multi-instrumentalist
noun
mul·ti-in·stru·men·tal·ist
ˌməl-tē-ˌin(t)-strə-ˈmen-tə-list 
-ˌtī-
: a musician who plays two or more instruments
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The Sacramento, California band formed in 1991, with Brown on guitar alongside singer John McCrea, multi-instrumentalist Vince DiFiore, and others.
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Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2026
The singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer has helped shape the sound of modern R&B since co-founding Tony!
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2026
On her first tour with production elements such as lighting and dry-ice fog, the singer and multi-instrumentalist secured her standing as one of the more exciting, innovative creatives on the contemporary scene.
—Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
With his multi-instrumentalist bandmates, PJ Moore and co-songwriter Robert Bell, Buchanan zooms into these exchanges to prolong them or dissembles them into jagged pieces that leave the bigger picture to us.
—Sam Sodomsky, Pitchfork, 1 Feb. 2026
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Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2026
The singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer has helped shape the sound of modern R&B since co-founding Tony!
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2026
On her first tour with production elements such as lighting and dry-ice fog, the singer and multi-instrumentalist secured her standing as one of the more exciting, innovative creatives on the contemporary scene.
—Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
With his multi-instrumentalist bandmates, PJ Moore and co-songwriter Robert Bell, Buchanan zooms into these exchanges to prolong them or dissembles them into jagged pieces that leave the bigger picture to us.
—Sam Sodomsky, Pitchfork, 1 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for multi-instrumentalist
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“Multi-instrumentalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/multi-instrumentalist. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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