instrumental

1. Essential or central; of great importance or relevance.

   He was instrumental in conducting the business.

   dienlich, förderlich, entscheidend

2. Serving as an instrument, medium, means, or agency.

   serving or acting as a means or aid

3. Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for an instrument, especially a musical instrument (rather than the human voice).

   instrumental music

   an instrumental part

   instrumental, instrumentell

4. Of or relating to a case expressing means or agency, generally corresponding to the English use of prepositions such as by, with, through, or by means of with the objective case.

   the instrumental case

   Instrumentalis

   твори́тельныйtvorítelʹnyj

   ору́днийorúdnyj

1. I like vocal music better than instrumental music.

   Я більше люблю вокальну музику, ніж інструментальну.

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2. I like instrumental music.

   Я люблю інструментальну музику.

   ruЛюблю инструментальную музыку.

   deIch mag Instrumentalmusik.

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3. He plans to record an instrumental album.

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4. He was greatly instrumental in making Japan understood.

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5. Beethoven's instrumental music invites us to contemplate a landscape gigantic beyond measure.

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