multi-instrumentalist
C4032
concept
A multi-instrumentalist is a musician who is proficient in playing two or more musical instruments, often switching between them in performance or composition.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| multi-instrumentalist canonical | 282 |
| mandolinist | 22 |
| Chapman Stick player | 2 |
| autoharpist | 1 |
| virtuoso percussionist | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: multi-instrumentalist
Generated description
A multi-instrumentalist is a musician who is proficient in playing two or more musical instruments, often switching between them in performance or composition.
Instances (306)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Ethan Johns | — |
| Lloyd Maines | — |
| Bruce Wirth | — |
| Ivor Arthur Davies | — |
| Charley Drayton | — |
| Tony Levin | Chapman Stick player |
| Andrew W.K. | — |
| Matt Clifford | — |
| Eric Dolphy | — |
| Ian Bairnson | — |
| James McAlister | — |
| Michael Kang | — |
| David Grisman | mandolinist |
| Jake Cinninger | — |
| Czesław Niemen | — |
| Dave Pegg | — |
| Andrew Wegman Bird | — |
| Vic Feldman | — |
| Georgia Anne Muldrow | — |
| Earl "Wya" Lindo | — |
| Gene Johnson | mandolinist |
| Brody Brown | — |
| Ralph Carney | — |
| Dave Haywood | — |
| Jim Bryson | — |
| Yusef Lateef | — |
| Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones | — |
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Glennie
surface form:
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virtuoso percussionist |
| Thom Gimbel | — |
| Mark Rivera | — |
| Tom Gimbel | — |
| Paul Carrack | — |
| Patrick Wolf | — |
| Kofi Burbridge | — |
| Blake Mills | — |
| Solomon Feldthouse | — |
| Tom Peloso | — |
| Catherine Russell | — |
| Russell Higbee | — |
| Gordy Goudie | — |
| Ólafur Arnalds | — |
| Sebastian Plano | — |
| Chris Wood | — |
| John Mayall | — |
| Erland Cooper | — |
| Jeff Bhasker | — |
| Liam Titcomb | — |
| Iain Cook | — |
| Edgar Winter | — |
| Seán Malone | Chapman Stick player |