a "Synth Player" or "Synthesizer Player"
lute player
It is called a solo. The texture is called 'monophonic' texture (it means "with no accompaniment").
how did Steve Winwood use the saxophone-like synth
Old Americans invented it went they were playing the drums they hollowed out drum sticks.
It means someone individually plays a short piece of music (usually the leader), and the rest of his/her band replies to it by doing another short piece of music.
A guitarist.
A bassist
An organist
a harmonist.
a guitarist
an "accordionist"
they play moogs
lute player
lute player
Nobody...Blake played the Synth to do the bass line..
Call them anything you like, they won't answer back!
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