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Definition of music

Music
Music Mu"sic, n. [F. musique, fr. L. musica, Gr. ? (sc. ?), any art over which the Muses presided, especially music, lyric poetry set and sung to music, fr. ? belonging to Muses or fine arts, fr. ? Muse.] 1. The science and the art of tones, or musical sounds, i. e., sounds of higher or lower pitch, begotten of uniform and synchronous vibrations, as of a string at various degrees of tension; the science of harmonical tones which treats of the principles of harmony, or the properties, dependences, and relations of tones to each other; the art of combining tones in a manner to please the ear. Note: Not all sounds are tones. Sounds may be unmusical and yet please the ear. Music deals with tones, and with no other sounds. See Tone. 2. (a) Melody; a rhythmical and otherwise agreeable succession of tones. (b) Harmony; an accordant combination of simultaneous tones. 3. The written and printed notation of a musical composition; the score. 4. Love of music; capacity of enjoying music. The man that hath no music in himself Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils. --Shak. 5. (Zo["o]l.) A more or less musical sound made by many of the lower animals. See Stridulation. Magic music, a game in which a person is guided in finding a hidden article, or in doing a specific art required, by music which is made more loud or rapid as he approaches success, and slower as he recedes. --Tennyson.
Music
Musical Mu"sic*al, a. [Cf. F. musical.] Of or pertaining to music; having the qualities of music; or the power of producing music; devoted to music; melodious; harmonious; as, musical proportion; a musical voice; musical instruments; a musical sentence; musical persons. Musical, or Music, box, a box or case containing apparatus moved by clockwork so as to play certain tunes automatically. Musical fish (Zo["o]l.), any fish which utters sounds under water, as the drumfish, grunt, gizzard shad, etc. Musical glasses, glass goblets or bowls so tuned and arranged that when struck, or rubbed, they produce musical notes. CF. Harmonica, 1.

Meaning of music from wikipedia

- music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. its common elements are pitch (which governs melody and harmony ), rhythm
- music is an art form consisting of sound and silence, expressed through time. music may also refer to. albums : music (carole king album), a
- music (dotmusic) is a proposed generic top-level domain (gtld) in the domain name system (dns) of the internet , intended for the music
- mušić (Мушић) is a village in the municipality of kupres , bosnia and herzegovina references : 43 , 51 , 08 , n , 17 , 17 , 47 , e , region
- folk music includes both traditional music and the genre that evolved from it during the 20th century folk revival. applied to music that
- rock music is a genre of popular music that originated as 'rock and roll ' in 1950s america and developed into a range of different
- country music is a genre of american popular music that began in the rural regions of the southern united states in the 1920s it takes
- pop music (a term that originally derives from an abbreviation of 'popular') is a genre of popular music which originated in its modern
- hip hop music, also called hip-hop rap music or hip-hop music is a music genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly
- classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of western liturgical and secular music , encompassing a