music
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(noun) a musical diversion; "his music was his central interest" |
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Related Words: ballroom music, bell ringing, carillon, carillon playing, carrying into action, carrying out, dance music, danceroom music, diversion, doing, drumming, execution, jazz, march, marching music, percussion, performance, recreation, vocal music, whistling |
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(noun) punishment for one's actions; "you have to face the music"; "take your medicine" |
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Synonyms: medicine |
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Related Words: penalization, penalty, punishment |
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(noun) any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds; "he fell asleep to the music of the wind chimes" |
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Synonyms: euphony |
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Related Words: auditory sensation, music of the spheres, sound |
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(noun) the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments (or reproductions of such sounds) |
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Related Words: auditory sensation, sound |
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(noun) an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner |
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Related Words: Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Gilbert and Sullivan, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Stravinsky, Wagner, air, antiphony, art, ballet, bolero, chorus, church music, classical music, concerted music, conga, ethnic music, fine art, folk, folk music, gavotte, harmony, hornpipe, jig, landler, line, mazurka, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, minuet, monody, monophonic music, musical, musical comedy, musical harmony, musical theater, overture, part music, paso doble, pavane, polyphonic music, polyphony, polytonalism, polytonality, popular music, popularism, prelude, quadrille, reel, refrain, religious music, rhumba, rumba, samba, saraband, serial music, serialism, serious music, strain, tango, tarantella, tune, waltz |
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(noun) a musical composition in printed or written form; "she turned the pages of the music as he played" |
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Synonyms: sheet music |
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Related Words: composition, lead sheet, musical composition, musical score, opus, piece, piece of music, score |
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