instrumental
adjective
serving or acting as an instrument or means; useful; helpful.
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A few months after the Columbia session, the couple traveled to New York to record six more songs; Breaux sang on two of the three noninstrumental numbers, credited as “Clemo Breaux.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2022