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n. (communication) | 1. music | an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner. |
| ~ transposition | (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. |
| ~ keynote, tonic | (music) the first note of a diatonic scale. |
| ~ supertonic | (music) the second note of a diatonic scale. |
| ~ mediant | (music) the third note of a diatonic scale; midway between the tonic and the dominant. |
| ~ subdominant | (music) the fourth note of the diatonic scale. |
| ~ dominant | (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale. |
| ~ submediant | (music) the sixth note of a major or minor scale (or the third below the tonic). |
| ~ leading tone, subtonic | (music) the seventh note of the diatonic scale. |
| ~ stave, staff | (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written. |
| ~ slur | (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato. |
| ~ tie | (music) a slur over two notes of the same pitch; indicates that the note is to be sustained for their combined time value. |
| ~ c | (music) the keynote of the scale of C major. |
| ~ c major, c major scale, scale of c major | (music) the major scale having no sharps or flats. |
| ~ segno | (music) a notation written at the beginning or end of a passage that is to be repeated. |
| ~ sforzando | (music) a notation written above a note and indicating that it is to be played with a strong initial attack. |
| ~ world premiere | (music) the first public performance (as of a dramatic or musical work) anywhere in the world. |
| ~ pizzicato | a note or passage that is played pizzicato. |
| ~ monody, monophonic music, monophony | music consisting of a single vocal part (usually with accompaniment). |
| ~ concerted music, polyphonic music, polyphony | music arranged in parts for several voices or instruments. |
| ~ polytonalism, polytonality | music that uses two or more different keys at the same time. |
| ~ popularism | music adapted to the understanding and taste of the majority. |
| ~ musical harmony, harmony | the structure of music with respect to the composition and progression of chords. |
| ~ preparation | (music) a note that produces a dissonant chord is first heard in a consonant chord.; "the resolution of one dissonance is often the preparation for another dissonance" |
| ~ resolution | (music) a dissonant chord is followed by a consonant chord. |
| ~ melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, tune, strain, air, line | a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence.; "she was humming an air from Beethoven" |
| ~ melodic theme, musical theme, theme, idea | (music) melodic subject of a musical composition.; "the theme is announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it" |
| ~ statement | (music) the presentation of a musical theme.; "the initial statement of the sonata" |
| ~ part music | vocal music for several voices in independent parts (usually performed without accompaniment). |
| ~ musical composition, opus, piece of music, composition, piece | a musical work that has been created.; "the composition is written in four movements" |
| ~ instrumental music | music intended to be performed by a musical instrument or group of instruments. |
| ~ recapitulation | (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) in which musical themes that were introduced earlier are repeated. |
| ~ prelude | music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera. |
| ~ overture | orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio. |
| ~ ligature | (music) a group of notes connected by a slur. |
| ~ largo | (music) a composition or passage that is to be performed in a slow and dignified manner. |
| ~ larghetto | (music) a composition or passage played in a slow tempo slightly faster than largo but slower than adagio. |
| ~ suite | a musical composition of several movements only loosely connected. |
| ~ adagio | (music) a composition played in adagio tempo (slowly and gracefully).; "they played the adagio too quickly" |
| ~ antiphony | alternate (responsive) singing by a choir in two parts. |
| ~ refrain, chorus | the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers. |
| ~ ballet | music written for a ballet. |
| ~ dance music | music to dance to. |
| ~ serial music, serialism | 20th century music that uses a definite order of notes as a thematic basis for a musical composition. |
| ~ syncopation | music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm. |
| ~ syncopation | music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm. |
| ~ expressive style, style | a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period.; "all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper" |
| ~ development | (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated. |
| ~ music genre, musical genre, musical style, genre | an expressive style of music. |
| ~ arioso | (music) a short recitative that is melodic but is not an aria. |
| ~ auditory communication | communication that relies on hearing. |
| ~ bach | the music of Bach.; "he played Bach on the organ" |
