mu·sic (my  z k)n. 1. The art of arranging sounds in time so as to produce a continuous, unified, and evocative composition, as through melody, harmony, rhythm, and timbre. 2. Vocal or instrumental sounds possessing a degree of melody, harmony, or rhythm. 3. a. A musical composition. b. The written or printed score for such a composition. c. Such scores considered as a group: We keep our music in a stack near the piano. 4. A musical accompaniment. 5. A particular category or kind of music. 6. An aesthetically pleasing or harmonious sound or combination of sounds: the music of the wind in the pines. [Middle English, from Old French musique, from Latin m  sica, from Greek mousik (tekhn), (art) of the Muses, feminine of mousikos, of the Muses, from Mousa, Muse; see men-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
music
Noun
1. an art form consisting of sequences of sounds organized melodically, harmonically, and rhythmically
2. such sounds, esp. when produced by singing or musical instruments
3. any written or printed representation of musical sounds: I can't read music
4. any sequence of sounds perceived as pleasing or harmonious
5. face the music Informal to confront the consequences of one's actions
6. music to one's ears something, such as a piece of news, that one is pleased to hear [Greek mousikē (tekhnē) (art) in the protection of the Muses]
Music
the theory that accent within a musical phrase can also be expressed by modifying the duration of certain notes rather than only by modifying dynamic stress. — agogic, adj.
1. the composition of music without a definite key; dodecaphony.
2. the music so written. Also atonality. — atonalist, n. — atonal, atonalistic, adj.
2. the music so written. Also atonality. — atonalist, n. — atonal, atonalistic, adj.
1. the techniques of choral singing.
2. the composition of music for chorus illustrative of a cognizance of choral techniques and the possibilities and limitations of choral singing. — choralistic, adj.
2. the composition of music for chorus illustrative of a cognizance of choral techniques and the possibilities and limitations of choral singing. — choralistic, adj.
the use of the chromatic scale or chromatic halftones in musical compositions. Cf. diatonicism.
a performer on an ancient Greek form of lyre called a cithara.
1. a composer of music employing counterpoint figures, as fugues.
2. a performer of music employing counterpoint figures. Also contrapuntalist.
2. a performer of music employing counterpoint figures. Also contrapuntalist.
the use of the diatonic scale of five whole tones and two halftones in the composition of music. Also diatonism. Cf. chromaticism.
the composition of music employing the twelvetone scale. Also called dodecatonality, atonality. — dodecaphonist, n. — dodecaphonic, adj.
a short hymn expressing praise to God. — doxological, adj.
1. the study of the music of a particular region or people from the viewpoint of its social or cultural implications.
2. the comparative study of the music of more than one such region or people. — ethnomusicologist, n.
2. the comparative study of the music of more than one such region or people. — ethnomusicologist, n.
1. the composition of fugues.
2. the performance of fugues. — fuguist, n.
2. the performance of fugues. — fuguist, n.
a performer on the viola da gamba.
Obsolete, a person versed in Gregorian chant. Also called Gregorian.
a person skilled in the principles of harmony. See also literature
1. music in which one voice carries the melody, sometimes with a ehord accompaniment.
2. Obsolete, unison. Also called monody, monophony. — homophonous, adj.
2. Obsolete, unison. Also called monody, monophony. — homophonous, adj.
1. the singing of hymns; hymnology.
2. the composition of hymns.
3. a study of hymns and their composers.
4. the preparation of expository material and bibliographies concerning hymns; hymnography. — hymnodist, n.
2. the composition of hymns.
3. a study of hymns and their composers.
4. the preparation of expository material and bibliographies concerning hymns; hymnography. — hymnodist, n.
the act or art of playing the lyre. — lyrist, n.
the branch of music theory that deals with melody.
a person who composes or sings melodies.
the writing of romantic, sensational stage plays interspersed with songs and orchestral music. — melodramatist, n. — melodramatic, adj.
an abnormal liking for music and melody. — melomaniac, n., adj. — melomane, n.
an instrument for marking time in music, producing regular ticking sounds at a variety of settings. — metronomic, metronomical, adj.
1. the art of minstrels.
2. their occupation.
3. a group of minstrels.
4. a collection of their music and songs.
2. their occupation.
3. a group of minstrels.
4. a collection of their music and songs.
1. music composed of a single melody with no accompaniment or harmony. Cf. homophony, polyphony.
2. monody. — monophonic, adj.
