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  Music \Mu"sic\, n. [F. musique, fr. L. musica, Gr. ? (sc. ?),
     any art over which the Muses presided, especially music,
     lyric poetry set and sung to music, fr. ? belonging to Muses
     or fine arts, fr. ? Muse.]
     1. The science and the art of tones, or musical sounds, i.
        e., sounds of higher or lower pitch, begotten of uniform
        and synchronous vibrations, as of a string at various
        degrees of tension; the science of harmonical tones which
        treats of the principles of harmony, or the properties,
        dependences, and relations of tones to each other; the art
        of combining tones in a manner to please the ear.
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     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.
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              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["o]l.) 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["o]l.), 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.
        [Colloq. or Slang]
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  Music \Mu"sic\, n. [F. musique, fr. L. musica, Gr. ? (sc. ?),
     any art over which the Muses presided, especially music,
     lyric poetry set and sung to music, fr. ? belonging to Muses
     or fine arts, fr. ? Muse.]
     1. The science and the art of tones, or musical sounds, i.
        e., sounds of higher or lower pitch, begotten of uniform
        and synchronous vibrations, as of a string at various
        degrees of tension; the science of harmonical tones which
        treats of the principles of harmony, or the properties,
        dependences, and relations of tones to each other; the art
        of combining tones in a manner to please the ear.
  
     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.
  
     2.
        (a) Melody; a rhythmical and otherwise agreeable
            succession of tones.
        (b) Harmony; an accordant combination of simultaneous
            tones.
  
     3. The written and printed notation of a musical composition;
        the score.
  
     4. Love of music; capacity of enjoying music.
  
              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.
  
     5. (Zo["o]l.) A more or less musical sound made by many of
        the lower animals. See Stridulation.
  
     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.