| Main Entry: | music |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sounds that are pleasant, harmonized |
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a cappella, acoustic, air, bebop, bop, chamber, classical, folk, fusion, hard rock, harmony, heavy metal, hymn, instrumental, jazz, measure, melody, modern, opera, piece, plainsong, popular, ragtime, rap, refrain, rock, rock and roll, singing, song, soul, strain, swing, tune |
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silence |
| Main Entry: | music |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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a cappella, accelerando, agitato, allegretto, allegro, andante, andantino, animato, appassionato, assonant, atonal, calando, canorous, choral, chromatic, classical, clear, clear as a bell, concentual, contrapuntal, crescendo, diatonic, diminuendo, dolce, dulcet, enchanting, enharmonic, euphonic, euphonical, euphonious, fidicinal, fine, fortissimo, full, go, grazioso, harmonical, harmonious, hip, homophonous, in concert, in concord, in tune, instrumental, isotonic, larghetto, largo, legato, lento, lyric, lyriform, lyrophorous, maestoso, marcato, martellato, measured, melismatic, mellifluous, mellow, melodious, melomaniac, modal, moderato, modern, modulaminous, musical, operatic, parlando, pedaliter, pentatonic, pianissimo, piano, pizzicato, plagal, playing, presto, rallentando, rhythmical, ripieno, ritardando, romantic, rubato, scherzando, semiclassical, semplice, silver, soft, sostenuto, spiccato, staccato, subito, sweet, symphonious, symphonizing, tenuto, tunable, tuneful, tutti, twelve, unplugged, vigoroso, vocal, zoppa
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| Concept: | Music. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; sound; musical sounds |
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-nouns
music; concert; strain, tune, air; melody; aria, arietta; piece of music, sonata; rondo, rondeau; pastorale, cavatina, roulade, fantasia, concerto, overture, symphony, variations, cadenza; cadence; fugue, canon, serenade, notturno [Italian], dithyramb; opera, operetta; oratorio; composition, movement; stave; passamezzo [Italian], toccata, Vorspiel [German]., instrumental music; full score; minstrelsy, tweedledum and tweedledee, band, orchestra; concerted piece, potpourri, capriccio., vocal music, vocalism; chaunt, chant; psalm, psalmody; hymn; song (poem); canticle, canzonet, cantata, bravura, lay, ballad, ditty, carol, pastoral, recitative, recitativo, solfeggio., Lydian measures; slow music, slow movent; adagio; minuet; siren strains, soft music, lullaby; dump; dirge (lament); pibroch; martial music, march; dance music; waltz (dance)., solo, duet, duo, trio; quartet, septet; part song, descant, glee, madrigal, catch, round, chorus, chorale; antiphon, antiphony; accompaniment, second, bass; score; bourdon, drone, morceau, terzetto., composer; musician.
-verbs
compose, perform; attune.
-adjectives
musical; instrumental, vocal, choral, lyric, operatic; harmonious; Wagnerian.
-adverbs
adagio; largo, larghetto, andante, andantino; alla capella; maestoso, moderato; allegro, allegretto; spiritoso, vivace, veloce; presto, prestissimo; con brio; capriccioso; scherzo, scherzando; legato, staccato, crescendo, diminuendo, rallentando, affettuoso; obbligato; pizzicato; desto.
-phrases
"in notes by distance made more sweet" [Collins]; "like the faint exquisite music of a dream" [Moore]; "music arose with its voluptuous swell" [Byron]; "music is the universal language of mankind" [Longfellow]; "music's golden tongue" [Keats]; "the speech of angels" [Carlyle]; "will
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| Main Entry: | chorus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refrain |
Synonyms: |
bob, burden, chorale, main section, melody, motif, music, recurrent verse, response, ritornelle, song, strain, theme, tune, undersong |
| Main Entry: | composition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written or musical creation |
Synonyms: |
arrangement, article, cantata, chart, concerto, dissertation, drama, essay, exercise, exposition, fiction, getup, literary work, manuscript, melody, music, novel, number, opus, paper, piece, play, poetry, rhapsody, romance, score, setup, short story, song, stanza, study, symphony, theme, thesis, tune, verse, work, writing |
| Main Entry: | din |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | loud, continuous noise |
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babel, bedlam, boisterousness, brouhaha, buzz, clamor, clangor, clash, clatter, commotion, confusion, crash, disquiet, hoo-ha, hubbub, hullabaloo*, hurly-burly, jangle, music, outcry, pandemonium, percussion, racket, row, shout, sound, stridency, tintamarre, tintinnabulation, tumult, uproar |
| Main Entry: | medium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area of artistic expression |
Synonyms: |
art, drama, interpretation, manifestation, mark, music, painting, revelation, sculpture, speech, writing |
| Main Entry: | melody |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | harmony, tune |
Synonyms: |
air, aria, assonance, carillon, chant, chime, concord, consonance, descant, diapason, euphony, inflection, lay, lyric, measure, melodiousness, music, musicality, refrain, resonance, run, song, strain, theme, tunefulness, unison |
Antonyms: |
cacophony, disharmony |
| Main Entry: | meter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rhythm, beat |
Synonyms: |
cadence, cadency, feet, lilt, measure, mora, music, pattern, poetry, rhyme, structure, swing |
| Main Entry: | opus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | great work of writing or music |
Synonyms: |
composition, creation, magnum opus, music, oeuvre, piece, product, production |