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 |
|---|---|
| Les Thompson | — |
| John Marty Stuart | — |
| Nathaniel Walcott | — |
| Ronnie McCoury | mandolinist |
| Flavour | — |
| Steven Drozd | — |
| Derek Brown | — |
| Jeremiah Fraites | — |
| Maurice Gibb | — |
| Mayer Hawthorne | — |
| Justin Sherburn | — |
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Tim Sköld – guitar, bass, programming
surface form:
Tim Sköld
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| PJ Harvey | — |
| Stevie Wonder | — |
| Warryn Campbell | — |
| Rodrigo Amarante | — |
| Jason Freese | — |
| Garth Hudson | — |
| June Carter Cash | autoharpist |
| Kitaro | — |
| Andrew Bird | — |
| Sufjan Stevens | — |
| Brian Jones | — |
| Ken Lewis | — |
| John Roy Anderson | — |
| Steve Winwood | — |
| Leonard Albert Kravitz | — |
| Mike Marshall | mandolinist |
| Taylor McFerrin | — |
| Sam Bush | mandolinist |
| Mike Oldfield | — |
| Stuart Duncan | — |
| Joshua Karpeh | — |
| Raphael Saadiq | — |
| Dónal Lunny | — |
| Junkie XL | — |
| Ben Harper | — |
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Aaron Dessner – guitar, keyboards, production
surface form:
Aaron Dessner
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| David Lindley | — |
| Brendon Urie | — |
| James Edward Olliges Jr. | — |
| Trent Reznor | — |
| Mike Elizondo | — |
| Mike Mogis | — |
| Win Butler | — |
| Richard Reed Parry | — |
| Tim Kingsbury | — |
| Will Butler | — |
| Greg Kurstin | — |
| Prince Rogers Nelson | — |