musical performance | the act of performing music |
musical chairs | a rearrangement that has no practical effect or significance, the company is looking for stability after years of musical chairs with directors, shareholders don't want the company playing musical chairs with their investment |
musical chairs going to Jerusalem | a child's game in which players march to music around a group of chairs that contains one chair less than the number of players, when the music abruptly stops the players scramble to sit and the player who does not find a chair is eliminated, then a chair is removed and the march resumes until only the winner is seated |
President of the United States President Chief Executive | the office of the United States head of state, a President is elected every four years |
little chief hare Ochotona princeps | North American pika |
electronic instrument electronic musical instrument | a musical instrument that generates sounds electronically |
musical instrument instrument | any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds |
music box musical box | produces music by means of pins on a revolving cylinder that strike the tuned teeth of a comb-like metal plate |
musical perception | the auditory perception of musical sounds |
musical instrument digital interface MIDI | a standard protocol for communication between electronic musical instruments and computers |
Doctor of Musical Arts AMusD | a doctor's degree in musical arts |
musical notation | (music) notation used by musicians |
score musical score | a written form of a musical composition, parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages, he studied the score of the sonata |
scale musical scale | (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave) |
interval musical interval | the difference in pitch between two notes |
octave musical octave | a musical interval of eight tones |
mode musical mode | any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave |
time signature musical time signature | a musical notation indicating the number of beats to a measure and kind of note that takes a beat |
note musical note tone | a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound, the singer held the note too long |
musical musical comedy musical theater | a play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing |
musical drama | opera in which the musical and dramatic elements are equally important, the music is appropriate to the action |
harmony musical harmony | the structure of music with respect to the composition and progression of chords |
theme melodic theme musical theme idea | (music) melodic subject of a musical composition, the theme is announced in the first measures, the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it |
accompaniment musical accompaniment backup support | a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts |
musical composition opus composition piece piece of music | a musical work that has been created, the composition is written in four movements |
musical arrangement arrangement | a piece of music that has been adapted for performance by a particular set of voices or instruments |
passage musical passage | a short section of a musical composition |
phrase musical phrase | a short musical passage |
music genre musical genre genre musical style | an expressive style of music |
rhythm beat musical rhythm | the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music, the piece has a fast rhythm, the conductor set the beat |
musical organization musical organisation musical group | an organization of musicians who perform together |
musical soiree soiree musicale | a soiree assembled for the purpose of listening to music |
art director | the director in charge of the artistic features of a theatrical production (costumes and scenery and lighting) |
captain police captain police chief | a policeman in charge of a precinct |
Chief Constable | the head of the police force in a county (or similar area) |
chief executive officer CEO chief operating officer | the corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm, reports to a board of directors, may appoint other managers (including a president) |
chief financial officer CFO | the corporate executive having financial authority to make appropriations and authorize expenditures for a firm |
chief justice | the judge who presides over a supreme court |
chief of staff | the senior officer of a service of the armed forces |
chief petty officer | a person with the senior noncommissioned naval rank |
Chief Secretary | a member of the British Cabinet |
commander in chief generalissimo | the officer who holds the supreme command, in the U.S. the president is the commander in chief |
conductor music director director | the person who leads a musical group |
director manager managing director | someone who controls resources and expenditures |
director theater director theatre director | someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show |
director | member of a board of directors |
Director of Central Intelligence DCI | the head of the United States Intelligence Community and director of the Central Intelligence Agency |
editor editor in chief | a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication, the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine) |
executive executive director | a person responsible for the administration of a business |
film director director | the person who directs the making of a film |