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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 the art of arranging sounds in time to produce a composition through the elements of melody, harmony, rhythm, and timbre.It is one of the universal...
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- classical music is a term that most commonly refers to the formal musical tradition of the Western world, considered to be distinct from Western folk music or...
- A music video is a short film or video, of variable length, that integrates a song or album with imagery that is produced for promotional or artistic...
- Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments, or circuitry-based music technology in its creation. It includes...
- po****r music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom. The terms po****r music and pop music are...
- interchangeably. Music can be divided into genres in varying ways, such as po****r music and art music, or religious music and secular music. The artistic...
- types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted orally, music with unknown...
- genre of po****r music that originated with blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, old-time, and American folk music forms including...
- Sony Music Entertainment, also known as just Sony Music, is an American global music company. Owned by the parent conglomerate Sony Group Corporation...