music

1 عمومی:: موسیقی‌، موزیك‌، رامشگری‌، اهنگ‌، خنیا

شبکه مترجمین ایران

1 general:: music the sounds made by musical instruments or people singing: • The music was really loud. tune the main series of musical notes in a piece of music: • a folk song with a pretty tune melody the main series of notes in a piece of music that has many notes being played at the same time, especially in classical music: • The soprano sang the melody. harmony the chords or notes in a piece of music that support the melody: • the rich harmonies in the symphony piece ( also piece of music ) an arrangement of musical notes – use this about music without words: • It’s a difficult piece to play. composition formal a piece of music that someone has written: • This is one of his own compositions. work a piece of music, especially classical music: • one of Mozart’s best-known works track one of the songs or pieces of music on a CD: • the album’s title track number a piece of popular music that forms part of a concert or show: • the show’s first number

Longman-Thesaurus

2 general:: noun symphony: We often listen to classical music.

Simple Definitions

3 general:: music verbs listen to music • Ella was listening to music on her iPod. play music • A small band was playing jazz music. write/compose music • He composed the music for the 'Lord of the Rings' films. make music (= play or compose music ) • We began making music together about five years ago. ADJECTIVES/NOUN + music loud/soft/quiet • They were kept awake by loud music from next door. pop/rock/classical etc music • Johnny Cash was one of country music’s greatest stars. live music (= played by musicians on stage ) • Most of the bars have live music. recorded music • Live music can sound very different from recorded music. background music (= that you hear but do not listen to ) • the soft background music in the restaurant instrumental music (= with no singing ) • a programme of instrumental music chamber music (= classical music played by a small group of musicians ) • a performance of Schumann’s chamber music orchestral music (= classical music played by a large group of musicians ) • He has a large CD collection, mostly orchestral music. piano/organ music • I love listening to piano music. music + NOUN a music lover • Her recordings delighted music lovers. phrases a piece of music • It’s a beautiful piece of music. COMMON ERRORS >>> Do not say ' classic music '. Say classical music .

transnet.ir

4 general::   noun arrangement of sounds for singing/playing ADJ. beautiful, good, great, wonderful | loud | quiet, soft, sweet The soft background music made her feel sleepy. | heavy Heavy music thundered from the basement. | light | serious | tonal | atonal, twelve-note | contrapuntal, polyphonic | original | live | recorded, taped | background | piped | band, choral, instrumental, orchestral, symphonic | guitar, keyboard, organ, piano, vocal, etc. | chamber | church, liturgical, religious, sacred | secular | ballet, film, incidental, theme the incidental music for a radio play | computer, electronic | Western | traditional | period Appropriate period music can be played on visits to a historic building. | experimental | avant-garde, Baroque, classical, contemporary, early, medieval, modern | black, calypso, country, dance, disco, ethnic, folk, gospel, indie, jazz, pop/popular, rap, rave, reggae, rock, soul, underground, world QUANT. piece | bar, line VERB + MUSIC listen to Listening to music is a great way to relax. | hear She could hear music coming from the upstairs flat. | make, perform, play We love to make music as a family. | play, put on Put some music on, would you? (= play a CD/cassette) | turn down/up Could you turn that music down? | compose, write | arrange | put/set sth to Schubert set several poems by Goethe to music. | create, produce With the guidance of the conductor, an orchestra creates music and harmonies. The city has produced a lot of good music. | provide a beach party with music provided by a local band | broadcast | record | be into, enjoy, like, love She's really into rock music. | get into He got into music (= became involved in the music business) by chance. MUSIC + VERB play Calypso music played faintly in the distance. | blare, thunder disco music blaring out of the open windows of a car | come, drift The music was coming from next door. MUSIC + NOUN business, industry | scene Birmingham's live music scene | world She is a rising star in the music world. | press The album has been praised in the music press. | charts The band are number one in the music charts. | festival | appreciation | fan, lover | critic, director, teacher the choir's music director | group | centre We bought a new television and music centre at the weekend. | video | room PREP. to (the) ~ to dance to the music PHRASES in time to (the) music They did their exercises in time to the music. | music and song an evening of Scottish music and song | the sound of music The sound of pop music drifted through the open window. | a style of music, taste in music Her taste in music was wide. | words and music He made up the words and music for the song.SUBJECT (for more verbs and nouns) written signs that represent musical sounds ADJ. printed, sheet QUANT. bar, line, sheet VERB + MUSIC read Can you read music? MUSIC + NOUN score | stand Put your music on the music stand. | publisher, publishing PREP. ~ for music for piano, cello and voice PHRASES play/sing, etc. with/without (the) music

Oxford Collocations Dictionary

5 general:: In addition to the idiom beginning with MUSIC, Also see FACE THE MUSIC.

American Heritage Idioms