| 100% | ETUDE | 5 | Solo instrument composition |
| 70% | ETUDE | 5 | Composition for a solo instrument |
| 64% | SONATA | 6 | Composition for a solo instrument, or a midsize Hyundai car |
| 63% | ETUDE | 5 | Short composition for a solo instrument |
| 60% | CONCERTO | 8 | Three-movement composition with solo instruments |
| 58% | ETUDE | 5 | Short solo composition |
| 56% | ALTOSAX | 7 | "Baker Street" solo instrument |
| 55% | SAX | 3 | Solo instrument on many a Motown hit |
| 55% | PIANO | 5 | Solo instrument in Beethoven’s “Emperor” Concerto |
| 55% | VIOLA | 5 | Solo instrument in Benjamin Britten’s “Lachrymae” |
| 55% | SAX | 3 | Common doo-wop solo instrument |
| 55% | VIOLIN | 6 | "The Four Seasons" solo instrument |
| 53% | ETUDE | 5 | Short piece for a solo instrument |
| 53% | NONET | 5 | Composition for nine instruments |
| 52% | CELLO | 5 | Solo instrument in Camille Saint-Saëns’s “The Swan” |
| 51% | CONCERTO | 8 | Long music piece for a solo instrument, orchestra |
| 49% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument in a Vaughan Williams concerto solo |
| 49% | SONATA | 6 | Composition for one or more musical instruments |
| 48% | CONCERTO | 8 | Musical composition featuring solo with orchestra |
| 47% | SCENA | 5 | Elaborate solo vocal composition |
| 47% | ONEMAN | 6 | __ band, solo musician with multiple instruments |
| 46% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument with a brief solo in Beethoven's Fifth |
| 46% | QUINTET | 7 | Musical composition for five instruments or voices |
| 45% | SAX | 3 | Instrument with a solo in Springsteen's "Born to Run" |
| 45% | VIOLA | 5 | Instrument with a solo in Berlioz's "Harold in Italy" |
| 44% | SAX | 3 | Instrument with a notable solo in Springsteen's "Born to Run" |
| 44% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument with a solo in Seal's "Kiss From a Rose" |
| 41% | OCARINA | 7 | Wind instrument with a solo in the Troggs’s “Wild Thing” |
| 37% | ETUDE | 5 | Short, one-instrument musical composition |
| 37% | CANTATA | 7 | Musical composition for voices and instruments in several movements, usually on a religious theme |