2. monody. — monophonic, adj.
the science of musical notation.
the scholarly and scientific study of music, as in historical research, theory of composition, etc. — musicologist, n. — musicological, adj.
a mania for music.
a music lover.
an intense dislike of music.
a juke-box, record-player, or player piano operated by the insertion of a nickel or other coin. See also films.
a performer on the ophicleide, an instrument, developed from the wooden serpent in the brass section of the orchestra.
1. the composition of music using all seven notes of the diatonic scale in a manner free from classical harmonie restrictions.
2. the music written in this style. — pandiatonic, adj.
2. the music written in this style. — pandiatonic, adj.
the technique of playing the piano. — pianist, n. — pianistic, adj.
a humorous performance at the piano, sometimes with a verbal accompaniment by the performer.
the combination of a number of separate but harmonizing melodies, as in a fugue. Cf. homophony. — polyphonic, polyphonous, adj.
the practice of using combinations of notes from two or more keys in writing musical compositions. Also polytonality. — polytonalist, n. — polytonal, adj.
1. the art, practice, or act of singing psalms in worship services.
2. a collection of psalms. — psalmodist, n. — psalmodial, psalmodie, psalmodical, adj.
2. a collection of psalms. — psalmodist, n. — psalmodial, psalmodie, psalmodical, adj.
any series of four related works, literary, dramatic, operatic, etc.
song, musical composition, or literary work created to honor or commemorate the dead; a funeral song. — threnodist, n. — threnodic, adj.
a composer who pays special attention to the tonal qualities of music. See also art.
the artistic use of commonplace, everyday, and contemporary material in opera, especially some 20th-century Italian and French works, as Louise. — verist, n., adj. — veristic, adj.
1. the musical theory and practice of Richard Wagner, characterized by coordination of all musical and dramatic components, use of the leitmotif, and departure from the conventions of earlier Italian opera.
2. influence or imitation of Wagner’s style. — Wagnerian, n., adj.
2. influence or imitation of Wagner’s style. — Wagnerian, n., adj.
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| Noun | 1. |  music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous mannertransposition - (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards tone ending, release - (music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone entr'acte, interlude, intermezzo - a brief show (music or dance etc) inserted between the sections of a longer performance music - musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest" recapitulation - (music) the repetition of themes introduced earlier (especially when one is composing the final part of a movement) tuning - (music) calibrating something (an instrument or electronic circuit) to a standard frequency audio CD, audio compact disc - compact discs used to reproduce sound (voice and music) barrel organ, grind organ, hand organ, hurdy gurdy, hurdy-gurdy, street organ - a musical instrument that makes music by rotation of a cylinder studded with pegs electric organ, electronic organ, Hammond organ, organ - (music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ soundboard, sounding board - (music) resonator consisting of a thin board whose vibrations reinforce the sound of the instrument stop - (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes; "the organist pulled out all the stops" string - a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed synthesiser, synthesizer - (music) an electronic instrument (usually played with a keyboard) that generates and modifies sounds electronically and can imitate a variety of other musical instruments unison - (music) two or more sounds or tones at the same pitch or in octaves; "singing in unison" registration - (music) the sound property resulting from a combination of organ stops used to perform a particular piece of music; the technique of selecting and adjusting organ stops timbre, tone, quality, timber - (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet" crescendo - (music) a gradual increase in loudness fortissimo, forte - (music) loud decrescendo, diminuendo - (music) a gradual decrease in loudness pianissimo, piano - (music) low loudness fermata - (music) a prolongation of unspecified length on a note or chord or rest register - (music) the timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of different musical instruments pyrotechnics - (music) brilliance of display (as in the performance of music) music - (music) the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments (or reproductions of such sounds) section, subdivision - a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical); "he always turns first to the business section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next section" section, subdivision - a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical); "he always turns first to the business section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next section" inscription, dedication - a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something exposition - (music) the section of a movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes first occur musical notation - (music) notation used by musicians sheet music - a musical composition in printed or written form; "she turned the pages of the music as he played" musical scale, scale - (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave) tucket, fanfare, flourish - (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments; "he entered to a flourish of trumpets"; "her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare" swoop, slide - (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides" gamut - the entire scale of musical notes roulade - (music) an elaborate run of several notes sung to one syllable |
| 2. | music - any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds; "he fell asleep to the music of the wind chimes" auditory sensation, sound - the subjective sensation of hearing something; "he strained to hear the faint sounds" music of the spheres - an inaudible music that Pythagoras thought was produced by the celestial reharmonise, reharmonize - provide with a different harmony; "reharmonize the melody" orchestrate - write an orchestra score for instrumentate, instrument - write an instrumental score for transcribe - rewrite or arrange a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended | |
| 3. | music - musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest" activity - any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity" carillon playing, carillon, bell ringing - playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower instrumental music - music produced by playing a musical instrument intonation - the production of musical tones (by voice or instrument); especially the exactitude of the pitch relations percussion - the act of playing a percussion instrument vocal music - music that is vocalized (as contrasted with instrumental music) singing, vocalizing - the act of singing vocal music whistling - the act of whistling a tune; "his cheerful whistling indicated that he enjoyed his work" music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner beats per minute, bpm, M.M., metronome marking - the pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds interlude - perform an interlude; "The guitar player interluded with a beautiful improvisation" scamp - perform hastily and carelessly churn out - perform in a mechanical way sight-read, sightread - perform music from a score without having seen the score before; "He is a brilliant pianist but he cannot sightread" rap - perform rap music concertise, concertize - give concerts; perform in concerts; "My niece is off concertizing in Europe" prelude - play as a prelude jazz - play something in the style of jazz rag - play in ragtime; "rag that old tune" bugle - play on a bugle play - perform music on (a musical instrument); "He plays the flute"; "Can you play on this old recorder?" register - manipulate the registers of an organ skirl - play the bagpipes symphonise, symphonize - play or sound together, in harmony tweedle - play negligently on a musical instrument pipe - play on a pipe; "pipe a tune" slur - play smoothly or legato; "the pianist slurred the most beautiful passage in the sonata" pedal - operate the pedals on a keyboard instrument bang out - play loudly; "They banged out `The star-spangled banner'" play along, accompany, follow - perform an accompaniment to; "The orchestra could barely follow the frequent pitch changes of the soprano" modulate - change the key of, in music; "modulate the melody" bow - play on a string instrument with a bow sing - produce tones with the voice; "She was singing while she was cooking"; "My brother sings very well" psalm - sing or celebrate in psalms; "He psalms the works of God" minstrel - celebrate by singing, in the style of minstrels solmizate - sing using syllables like `do', `re' and `mi' to represent the tones of the scale; "The voice teacher showed the students how to solmizate" sing - deliver by singing; "Sing Christmas carols" troll - sing the parts of (a round) in succession hymn - sing a hymn carol - sing carols; "They went caroling on Christmas Day" madrigal - sing madrigals; "The group was madrigaling beautifully" drum - play a percussion instrument harp - play the harp; "She harped the Saint-Saens beautifully" conduct, direct, lead - lead, as in the performance of a composition; "conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years" conduct - lead musicians in the performance of; "Bernstein conducted Mahler like no other conductor"; "she cannot conduct modern pieces" | |
| 4. | music - (music) the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments (or reproductions of such sounds) auditory sensation, sound - the subjective sensation of hearing something; "he strained to hear the faint sounds" piano music - the sound of music produced by a piano; "he thought he heard piano music next door" music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner syncopate - modify the rhythm by stressing or accenting a weak beat chord, harmonise, harmonize - bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing key - regulate the musical pitch of clarion - blow the clarion double tongue, triple-tongue - play fast notes on a wind instrument tongue - articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments | |
