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music
1 different kinds of music
2 making music
3 musical instruments and their players
4 listening to music
5 describing musical sounds
see also SING, DANCE
1 different kinds of music
- an arrangement of sounds that are played on instruments or sung: music (noun U); adjective: musical
What sort of music do you like? ◎ a music lover ◎ a music lesson ◎ a musical instrument| MUSIC THAT ※¦ | IS CALLED ※¦ | | is modern and popular among young people | pop (music) | | is a type of pop music with a very strong beat | rock (music) | | is a type of popular music that comes from the south and west of the United States | country and western music | | has strong rhythms and was originally played by African-Americans | jazz | | is traditional in a particular country | folk music | | is serious and traditional in style | classical music | | is serious and modern in style | modern music | | is a kind of classical music, written for small groups of instruments | chamber music |
※ more on pop and rock music POP/ROCK
- a complete musical work: piece (of music)
I love that piece. Can you play it again?
- one of the main parts of a long piece of classical music: movement
the opening/last movement
- a piece of music which has words which you sing: song
- a piece of music which is played for people to dance to: dance
- a piece of music which is played for soldiers to march to: march
- a classical piece for one solo instrument and an orchestra: concerto (plural concertos)
- a long classical piece which is written for an orchestra: symphony
- a piece of music which is for one person to play or sing: solo (plural solos)
- a piece of music which is for two, three, four, five people to play or sing: duet, trio (plural trios), quartet, quintet
a piano trio written in 1956
- a play in which the actors sing the words to music: opera; works of this kind: opera (noun U)
an opera by Puccini ◎ When did you last go to the opera? ◎ I love opera.
- a story which is told with music and dancing but without words: ballet; works of this kind: ballet (noun U)
I prefer ballet to opera.
- a play or film which has music and dancing in it: musical
2 making music
- a person who plays or writes music: musician
a professional musician
- to use a musical instrument to make music: play an instrument, play some music
Can you play the piano? ◎ to play a tune
- a person who plays music is a player of a particular instrument
a trumpet player
- to understand a piece of music when it is written on paper: read* music
- to play a piece of music without ever seeing it written down: play (sth) by ear
I can't read music - I only play by ear.
- to make musical sounds with your voice: sing* (sth); a person who sings: singer
to sing a song ◎ I sing in our local church choir. ◎ a pop singer
- to sing a tune with your lips closed: hum (sth)
Just hum the tune if you don't know the words. ◎ She was humming quietly as she worked.
- to make a musical sound by blowing air through your lips: whistle (sth)
to whistle a tune
- a large group of musicians who play different musical instruments together: orchestra
a symphony orchestra
- a small group of people who play jazz or pop music, or a group that play the same kind of instruments: band
a jazz band ◎ a brass band
- a person who plays or sings a piece of music alone: soloist
- a group of three, four or five people who play music together: trio (plural trios), quartet, quintet
a concert given by the Modern Jazz Quartet
※ more on orchestras ORCHESTRA
※ writing music
- to invent music: compose (sth), write* sth; the work of composing sth: composition (noun U)
Do you know who composed that last piece we heard? ◎ He has been asked to write a piece specially for the occasion. ◎ She's studying musical composition.
- a person who composes music: composer
- a piece of music which has been written by a composer: composition
At present he's working on a new composition for the cello.
- the signs on paper that represent musical sounds: music (noun U)
Can you read music?
- a sign on paper that represents a single sound: note
- a short unit into which a line of music is divided: bar
We sang a few bars.
3 musical instruments and their players
- something that is used for playing music: (musical) instrument
- a large musical instrument which is played by pressing down black and white bars (= keys) : piano (plural pianos)
a grand piano (= a full-size piano usually used for concerts)
learning to play the piano ◎ a piano stool (= a chair for sitting on when you play the piano)
- a person who plays the piano: pianist, piano player
a concert pianist
- a small electronic piano: keyboard
- an electronic instrument that can produce many different kinds of sounds: synthesizer
- a large musical instrument with pipes through which air is forced; it has keys like a piano: organ
the organ in our local church
- a person who plays the organ: organist
- a person who plays a violin: violinist
- a person who plays a cello: cellist
- a person who plays a harp: harpist
- a person who plays a guitar: guitarist
- a person who plays a flute: flautist (AmE flutist)
- a person who plays a clarinet: clarinettist
- a person who plays a trumpet: trumpeter
- a person who plays a trombone: trombonist
- a person who plays a saxophone: saxophonist
- a person who plays the bagpipes: piper
- a person who plays a drum: drummer
4 listening to music
- music that you hear as it is happening is live
a live concert
- music that you hear on a record, etc is recorded
※ recorded music RECORD
- a performance of music for a particular audience: concert
a pop concert ◎ to go to a concert ◎ a concert programme (= a piece of paper or leaflet with information about the concert)
- a building where people go to hear concerts: concert hall
- a building where operas are performed: opera house
- an extra performance of a piece of music, that an audience might ask for at the end of a successful concert: encore
- a person who enjoys music very much: music lover
- a person whose job is to criticize and discuss music: music critic
5 describing musical sounds
- a single musical sound made by a voice or an instrument: note
a high/low note
- a series of notes that go up or down in a fixed order: scale
- a series of notes arranged in a pleasant pattern: tune, melody
The children played us a tune on their recorders.
- a set of notes that is based on one particular note: key
the key of G minor ◎ a change of key ◎ What key is this piece in?
- how high or low a note or voice is: pitch
I can't sing at that pitch.
- if an instrument or a voice is at the correct pitch, it is in tune; if not, it is out of tune
He always sings out of tune.
- to adjust a musical instrument so that it plays at the correct pitch: tune sth
This piano needs tuning again.
- a note that is slightly higher than the correct one is sharp (adverb sharp); opposite: flat (adverb flat)
It sounds sharp to me. ◎ to sing flat
- two or more musical notes that are played at the same time: chord
a major/minor chord
- when different notes are played or sung together in a pleasing way, the result is harmony (noun U)
to sing/play in harmony
- when music is not played or sung loudly, it is soft (adverb softly)
low lights and soft music
- a change from a soft sound to a louder sound: crescendo (plural crescendos)
The piece ends with a huge crescendo.
- a regular repeated pattern of sound in music: rhythm; adjective: rhythmic, rhythmical (adverb rhythmically)
Latin American rhythms ◎ You seem to have a natural sense of rhythm.
- a strong rhythm: beat
We could feel the beat of the music.
- the rhythmical pattern of a piece of music: time (noun U)
to keep time with the music
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- if you are good at recognizing and appreciating musical sounds, you have an ear for music, you have a good ear for music
- if you are not able to hear or sing the difference between notes in music, you are tone-deaf
- to change a piece of music so that it sounds different, for example using other instruments or another style: arrange sth; music that has been arranged: arrangement
a new arrangement of an old song
- to invent a musical performance as it is happening: improvise (sth); noun (C/U): improvisation
He just sat down at the piano and improvised.
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