music Alternative forms
* musick (archaic)
* musicke (obsolete)
* musique (obsolete)
Noun
( en-noun)
A sound, or the study of such sounds, organized in time.
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(figuratively) Any pleasing or interesting sounds.
An art form, created by organizing of pitch, rhythm, and sounds made using and sometimes singing
A guide to playing or singing a particular tune; sheet music.
Synonyms
* melody
* vibe
Derived terms
* background music
* chamber music
* chin music
* concrete music
* country music
* elevator music
* face the music
* fill music
* hillbilly music
* incidental music
* musical
* musicality
* musically
* music box
* music drama
* music hall
* musician, muso
* musicing
* musicless
* music of the spheres
* music to someone's ears
* musicologist
* musicology
* pop music
* program music
* set to music
* sheet music
* soul music
* world music
See also
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* MusicNovatory: the science of music encyclopedia
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Verb
(musick)
To seduce or entice with music.
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melodrama Noun
(archaic, uncountable) A kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes.
(countable) A drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic. In opera, a passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat descriptive accompaniment, while the actor speaks; as, the melodrama in the grave digging scene of Beethoven's "Fidelio".
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(uncountable, figuratively, colloquial) Any situation or action which is blown out of proportion.
Derived terms
* melodramatic
* melodramatics
* melodramatist
* melodramatize
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