Music - English Dictionary

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Music - English Dictionary

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.
2. Melody; a rhythmical and otherwise agreeable succession of tones.
3. Harmony; an accordant combination of simultaneous tones.
4. The written and printed notation of a musical composition; the score.
5. Love of music; capacity of enjoying music.
6. A more or less musical sound made by many of the lower animals. See Stridulation.
7. musical activity singing or whistling etc.; "his music was his central interest"

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