a piece of music

[tree123]

What do you call a piece of music which is played with a Chinese flute and piano? It is without lyrics. I don't think I can call it 'song'.

I want to put it(XXX) in such a context as below:

Review of XXX named YYY.


EDIT:

Can I say 'review of a piece of music named YYY'?

 

[emsr2d2]

What do you call a piece of music which is played [STRIKE]with[/STRIKE] on a Chinese flute and piano? It is without lyrics. I don't think I can call it [STRIKE]'song'[/STRIKE] a song. (No quotation marks were needed.)

I want to put it space here (XXX) in such a context as below:

Review of XXX named YYY.


EDIT:

Can I say 'review of a piece of music named YYY'?

If it's already clear that you're talking about music, you can say "Review of [name of piece of music] (a piece by [name of composer/performer])".

 

[Tarheel]

You can call it an instrumental. And there's nothing stopping you from calling it a song.

 

[tedmc]

You can call it a rendition of the music by piano and flute.

 

[Phaedrus]

What do you call a piece of music which is played with a Chinese flute and piano? It is without lyrics. I don't think I can call it 'song'.

I want to put it(XXX) in such a context as below:

Review of XXX named YYY.

You call it a duet.

To be more specific, you can call it a Chinese flute and piano duet.

If only the flute is Chinese, you could flip it around and call it a piano and Chinese flute duet.

 

[Rover_KE]

You can call it an instrumental. And there's nothing stopping you from calling it a song.

I'd only call it a song if singing was involved.

I'm aware that instruments are sometimes said to be singing when they're sounding as expressive as the human voice, though I've yet to hear anybody play a song on a tambourine. (Bob Dylan)

 

[Tarheel]

That's fine if that's your preference. That doesn't mean that word isn't used that way. It is.