The musician played a song on the guitar for the audience.

Meaning: This means a person who plays a musical instrument played a piece of music with words for a group of people who have gathered to watch or listen to something.

Choice of Words: Musician is a person who plays a musical instrument, and guitar is a stringed instrument with six strings. When you put them together, "musician played a guitar" means a person who plays a musical instrument played a stringed instrument with six strings. Song is a piece of music with words, and audience is a group of people who have gathered to watch or listen to something. When you put them together, "played a song for the audience" means a person who plays a musical instrument played a piece of music with words for a group of people who have gathered to watch or listen to something.

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The guitarist strummed a melody on his six-string for the crowd.

Meaning: This means that someone who plays the guitar played a series of musical notes that sounded pleasing together on a guitar that had six strings for a large group of people who were listening.

Choice of Words: Guitarist is a person who plays the guitar. Strummed means to play a guitar by moving your hand across the strings. Melody is a series of musical notes that sound pleasing together. Six-string is a type of guitar that has six strings. Crowd is a large group of people.

The musical artist performed a composition on the stringed instrument before the gathering.

Meaning: This means that someone who creates and performs music played a piece of music that they had written on an instrument that had strings for a group of people who had come together to listen.

Choice of Words: Musical artist is a person who creates and performs music. Performed means to play or sing a piece of music. Composition is a piece of music that has been written. Stringed instrument is an instrument that has strings that are plucked or bowed to make sound. Gathering is a group of people who have come together for a specific purpose.

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