music
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
music/ˈmjuːzɪk/
▶noun
- 1 the art or science of combining vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion.
■ the sound so produced.
- 2 the written or printed signs representing vocal or instrumental sound.
– phrases
music to one's ears something that is very pleasant to hear or learn.
music to one's ears something that is very pleasant to hear or learn.
– origin ME: from OFr. musique, via L. from Gk mousikē (tekhnē) ‘(art) of the Muses’, from mousa ‘muse’.
'music' also found in these Oxford entries:
A
- absolute music
- absolute pitch
- a cappella
- accelerando
- accent
- acciaccatura
- accidental
- acid house
- acid jazz
- acid rock
- acoustic
- adagio
- ad-lib
- Aeolian mode
- aerophone
- aftertouch
- agitato
- agogic
- agogo
- air guitar
- alap
- aleatory
- alla breve
- allargando
- allegretto
- allegro
- alt.
- altissimo
- alto
- alto clef
- ambient
- amoroso
- amp
- andante
- andantino
- animato
- anthology
- anticipation
- antiphonal
- AOR
- appoggiatura
- arabesque
- arco
- aria
- arioso
- arpeggiate
- arpeggio
- arr.
- arrange
