electronic instrument
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4.2
- noun
- /ɪˌlɛkˈtrɒnɪk ˈɪnstrʊmənt/
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instrumento electrónico
- Several electronic instruments were attached to the trawl to monitor its performance.
- sounds of electronic instruments
- other electronic instruments
Examples
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The primary purpose of the Musical Instrument Digital Interface is communication between or among two or more electronic instruments.
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The theremin is an electronic instrument that produces sound without physical contact, using hand movements to control pitch.
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Several years ago, my school district set out to purchase electronic instruments for all music and rehearsal rooms.
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The invention of electronic instruments again changed the sound of the world we live in.
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Electronic instruments and digital technology require practice and performance, just as learning an acoustic instrument does.
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Generally, electronic keyboards are the least expensive electronic instruments.
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Another way to achieve a good balance between instruments and voices is to use alternative orchestrations and incorporate electronic instruments.
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Beginning in 1953, Stockhausen was one of the first to compose works for electronic instruments.
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MIDI can connect computers or acoustic instruments to electronic instruments through a MIDI interface.
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In later pieces, Riley infused his repetitive music with jazz and rock rhythms and the sounds of electronic instruments to create fine textures and "washes" of sound.
Academic text (1998)
Synonyms
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3.9
An electronic instrument usually played with a keyboard that makes many sounds and copies other instruments
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4.0
A keyboard instrument that makes sounds like a pipe organ using electricity
A device that makes musical sounds using electricity, like a synthesizer or keyboard
A keyboard instrument that makes pipe-organ sounds using electronic parts
A set of drum pads and an electronic sound unit played like a drum kit
A set of pads and electronics you play like drums to make different drum sounds
How Electronic
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'electronic' (using electronic technology) and 'instrument' (a device producing musical sounds): an instrument that uses electronic technology to produce sound. This compositional pattern is regular and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Electronic instrument comes from the simple picture of an instrument that uses electronic parts to make music. Imagine wires, small electric parts and speakers making the sound instead of strings or air, so the phrase means a musical device that makes 'sound' using electricity rather than by non-electric methods.