For the popular-music magazine see Musician (magazine). "Instrumentalist" redirects here. For followers of the philosophy see instrumentalism. Look up musician in Wiktionary the free dictionary. This article does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (June 2010) Music portal

A musician is a person who writes performs or makes music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music. An instrumentalist plays a musical instrument. A multi-instrumentalist plays a diverse range of instruments such as different forms of percussion plucked strings vocals etc. A singer is a vocalist. Composers songwriters and arrangers create musical compositions songs and arrangements. These may be transcribed in music notation performed or recorded. A conductor leads a musical ensemble. A conductor can simultaneously act as an instrumentalist in the ensemble. A recording artist creates recorded music such as CDs and MP3 files. There are many forms of musicians. From classical artist to rock artist. The spectrum is so diverse that there is no limitation to a musician's qualifications. See also American Federation of Musicians External links Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Musician Media related to Musicians at Wikimedia Commons This music-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v d e v d eMusic History of Western art music Ancient  Biblical  Medieval  Renaissance  Baroque  Classical period  Romantic  20th century  Contemporary Composition Composer  Form  Genre  Notation  Theory  Improvisation Careers Music history  Musicology  Ethnomusicology  Music cognition  Music therapy  Music education Production Musician  Lyrics  Song  Album (compilation  live  studio)  Record label  Record producer Music around the world African (East African  North African  Southern African  West African)  Asian (Central Asian  East Asian  Middle Eastern  South Asian  Southeast Asian)  European (Eastern European  Northern European  Southeastern European  Southern European  Western European  Central European)  Latin American (Central American  South American)  North American (Canadian  Caribbean  United States) Oceanian (Melanesia  Micronesia  Polynesian) Lists Topics  Outline  Glossary of musical terminology  Glossary of jazz and popular musical terms  Western art-music genres by era  Instruments  Audio Other topics Definition of music  Music and mathematics  Music and politics  Aesthetics of music  Philosophy of music  Music psychology Category  Portal