music

Note: Not all sounds are tones. Sounds may be unmusical and yet please the ear. Music deals with tones, and with no
other sounds. See {Tone}.
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2. (a) Melody; a rhythmical and otherwise agreeable
succession of tones.
(b) Harmony; an accordant combination of simultaneous
tones.
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3. The written and printed notation of a musical composition; the score.
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4. Love of music; capacity of enjoying music. [1913 Webster]

The man that hath no music in himself Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds,
Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils. --Shak.
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5. (Zo"ol.) A more or less musical sound made by many of the lower animals. See {Stridulation}.
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Magic music, a game in which a person is guided in finding a hidden article, or in doing a specific art required, by
music which is made more loud or rapid as he approaches
success, and slower as he recedes. --Tennyson.

Music box. See Musical box, under Musical.

Music hall, a place for public musical entertainments.

Music loft, a gallery for musicians, as in a dancing room or a church.

Music of the spheres, the harmony supposed to be produced by the accordant movement of the celestial spheres.

Music paper, paper ruled with the musical staff, for the use of composers and copyists.

Music pen, a pen for ruling at one time the five lines of the musical staff.

Music shell (Zo"ol.), a handsomely colored marine gastropod shell ({Voluta musica}) found in the East
Indies; -- so called because the color markings often
resemble printed music. Sometimes applied to other shells
similarly marked.

To face the music, to meet any disagreeable necessity, such as a reprimand for an error or misdeed, without flinching.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English