Post by phludowin on Mar 7, 2018 20:35:11 GMT
Not being a music specialist, I am just going to use "musician" to refer to anyone who makes a living at, or could reasonably make a living at, some musical performance. The person who has special skill as a guitarist is a guitarist, the person who has special skill as a singer is a singer. If their skill is exceptional that would be a virtuoso guitarist. The general public is going to take words for their own use and there isn't much you can do to stop it. They are going to use "virtuoso" to describe athletes, politicians, chefs and and all sorts of things not musical.
That's fine if you want to use it like that; it may just confuse people like me who draw those distinctions.