Definition of instrumental Instrumental

/ɪˌnstɹʌmɛˈntʌl/ - [instrumentul] - in•stru•men•tal

We found 14 definitions of instrumental from 6 different sources.

What does instrumental mean?

Adjective
instrumental - relating to or designed for or performed on musical instruments; "instrumental compositions"; "an instrumental ensemble"
		vocal full of the sound of voices; "a playground vocal with the shouts and laughter of children"
instrumental - serving or acting as a means or aid; "instrumental in solving the crime"
		implemental, subservient
		helpful providing assistance or serving a useful function

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instrumental (Noun)
The instrumental case .
instrumental (Noun)
A composition without lyrics.
instrumental (Adjective)
Acting as an instrument; serving as a means; contributing to promote; conductive; helpful; serviceable; essential or central.
instrumental (Adjective)
Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for, an instrument, especially a musical instrument.
instrumental (Adjective)
Applied to a case expressing means or agency, generally indicated in English by by or with with the objective.

instrumental (a.)
Acting as an instrument; serving as a means; contributing to promote; conductive; helpful; serviceable; as, he was instrumental in conducting the business.
instrumental (a.)
Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for, an instrument, esp. a musical instrument; as, instrumental music, distinguished from vocal music.
instrumental (a.)
Applied to a case expressing means or agency; as, the instrumental case. This is found in Sanskrit as a separate case, but in Greek it was merged into the dative, and in Latin into the ablative. In Old English it was a separate case, but has disappeared, leaving only a few anomalous forms.

instrumental
Serving as a means.
instrumental
A musical composition or recording without lyrics or any other sort of vocal music.

An instrumental is music that has no words or people singing. The music is made only by musical instruments, or by makings sounds using other things, like bins.

Some types of music like Jazz and classical music have a lot of instrumentals, whereas most other types of popular music don't.