: a combination of nine instruments or voices
also : a musical composition for such a combination
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The sounds were placed front and center in the mix to ensure that the nonet’s influence and inspiration were unambiguous to the listening public. —
Dr. Marcus Collins, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023 The three-hour, three-disc album featured over 30 musicians, including a string nonet and a 14-piece choir, and carried a strong current of 1960s and ’70s jazz in the spiritual mold of John Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders. —Michael J. West, Washington Post, 26 July 2023 With nearly four decades of shakin’, rattlin’ and rollin’ area audiences under their collective belts, this nonet of area music veterans really know how to throw a swingin’ Christmas night jam. —cleveland, 10 Dec. 2022 The nonet’s second single, released in 2016 and written by K-pop hitmakers Black Eye Pilseung, was the beginning of Twice’s journey as the country’s national girl group in 2016. —Lai Frances, Glamour, 4 Oct. 2021 Both are things the boys of NCT 127 surprisingly have never done as a nonet but easily mastered given their impressive execution of choreography. —Devon Abelman, Allure, 14 May 2019 Their second Korean single of the year, and their fourth overall due to two Japanese releases, the nonet’s latest is a summery EDM and groovy pop track that bounces around over a beat of thumping bass, bright horns, and blaring synths. —Tamar Herman, Billboard, 9 July 2018
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Dr. Marcus Collins, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023 The three-hour, three-disc album featured over 30 musicians, including a string nonet and a 14-piece choir, and carried a strong current of 1960s and ’70s jazz in the spiritual mold of John Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders. —Michael J. West, Washington Post, 26 July 2023 With nearly four decades of shakin’, rattlin’ and rollin’ area audiences under their collective belts, this nonet of area music veterans really know how to throw a swingin’ Christmas night jam. —cleveland, 10 Dec. 2022 The nonet’s second single, released in 2016 and written by K-pop hitmakers Black Eye Pilseung, was the beginning of Twice’s journey as the country’s national girl group in 2016. —Lai Frances, Glamour, 4 Oct. 2021 Both are things the boys of NCT 127 surprisingly have never done as a nonet but easily mastered given their impressive execution of choreography. —Devon Abelman, Allure, 14 May 2019 Their second Korean single of the year, and their fourth overall due to two Japanese releases, the nonet’s latest is a summery EDM and groovy pop track that bounces around over a beat of thumping bass, bright horns, and blaring synths. —Tamar Herman, Billboard, 9 July 2018
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“Nonet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/nonet. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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