| 5. | music - punishment for one's actions; "you have to face the music"; "take your medicine" |
music
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n music [ˈmjuːzik]
1 the art of arranging and combining sounds able to be produced by the human voice or by instruments She prefers classical music to popular music; She is studying music; (also adjective ) a music lesson. musiek موسيقى музика hudba; hudební musik; musik- die Musik; Musik-... μουσική música muusika موزيک musiikki (de) musique מוּזִיקָה संगीत glazba zene musik tónlist musica; di musica 音楽 음악 muzika mūzika seni muzik muziek musikk muzyka música (de) muzică музыка hudba; hudobný glasba muzika musik ดนตรี müzik 音樂 музика موسیقی âm nhạc 音乐
2 the written form in which such tones etc are set down The pianist has forgotten to bring her music. musiek الألْحان ноти noty noder die Noten (pl.) παρτιτούρα música noodid اهنگ nuotit musique תָּווִים लिखिल संगीत note kotta musik tertulis nótur musica 楽譜 악보 natos notis muzik muziek noter nuty música partitură ноты noty note note noter โน้ตเพลง nota 樂譜 ноти منضبط تحریری موسیقی bản nhạc 乐谱
adj musical
1 of or producing music a musical instrument. musiekagtig موسيقي музикален инструмент hudební musik- Musik-... μουσικός musical muusika- موزيکال musiikki- de musique מוּזִיקָלִי संगीत glazbeni zenei musik tónlistar- musicale 音楽の 음악의 muzikos, muzikinis mūzikas- muzikal muziek- musikk- muzyczny musical muzical музыкальный hudobný glasben muzički musik- เกี่ยวกับดนตรี müzikle ilgili 音樂的 музичний موسیقی سے متعلق thuộc âm nhạc 音乐的
2 like music, especially in being pleasant to hear a musical voice. musikaal موسيقي приятен melodický melodiøs melodisch μελωδικός musical meloodiline داراى اهنگ sointuva musical עָרֵב प्यारा milozvučan zenés merdu hljómfagur musicale 音楽的な 음악적인 malonus (ausiai), melodingas melodisks; labskanīgs menyeronokkan muzikaal velklingende, melodisk muzyczny musical muzical мелодичный melodický ubran, speven muzikalan välljudande, melodisk ไพเราะ müzik gibi, ahenkli 音樂般的 мелодійний موسیقی کی طرح du dương 音乐般好听的
3 (of a person) having a talent for music Their children are all musical. musikaal مَوهوب في الموسيقى музикален muzikální musikalsk musikalisch μουσικό ταλέντο (για πρόσωπο) dotado para la música musikaalne موسقى دار musikaalinen musicien כִּישָׁרוֹן מוּזִיקָלִי संगीत की समझ वाला muzikalan muzikális berbakat musik músíkalskur portato per la musica 音楽の才がある 음악에 재능이 있는 muzikalus muzikāls berbakat muzik muzikaal musikalsk muzykalny dotado para a música talentat la muzică музыкально одарённый muzikálny glasbeno nadarjen muzikalan musikalisk ซึ่งมีทักษะทางดนตรี müzik yeteneği olan 有音樂才能的 музикальний سریلا، خوش آہنگ có năng khiếu về nhạc 有音乐才能的
n
a film or play that includes a large amount of singing, dancing etc. musiekblyspel فِلْم موسيقي музикален филм muzikál musical das Musical μιούζικαλ musical muusikal موزيکال musikaali comédie musicale מַחֲזֶמֶר संगीत प्रधान mjuzikl zenés játék; musical film atau sandiwara musik söngleikur musical ミュージカル 뮤지컬 miuziklas mūzikls filem muzikal musical musikkfilm/-spill, musikal komedia muzyczna, musical musical musical мюзикл muzikál glasbena revija mjuzikl musikal, musikfilm ละครเพลง müzikal 音樂片 мюзикл نغماتی فلم nhạc kịch; phim ca nhạc 音乐片
adv musically
musikaal موسيقيّاً музикално hudebně musikalskt; melodiøst musikalisch μουσικά musicalmente meloodiliselt مطابق اصول موسيقى melodisesti musicalement מִבּחִינָה מוּזִיקָלִית संगीत समारोह glazbeno zeneileg, muzikálisan secara musikal músíkalskt; tónlistarlega musicalmente 音楽的に 음악적으로 muzikos požiūriu, muzikaliai muzikāli dengan muzikal muzikaal musikalsk, velklingende muzycznie musicalmente muzical музыкально hudobne glasbeno muzikalno musikaliskt ทางดนตรี müzik yönünden 和諧地 музикально; мелодійно موسیقی کے طرز میں một cách du dương 和谐地
n musician [mjuˈziʃən]
1 a person who is skilled in music The conductor of this orchestra is a fine musician. musikus موسيقي، موسيقار човек добър в музиката muzikant, -ka, hudebník, -ice musiker der/die Musiker(in) μουσικός músico muusik موسيقى دان muusikko, musiikintuntija musicien/-ienne מוּזִיקַאי संगीतकार glazbenik zenész, muzsikus musikus tónlistarmaður musicista 音楽家 음악가 muzikas mūziķis ahli muzik musicus musiker; musikkyndig muzyk músico muzician музыкант hudobník, -čka glasbenik muzičar musiker ศิลปินเพลง müzisyen 音樂家 музикант موسیقار nhà soạn nhạc; nhạc sĩ 音乐家
2 a person who plays a musical instrument This show has ten singers, twenty dancers and fifty musicians. musikant عازِف موسيقي музикант hudebník, -ice musiker der/die Musiker(in) μουσικός músico muusik موسيقى دان muusikko musicien/-ienne נַגָן संगीतज्ञ glazbenik zenész pemain musik hljóðfæraleikari musicista 器楽奏者 악기 연주가 muzikantas mūziķis pemain alat muzik muzikant musiker, (musikk)spiller muzyk músico instrumentist музыкант-исполнитель hudobník, -čka glasbenik muzičar musiker, musikant นักดนตรี çalgıcı, müzisyen 樂師 музикант ساز نواز nhạc công 乐师
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