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.

U-Elvis Presley, umculi we- rock oqeqeshiwe nomculi wekhulu lama-20.

Izinhlobo

hlela
 
1820 isithombe Ludwig van Beethoven by Joseph Karl Stieler, umqambi ezinkulu ngasekupheleni Classical futhi ekuqaleni kuka zothando nangenkathi

Umqambi

hlela

Umqambi 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

hlela

Umqhubi 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

hlela

Izibonelo 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 ).