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  • noun Plural form of solo.

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Examples

  • His violin solos are superb and the sincerity and heart he brings to his music is contagious.

    Cheesy Broadcasting Corporation « BuzzMachine 2005

  • It’s Festival day, the day singers all over the state gather for adjudication in solos, duets, quartets, or small ensembles.

    Festival Day 2007

  • On a few of these tracks, the solos are the opposite of righteous, dude.

    The Brothers Scream-Your-Head-Off 2008

  • Mrs. Channing's four solos were the feature of the whole programme.

    Rilla of Ingleside Lucy Maud 1921

  • Fans cheered the start of the guitar interludes -- don't call them "solos" -- during "Impossible Germany" and "Handshake Drugs," and they shook their heads to the shrill, panicky instrumentation in "Bull Black Nova."

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

  • Fans cheered the start of the guitar interludes -- don't call them "solos" -- during "Impossible Germany" and "Handshake Drugs," and they shook their heads to the shrill, panicky instrumentation in "Bull Black Nova."

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

  • His solos are a bit more restrained than they might have been in company with Tony Williams, Alan Dawson or other drummers more inclined to go with his flow.

    ArtsJournal: Daily Arts News 2009

  • The judges aren't offering feedback for these solos, which is nice in that maybe it means we're just going to watch some good dancing.

    Television Without Pity 2009

  • The course also presents an in-depth look at orchestrating from single-layer material, such as solos and homophonic statements, to complex textures of four or more layers-music that is too complex to fit into a traditional melody / countermelody / harmony format.

    Mix 2009

  • I'm really good at learning rhythm guitar and can pick up most lead guitar fairly quickly but I'm having real trouble with learning solos which is fairly irritating to be honest.

    All Updates @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com 2009

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