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Music and Song Definitions

Music

The art of arranging sounds in time so as to produce a continuous, unified, and evocative composition, as through melody, harmony, rhythm, and timbre.

Song

A brief composition written or adapted for singing.

Music

Vocal or instrumental sounds possessing a degree of melody, harmony, or rhythm.

Song

The act or art of singing
Broke into song.

Music

A musical composition.

Song

A distinctive or characteristic sound made by an animal, such as a bird or an insect.
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Music

The written or printed score for such a composition.

Song

Poetry; verse.

Music

Such scores considered as a group
We keep our music in a stack near the piano.

Song

A lyric poem or ballad.

Music

A musical accompaniment.

Song

A musical composition with lyrics for voice or voices, performed by singing.
Thomas listened to his favorite song on the radio yesterday.
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Music

A particular category or kind of music.

Song

(by extension) Any musical composition.

Music

An aesthetically pleasing or harmonious sound or combination of sounds
The music of the wind in the pines.

Song

Poetical composition; poetry; verse.

Music

A series of sounds organized in time, usually employing some combination of melody, harmony, tempo, rhythm etc. usually to convey a mood.
I keep listening to this music because it's a masterpiece.

Song

The act or art of singing.
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Music

(figuratively) Any pleasing or interesting sounds.

Song

A melodious sound made by a bird, insect, whale or other animal.
I love hearing the song of canary birds.

Music

An art form, created by organizing of pitch, rhythm, and sounds made using musical instruments and sometimes singing.

Song

(ornithology) The distinctive sound that a male bird utters to attract a mate or to protect his territory; contrasts with call; also, similar vocalisations made by female birds.

Music

A guide to playing or singing a particular tune; sheet music.

Song

A low price, especially one under the expected value; chiefly in for a song.
He bought that car for a song.

Music

Electronic signal jamming.

Song

An object of derision; a laughing stock.

Music

Heated argument.

Song

That which is sung or uttered with musical modulations of the voice, whether of a human being or of a bird, insect, etc.

Music

Fun; amusement.

Song

A lyrical poem adapted to vocal music; a ballad.

Music

(transitive) To seduce or entice with music.

Song

More generally, any poetical strain; a poem.
The bard that first adorned our native tongueTuned to his British lyre this ancient song.

Music

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.

Song

Poetical composition; poetry; verse.
This subject for heroic song.

Music

Melody; a rhythmical and otherwise agreeable succession of tones.

Song

An object of derision; a laughingstock.
And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.

Music

The written and printed notation of a musical composition; the score.

Song

A trifle; an insignificant sum of money; as, he bought it for a song.

Music

Love of music; capacity of enjoying music.
The man that hath no music in himselfNor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds,Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils.

Song

A short musical composition with words;
A successful musical must have at least three good songs

Music

A more or less musical sound made by many of the lower animals. See Stridulation.

Song

A distinctive or characteristic sound;
The song of bullets was in the air
The song of the wind
The wheels sang their song as the train rocketed ahead

Music

An artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner

Song

The act of singing;
With a shout and a song they marched up to the gates

Music

Any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds;
He fell asleep to the music of the wind chimes

Song

The characteristic sound produced by a bird;
A bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age

Music

Musical activity (singing or whistling etc.);
His music was his central interest

Song

A very small sum;
He bought it for a song

Music

(music) the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments (or reproductions of such sounds)

Song

The imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279; noted for art and literature and philosophy

Music

Punishment for one's actions;
You have to face the music
Take your medicine

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