of accidents...base jumping, rogue wave.

12

By a ridiculous stroke of luck I got to perform that piece as soloist once.

Quote examples

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Essentially every single world renowned soloist was "some sort" of child prodigy.

2

A story: Try Googling "The Naked Violin" ( not violinist) and you should find a page with free MP3 downloads put up by Tasmin Little, a fairly well known (and extremely respectable) soloist in the UK.

3

Instead “of course” we are looking for a recording, principally keyed by, for example, conductor (orchestra), director of music (choral), and/or a soloist or key ensemble members.

4

Here's a guy who changed the face of rock, inspired the greatest band of all time as much as the Beach Boys did (though they get mention), and was a huge figure both in jazz and modern classical music, possibly the best guitar soloist of all time, and makes a label that launches the likes of Captain Beefheart and Tom Waits, and he only gets mention as a "freak" outsider by most sources.

Proper noun examples

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Soloist itself is just a tool to simplify generating a runlist and specifying node attributes.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use soloist in a sentence?

He grew up idolizing Alain Robert, a french soloist who made his bread and butter out of soloing buildings.

What does soloist mean?

A person who performs a solo.

What part of speech is soloist?

soloist is commonly used as noun.