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Definition

[n] musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest"
[n] punishment for one's actions; "you have to face the music"; "take your medicine"
[n] any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds; "he fell asleep to the music of the wind chimes"
[n] the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments (or reproductions of such sounds)
[n] a musical composition in printed or written form; "she turned the pages of the music as he played"
[n] an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner

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euphony, medicine, sheet music

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activity, air, antiphony, art, auditory sensation, Bach, ballet, beats per minute, Beethoven, bell ringing, bpm, Brahms, carillon, carillon playing, Chopin, chorus, composition, concerted music, drumming, fine art, genre, Gilbert and Sullivan, Handel, harmony, Haydn, intonation, lead sheet, line, M.M., melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, metronome marking, monody, monophonic music, Mozart, music genre, music of the spheres, musical, musical comedy, musical composition, musical genre, musical harmony, musical score, musical style, musical theater, opus, overture, part music, penalisation, penalization, penalty, percussion, piano music, piano music, piece, piece of music, polyphonic music, polyphony, polytonalism, polytonality, popularism, prelude, punishment, refrain, score, section, serial music, serialism, sound, strain, Stravinsky, subdivision, syncopation, tune, vocal music, Wagner, whistling

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