| ~ beethoven | the music of Beethoven.; "he enjoyed Beethoven most of all" |
| ~ brahms | the music of Brahms.; "Brahms was included in the program" |
| ~ chopin | the music of Chopin.; "he practiced Chopin day and night" |
| ~ gilbert and sullivan | the music of Gilbert and Sullivan.; "he could sing all of Gilbert and Sullivan" |
| ~ handel | the music of Handel. |
| ~ haydn | the music of Haydn. |
| ~ mozart | the music of Mozart.; "the concert was mostly Mozart" |
| ~ stravinsky | the music of Stravinsky.; "Stravinsky no longer causes riots in the streets" |
| ~ wagner | the music of Wagner.; "they say that Hitler listened only to Wagner" |
| ~ ta'ziyeh | (Islam) a form of Iranian musical pageant that is the theatrical expression of religious passion; based on the Battle of Kerbala and performed annually (in Farsi). |
| ~ vocal, vocal music | music intended to be performed by one or more singers, usually with instrumental accompaniment. |
| ~ vibrato | (music) a pulsating effect in an instrumental or vocal tone produced by slight and rapid variations in pitch. |
| ~ brass family | (music) the family of brass instruments. |
| ~ violin family | (music) the family of bowed stringed instruments. |
| ~ woodwind family | (music) the family of woodwind instruments. |
| ~ executant | a performer (usually of musical works). |
| ~ musician | artist who composes or conducts music as a profession. |
| ~ sightreader | a performer who reads without preparation or prior acquaintance (as in music). |
| ~ tremolo | (music) a tremulous effect produced by rapid repetition of a single tone or rapid alternation of two tones. |
| ~ musical time | (music) the beat of musical rhythm. |
| ~ note value, time value, value | (music) the relative duration of a musical note. |
| ~ pacing, tempo | (music) the speed at which a composition is to be played. |
| ~ beats per minute, bpm, m.m., metronome marking | the pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds. |
| ~ invert | make an inversion (in a musical composition).; "here the theme is inverted" |
| ~ sharpen | raise the pitch of (musical notes). |
| ~ flatten, drop | lower the pitch of (musical notes). |
| ~ strike up, sound off | start playing.; "The musicians struck up a tune" |
| ~ compose, write | write music.; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies" |
| ~ counterpoint | write in counterpoint.; "Bach perfected the art of counterpointing" |
| ~ set to music | write (music) for (a text). |
| ~ arrange, set | adapt for performance in a different way.; "set this poem to music" |
| ~ put | adapt.; "put these words to music" |
| ~ score | write a musical score for. |
| ~ transpose | put (a piece of music) into another key. |
| ~ melodise, melodize | supply a melody for. |
| ~ harmonise, harmonize | sing or play in harmony. |
| ~ realise, realize | expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass. |
| ~ fiddle | play on a violin.; "Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely" |
| ~ play | play on an instrument.; "The band played all night long" |
| ~ swing | play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm. |
| ~ rag | play in ragtime.; "rag that old tune" |
| ~ play | perform music on (a musical instrument).; "He plays the flute"; "Can you play on this old recorder?" |
| ~ beat | produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly.; "beat the drum" |
| ~ chord | play chords on (a string instrument). |
| ~ solmizate | sing by the syllables of solmization.; "solmizate a song before you learn the lyrics" |
| ~ prepare | lead up to and soften by sounding the dissonant note in it as a consonant note in the preceding chord.; "prepare the discord in bar 139" |
| ~ chromatic | based on a scale consisting of 12 semitones.; "a chromatic scale" |
| ~ diatonic | based on the standard major or minor scales consisting of 5 tones and 2 semitones without modulation by accidentals. |
| ~ pop, popular | (of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among young people). |
| ~ conjunct | progressing melodically by intervals of a second.; "conjunct motion of an ascending scale" |
| ~ disjunct | progressing melodically by intervals larger than a major second. |
| ~ diminished | (of musical intervals) reduction by a semitone of any perfect or minor musical interval.; "a diminished fifth" |
| ~ bowed | of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow. |
| ~ plucked | of a stringed instrument; sounded with the fingers or a plectrum. |
| ~ fast | at a rapid tempo.; "the band played a fast fox trot" |
| ~ slow | at a slow tempo.; "the band played a slow waltz" |
| ~ first | highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections.; "first soprano"; "the first violin section"; "played first horn" |
| ~ second | a part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in pitch than or subordinate to the first.; "second flute"; "the second violins" |
| ~ copyrighted | (of literary or musical or dramatic or artistic work) protected by copyright.; "permission to publish copyright material" |
| ~ dissonant, unresolved | characterized by musical dissonance; harmonically unresolved. |
