The word "acoustic" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a sound that has been produced without any electrical amplification (as in a musical performance). For example, "The band gave an incredible acoustic performance."
The short work for mezzo soprano and chamber orchestra will be performed in the Olympic stadium-sized equestrian centre beside the derelict Necarne castle, a space she described as "amazing – and with a perfect acoustic".
They all shared a guitar as children, although Louis moved to bass in 1961 after being smitten by the guitarrón, a large acoustic bass favoured by mariachi bands, which he had heard being played in a shopping arcade in LA.
For your local taxpayer-subsidised theatre, low-tech high-return junk such as standup comedy, discredited TV psychics and Abba tribute acts float more worthwhile artists with identifiable skills – dancers, actors, puppeteers and ex-members of the Stranglers doing acoustic tours.
It's scary, but I'd rather have a crying newborn than a 14-year-old who won't stop screaming because he's never been to a Starbucks before and all the acoustic jazz is freaking him out.
Following an appearance at the second leg of Coachella festival on 18 April, White will play a series of acoustic dates in the five US states he has yet to play.
Related: I'm a fundraiser turned chief executive - boards must take risks on people like me Telethon night highlights included a Game of Thrones mock musical by Coldplay that has attracted over 7m hits on YouTube, The Voice winner Sawyer Fredericks' rendition of John Lennon's Imagine and an acoustic duet by Ed Sheeran and Kermit the Frog of the Muppet Movie song, Rainbow Connection.
Even the complexity of his blueprints and the experimenting that went into them, like his famous solution to the problem of the shells construction (as segments of a single sphere, thus enabling the components to be mass-produced) and a similar solution to the acoustic ceilings based on the cylinder; and one for the soaring glass walls on the structure of a bird's wing.
Low frequency, continuous sounds are far more comforting to distressed individuals than intermittent sounds, acoustic techniques which mothers tend to naturally use when trying to soothe newborn babies.
We're joining the dots here, but we're guessing that Heal (and there's another clue) is as much art of self-expression as Art of Noise, as emotional an exercise as any acoustic singer-songwriter LP.
As he batters his acoustic with his hands and blurs the strings, he's set the bar high for Kanye for the most stirring performance of the evening.
He goes completely stripped-back, using a loop pedal and acoustic guitar, and it's his bread and butter – for all the Pharrell productions, it's this immediacy that has paradoxically won him three sold out nights at Wembley Stadium.
