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does anyone know where to get instrumentals for songs with lyrics

I'm trying to make a cd of my mom's favorite songs with my voice. I just need the music so I can sing over it. If anyone knows where I can go to find these instrumentals please let me know. Thanks.

Best,

Matt

Instrumental music VS music without lyrics

The article says: "An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or singing," If a instrumental cant have lyrics, this means that if I dont use vocals on my song but put lyrics there using morse code, my song will not be instrumental???? I think we need to fix that on the article.201.78.130.34 (talk) 16:45, 28 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There are also cases of songs that are "mostly" instrumental, such as Layla by Eric Clapton, which has vocals only in the first one-third of the song.

Instrumentals vs songs

Please see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Music#Instrumentals vs songs, where I have raised some concerns about discrepancies in the way we deal with articles about instrumental recordings. Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 10:30, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"without lyrics, singing, or any other sort of vocal input" ... I think the main thing is that there are no lyrics. There can be voices, but they are treated as just another instrument and are not dominant. Richard K. Carson (talk) 06:36, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

instance of opinion

the best instrumental ever written is "The Call Of Ktulu" by Metallica 4.71.21.138 (talk) 15:19, 26 October 2009 (UTC) pmeusel[reply]

What's the proper terminology?

I was wondering if anyone knows what's the proper term for - when an artist performs/sings a song LIVE, but the instrumental is recorded, not played live ( by band or group of musicians). Some musicians call it - "Phonogram", some "Instrumental" - which one is correct? Or maybe there's another term for it that I have no idea. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.43.131.243 (talk) 10:12, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Why are Winchester Cathedral & Sugar Shack listed?

The recordings of Winchester Cathedral by The New Vaudeville Band and Sugar shack by Jimmy Gilmer and The Fireballs cannot be considered instrumental hits. The first one consists of 73 words (not counting the do-wop-styled words), and Jimmy Gilmer sings at least 119 words on his recording. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.25.0.196 (talk) 10:20, 13 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Additional citations

Why, what, where, and how does this article need additional citations for verification? Hyacinth (talk) 16:54, 15 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Original research

Why, what, where, and how does this article contain original research? How should it be cleaned up? Hyacinth (talk) 08:19, 10 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]