musicianship

Noun

Meaning

artistry in performing music

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The music that is played on the radio all the time or written about in magazines has nothing to do with musicianship. Dweezil Zappa

For almost a century, Jascha Heifetz was the performer all others wished to emulate, a genius whose technique and musicianship earned him accolades as "the perfect violinist." Jascha Heifetz

Our idea is simply to play the songs and to emphasize our musicianship. Krist Novoselic

I don't think there's anything wrong with not knowing how to play an instrument, but the rise of the non-musical producer has done away with musicianship and focused attention purely on the song's hook. Moby

The improvisational nature of jazz musicianship is such that a truly competent performer must be prepared to function as an on-the-spot composer who is expected to contribute to the orchestration in progress, not simply to execute the score as it is written and rehearsed. Albert Murray

I watched him at rehearsals and admired the way he conducted. Every corrective remark he made was exact: his ears and his musicianship were impregnable. Richard Strauss

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