| ~ alto | (of a musical instrument) second highest member of a group.; "alto clarinet or recorder" |
| ~ tenor | (of a musical instrument) intermediate between alto and baritone or bass.; "a tenor sax" |
| ~ lyric | used of a singer or singing voice that is light in volume and modest in range.; "a lyric soprano" |
| ~ dramatic | used of a singer or singing voice that is marked by power and expressiveness and a histrionic or theatrical style.; "a dramatic tenor"; "a dramatic soprano" |
| ~ major | of a scale or mode.; "major scales"; "the key of D major" |
| ~ minor | of a scale or mode.; "the minor keys"; "in B flat minor" |
| ~ cantabile, singing | smooth and flowing. |
| ~ monophonic | consisting of a single melodic line. |
| ~ contrapuntal, polyphonic | having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together. |
| ~ natural | (of a musical note) being neither raised nor lowered by one chromatic semitone.; "a natural scale"; "B natural" |
| ~ sharp | (of a musical note) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone.; "C sharp" |
| ~ flat | (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone.; "B flat" |
| ~ solo | composed or performed by a single voice or instrument.; "a passage for solo clarinet" |
| ~ con brio | with liveliness or spirit. |
| ~ disconnected, staccato | (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply.; "staccato applause"; "a staccato command"; "staccato notes" |
| ~ legato, smooth | (music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected.; "a legato passage" |
| ~ masculine | (music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable.; "a masculine cadence"; "the masculine rhyme of `annoy, enjoy'" |
| ~ feminine | (music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable.; "a feminine ending" |
| ~ tonal | having tonality; i.e. tones and chords organized in relation to one tone such as a keynote or tonic. |
| ~ atonal, unkeyed | characterized by avoidance of traditional western tonality. |
| ~ atonalistic | of or relating to atonalism. |
| ~ fretted | having frets. |
| ~ unfretted | without frets. |
| ~ serial | pertaining to or composed in serial technique.; "serial music" |
| ~ polyphonous, polyphonic | of or relating to or characterized by polyphony.; "polyphonic traditions of the baroque" |
| ~ lyric | relating to or being musical drama.; "the lyric stage" |
| ~ measured, mensurable, mensural | having notes of fixed rhythmic value. |
| ~ con brio | with liveliness or spirit.; "allegro con brio" |
| ~ fugally | in a fugal style. |
| ~ presto | at a very fast tempo (faster than allegro). |
| ~ largo | slowly and broadly. |
| ~ accelerando | with increasing speed.; "here you must play accelerando" |
| ~ adagio | slowly.; "here you must play adagio" |
| ~ andante | at a moderately slow tempo.; "this passage must be played andante" |
| ~ allegretto | in a moderately quick tempo.; "play this more allegretto" |
| ~ allegro | in a quick and lively tempo.; "play this section allegro" |
| ~ glissando | (musical direction) in the manner of a glissando (with a rapidly executed series of notes).; "this should be played glissando, please" |
| ~ molto | much.; "allegro molto" |
| ~ pizzicato | with a light plucking staccato sound. |
| ~ prestissimo | extremely fast; as fast as possible.; "this passage should be played prestissimo" |
| ~ rallentando | slowing down.; "this passage should be played rallentando" |
| ~ dolce | gently and sweetly. |
n. (cognition) | 2. euphony, 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" |
| ~ harmonise, harmonize | write a harmony for. |
| ~ 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. |
n. (act) | 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. |
| ~ strike up, sound off | start playing.; "The musicians struck up a tune" |
| ~ harmonise, harmonize | sing or play in harmony. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ reprise, reprize, recapitulate, repeat | repeat an earlier theme of a composition. |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ tweedle, chirp | sing in modulation. |
| ~ choir, chorus | sing in a choir. |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ fiddle | play the violin or fiddle. |
| ~ trumpet | play or blow on the trumpet. |
| ~ clarion | blow the clarion. |
| ~ double tongue, triple-tongue | play fast notes on a wind instrument. |
| ~ tongue | articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments. |
n. (cognition) | 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. |
| ~ strike up, sound off | start playing.; "The musicians struck up a tune" |
| ~ harmonise, harmonize | sing or play in harmony. |
| ~ clarion | blow the clarion. |
| ~ double tongue, triple-tongue | play fast notes on a wind instrument. |
| ~ tongue | articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments. |
n. (act) | 5. medicine, music | punishment for one's actions.; "you have to face the music"; "take your medicine" |
| ~ penalisation, penalization, penalty, punishment | the act of punishing. |
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