I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a solo instrument (= one that can be played on its own )
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The organ has increasingly become recognized as a solo instrument in its own right.
a solo performance (= one performed by a single musician, not a group )
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Young’s solo performances are often his most effective.
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■ NOUN
album
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In 1961 he recorded his first solo album , It's Morrissey Man!
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But only last year, at age 31, did she release her first solo album .
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In 1993 he recorded a further solo album .
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This time he is promoting a solo album .
artist
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At the moment, they've got it into their heads that solo artists are not hip.
career
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Matt now lives in Los Angeles, where he is trying to launch a solo career .
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Mama Cass had done better than any of them with her solo career , but then tragically died so soon afterwards.
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And I really do dread Morrissey's solo career , once they have split.
effort
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Though supported by the Cheltenham Group, this is an entirely solo effort , and all types of subject are covered.
flight
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Since that day I have done several more solo flights and I am now beginning to learn about navigation.
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As the horizon spins dizzily, 5, 000 amateur pilots roll a jet on their first solo flight .
instrument
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It is essentially a solo instrument .
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But it is not by any means just for children and can be used as a solo instrument or in bands.
voice
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Although all are for solo voice we are drawn into a quasi-theatrical experience.
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And there is the performance by Rifkin with just eight solo voices .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Albert wants to take a solo sailing trip around the world.
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Computer bridge programs will let you play solo .
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LeRoy took his first solo flight that weekend.
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Winans released her solo album at age 31.
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A musical prodigy, he played solo recitals by age 12.
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And I really do dread Morrissey's solo career, once they have split.
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However, U2 will have sorely disappointed fans who rely on the music press as their solo source of information.
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Matt now lives in Los Angeles, where he is trying to launch a solo career.
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The final ethereal prayer and solo duet were beautifully sung.
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The result is that we encounter unsuspected shades of gray, with solo flute and bassoon weaving ironic commentaries.
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Trevor McDonald was made solo frontman.
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What local people are listening to is not solo throat-singers, but tradition-based pop or tradition-based rock.
II. noun
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■ ADJECTIVE
fine
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At last the choruses dropped to a quartet, to a duet, and finally even Lachlan's fine solo baritone petered out.
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The context produces some exceptionally fine solo playing.
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With 15 minutes left, Little capped off a fine performance with a fine solo try which he converted.
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The first shock of the night came after 10 minutes when Darren Boughey scored a fine solo goal for the part-timers.
good
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He was giving one of his best solo Gesner recitals, whilst totally blowing the sense of the scene.
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Its best range for solos is.
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And Maritza had the best solos too.
new
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Nigel Beale and Peter Dewhurst second and third in the new open solo class.
■ NOUN
guitar
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Trouble is, I can't ever remember how to play the guitar solo !
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So just where does Bernard stand on the great guitar solo debate?
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No-one realises how f-in' hard it is to scream at the top of your lungs and concentrate on playing guitar solos .
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It is difficult to write down a Jimi Hendrix guitar solo and still harder to play it from such a notated version.
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This encourages improvisation, and enables the improviser to play at length and elaborately, as in the guitar solo by Eric Clapton.
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And the one thing that myself and my friends all absolutely hated was guitar solos !
■ VERB
perform
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Baryon performs solo and in duo with percussionist Mina Cinelu who also plays guitar, banjo, mandolin and synthesizer.
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These are marked by three of the dancers whilst another performs a solo to a short phrase.
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A sweet-voiced high school student named Laura Travis performed the song solo .
play
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Trouble is, I can't ever remember how to play the guitar solo !
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Jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis played a solo .
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No-one realises how f-in' hard it is to scream at the top of your lungs and concentrate on playing guitar solos .
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You can play solo or against your helpless friends over a network.
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Side two features Abrams playing solo piano.
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Brackeen playing dynamic solo piano with a mixture of standards and originals.
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I play something different every night instead of playing the solo from the record.
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I also play an open solo and I play that differently every night.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Krupa plays a drum solo on the band's nine-minute version of "Sing, Sing, Sing."
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I think I go for clichéd solos in a way.
III. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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In 1990 - the period covered - only one climber was killed following a slip soloing a mixed climb.
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She had never soloed, but when she finished, she took the Canuck up for a trial spin.
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Then, Williams received uproarious acclaim for a leaping celebration as spectacular as a Sadler's Wells solo .
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Use this scale when soloing over a blues, over a m7 chord or over a dominant chord.
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We waited expectantly for the first of our classmates to solo .