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How to pronounce “instrumental”
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Pronunciation guide for instrumental
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of instrumental with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Robert Gupta: Music is medicine, music is sanity 9 minutes, 55 seconds
and ultimately was instrumental -- if you'll pardon the pun --
- Definition summary
- Essential or central; of great importance or relevance.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce instrumental
Robert Gupta: Music is medicine, music is sanity 9 minutes, 55 seconds

and ultimately was instrumental -- if you'll pardon the pun --
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “instrumental”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Essential or central; of great importance or relevance.
- Serving as an instrument, medium, means, or agency.
- (music) Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for an instrument, especially a musical instrument (rather than the human voice).
- (music) A pause in the vocals of a song, usually occurring midway through, in which a musical instrument replaces the vocals.
- (grammar) Applied to a case expressing means or agency, generally corresponding to the English use of prepositions such as by, with, through, or by means of with the objective case.
- [Noun]
- (grammar) The instrumental case.
- (music) A composition written or performed without lyrics or singing, using a lead instrument to replace vocals.
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