A return gig at the Nashville on 23 April demonstrated the band's growing musical competence, but by all accounts lacked a spark.

National Trust's 1970's homage was less successful; the group tried to revive the slow-rolling vamps and come-ons of early-1970's soul, but without the musical competence.

This, together with her musical competence, provided a sound basis on which to develop a new type of ballet.

One is musical competence: these opera parodies succeed because the singing and the piano playing are good enough to make us feel the music isn't simply being trashed.

The result would be a person with musical competence in two cultures: bi-musicality.

You boast of musical competence, yet you cannot play while drunk!

The pop sensibility of Kim Larsen, the artistic attitude of Franz Beckerlee and the musical competence of Wili Jønsson would prove to be a recipe for success.

The band members were hired on the grounds of "musical and congenial" competence and followed strict conduct and financial rules.

Annual competitions are held in these countries to select champion bands at various levels of musical competence.