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==Origin==
Italian, from ''solo'' [[alone]], from [[Latin]] ''solus''
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century 1695]
==Definitions==
*1or plural '''so·li'''
:a : a musical [[composition]] for a single [[voice]] or instrument with or without accompaniment
:b : the featured part of a [[concert]]o or similar work
2: a [[performance]] in which the performer has no [[partner]] or associate
:b. something undertaken or done alone <a student pilot's first solo>
3: any of several card [[games]] in which a player elects to play without a partner against the other players
==Description==
In [[music]], a '''solo''' (from the Italian: ''solo'', meaning [[alone]], even though ''assolo'' is now used in Italy when referring to the musical solo) is a piece or a section of a piece played or [[sung]] by a single performer. In [[practice]] this means a number of [[different]] things, depending on the type of music and the [[context]].
The [[word]] is also used for the act of [[performing]] a solo, and sometimes for the performer (more often a soloist).
The plural is ''soli'' or the anglicised form ''solos''. In some [[context]] these are interchangeable, but ''soli'' tends to be restricted to classical music, and tends to refer to either the solo performers or the solo passages in a single piece: it would not often be used to refer to several pieces that happen to be for single performers. Furthermore, the word ''soli'' can be used to refer to a small number of [[simultaneous]] parts assigned to single players in an [[orchestra]]l composition. In the Baroque [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concerto_grosso concerto grosso], the term for such a group of soloists was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concertino_(group) concertino].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solo_%28music%29]
[[Category: The Arts]]
==Origin==
Italian, from ''solo'' [[alone]], from [[Latin]] ''solus''
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century 1695]
==Definitions==
*1or plural '''so·li'''
:a : a musical [[composition]] for a single [[voice]] or instrument with or without accompaniment
:b : the featured part of a [[concert]]o or similar work
2: a [[performance]] in which the performer has no [[partner]] or associate
:b. something undertaken or done alone <a student pilot's first solo>
3: any of several card [[games]] in which a player elects to play without a partner against the other players
==Description==
In [[music]], a '''solo''' (from the Italian: ''solo'', meaning [[alone]], even though ''assolo'' is now used in Italy when referring to the musical solo) is a piece or a section of a piece played or [[sung]] by a single performer. In [[practice]] this means a number of [[different]] things, depending on the type of music and the [[context]].
The [[word]] is also used for the act of [[performing]] a solo, and sometimes for the performer (more often a soloist).
The plural is ''soli'' or the anglicised form ''solos''. In some [[context]] these are interchangeable, but ''soli'' tends to be restricted to classical music, and tends to refer to either the solo performers or the solo passages in a single piece: it would not often be used to refer to several pieces that happen to be for single performers. Furthermore, the word ''soli'' can be used to refer to a small number of [[simultaneous]] parts assigned to single players in an [[orchestra]]l composition. In the Baroque [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concerto_grosso concerto grosso], the term for such a group of soloists was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concertino_(group) concertino].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solo_%28music%29]
[[Category: The Arts]]
