Musician
Umculi ngumuntu oqamba, aqhube, noma enze umculo.Ngokwe- United States i-Employment Service, "umculi" kuyinto jikelele eside lasetshenziswa ukuze kubhekiselwe endaweni umuntu olingisa umculo njengendlela mkhakha.Abaculi zihlanganisa bezingoma ngubani ukuqamba umculo kanye bhala isosha esihlatshelelwayo izingoma, babashayeli ngubani uqondise ukusebenza zomculo, noma abadlali abenza i izilaleli.Umenzi womculo ngumculi ngokuvamile noma umculi ohlinzeka vocals noma instrumentalist odlala a insimbi yomculo.Abaculi bangazenzela bodwa noma njengengxenye yeqembu, ibhendi noma i-orchestra.Abaculi bagxile kwisitayela somculo, kanti abanye abaculi badlala ngezitayela ezahlukahlukene eziya ngamasiko nemvelaphi. Umculi oqopha futhi akhiphe umculo angaziwa njengomculi oqoshiwe.
Izinhlobo
hlelaUmqambi
hlelaUmqambi ungumculi odala izingoma zomculo.Isihloko sisetshenziselwa ikakhulukazi labo ababhala umculo we-classic noma umculo wamafilimu.Labo ababhala umculo wezingoma ezidumile bangabizwa njengababhali bezingoma (Labo ababhala kakhulu amagama ezingoma kungabizwa ngabo njengabaculi bezingoma ).
Umqhubi
hlelaUmqhubi uqondisa ukusebenza komculo; ukuqhuba kuchazwe ngokuthi "ubuciko bokuqondisa ukusebenza ngasikhathi sinye kwabadlali abaningana noma abaculi ngokusebenzisa isenzo."Umqhubi umi emsamo ophakanyisiwe futhi uxhumana nabaculi ngokuthinta ngezandla noma ngokubabheka emehlweni.
Umenzi
hlelaIzibonelo zabaculi zifaka, kepha azikhawulelwanga,abaculi bezinsimbi nabahlabeleli abaculela izethameli.Umculi angadlala njengomculi ohamba yedwa noma njengengxenye yomculo (isb. I-orchestra, ikwaya noma iqembu le-pop ).