Play musical instruments

Description

Manipulate purpose-built or improvised instruments to produce musical sounds.

Occupations requiring this skill

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Skill demand overview
  • Essential in 5 occupations
  • Optional in 21 occupations
  • Total: 26 occupations
  • Most common in: ISCO major group 2 (Professionals)

Essential for

  • Music therapist
    Music therapists use music-therapeutic interventions to treat patients with behavioural disorders and pathogenic conditions to prevent, mitigate or eliminate symptoms and to change…
  • Music teacher secondary school
    Music teachers at secondary schools provide education to students, commonly children and young adults, in a secondary school setting. They are usually subject teachers, special…
  • Music instructor
    Music instructors educate students in specific theory and, primarily, practice-based music courses at a specialised music school or conservatory at a higher education level, includ…
  • Music teacher
    Music teachers instruct students in various musical genres and expression forms, such as classical, jazz, folk, pop, blues, rock, electronic, etc., in a recreational context. They …
  • Répétiteur
    A Répétiteur is a specialized pianist and coach who works with opera singers and instrumentalists to help them prepare their parts for performances. They play piano accompaniments,…

Optional for

  • Performing arts theatre instructor
    Performing arts theatre instructors educate students in specific theory and, primarily, practice-based theatre courses at a specialised theatre, or acting, school or conservatory a…
  • Primary school teacher
    Primary school teachers instruct students on a primary school level. They develop lesson plans in line with curriculum objectives for the variety of subjects they teach, including …
  • Stringed musical instrument maker
    Stringed musical instrument makers create and assemble parts to create stringed instruments according to specified instructions or diagrams. They sand wood, measure and attach stri…
  • Musical conductor
    Musical conductors lead ensembles of musicians, directing them during rehearsals and helping them attain their best performance. They can work with a variety of ensembles, such as …
  • Harpsichord maker
    Harpsichord makers create and assemble parts to make harpsichords according to specified instructions or diagrams. They sand wood, tune, test and inspect the finished instrument. O…
  • Disc jockey
    A Disc Jockey (DJ) is a professional who plays recorded music for live audiences at events, nightclubs, radio stations, or online platforms. DJs mix different tracks seamlessly to …
  • Puppeteer
    Puppeteers perform shows by manipulating puppets such as hand puppets or marionettes. Their performance is based on a script and the movements of the puppets have to be synchronise…
  • Musical instrument technician
    Musical instrument technicians maintain, tune and repair musical instruments such as pianos, pipe organs, band instruments, violins and other instruments. Includes people producing…
  • Street performer
    Street performers create street arts performances for outdoor spaces, using space and audience as a creative resource. They create their performance through playful exploration and…
  • Singer
    A Singer is a professional performer who uses their voice as their primary instrument to entertain and convey emotion. Singers perform across various genres, including pop, rock, c…
  • Variety artist
    Variety artists are multidisciplinary artists who master at least two of the following disciplines: comedy, dance, singing, circus arts, object manipulation, and illusionism. They …
  • Composer
    A Composer is a professional who creates original music. They write and arrange musical scores for various forms of media, including orchestras, bands, films, television, video gam…
  • Guitar maker
    Guitar makers create and assemble parts to build guitars according to specified instructions or diagrams. They work wood, measure and attach strings, test quality of strings and in…
  • Piano maker
    Piano makers create and assemble parts to make pianos according to specified instructions or diagrams. They sand wood, tune, test and inspect the finished instrument. Other titles …
  • Stand-up comedian
    A Stand-Up Comedian is an entertainer who performs solo, delivering humorous monologues, jokes, and anecdotes to an audience. They rely on their wit, observational skills, and timi…
  • Harp maker
    Harp makers create and assemble parts to create harps according to specified instructions or diagrams. They sand wood, measure and attach strings, test quality of strings and inspe…
  • Keyboard musical instrument maker
    Keyboard musical instrument makers create and assemble parts to create keyboard instruments according to specified instructions or diagrams. They sand wood, tune, test and inspect …
  • Organ builder
    Organ builders create and assemble parts to build organs according to specified instructions or diagrams. They sand wood, tune, test and inspect the finished instrument. Other titl…
  • Drama teacher
    Drama teachers instruct students in a recreational context in the various theatrical genres and dramatic expression forms, such as comedy, tragedy, prose, poetry, improvisation, mo…
  • Violin maker
    Violin makers create and assemble parts to create violins according to specified instructions or diagrams. They sand wood, measure and attach strings, test quality of strings and i…
  • Musician
    A Musician is an artist skilled in performing, composing, and interpreting music. Musicians can work across various genres and styles, including classical, jazz, rock, pop, hip-hop…

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