Definition of "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. (noun)
• Vocal or instrumental sounds possessing a degree of melody, harmony, or rhythm. (noun)
• A musical composition. (noun)
• The written or printed score for such a composition. (noun)
• Such scores considered as a group: We keep our music in a stack near the piano. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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