| 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 |
| insurance claim | demand for payment in accordance with an insurance policy |
| social insurance | government provision for unemployed, injured, or aged people, financed by contributions from employers and employees as well as by government revenue |
| national insurance | social insurance program in Britain, based on contributions from employers and employees, provides payments to unemployed and sick and retired people as well as medical services |
| old-age insurance | insurance paid to the elderly |
| survivors insurance | insurance paid to surviving spouses |
| disability insurance | social insurance for the disabled |
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 |
policy insurance policy
insurance | written contract or certificate of insurance, you should have read the small print on your policy |
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 |
insurance company
insurance firm
insurer
insurance underwriter
underwriter | a financial institution that sells insurance |
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 |
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FDIC | a federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions |
insurance broker
insurance agent
general agent underwriter | an agent who sells insurance |
| premium insurance premium | payment for insurance |
coverage
insurance coverage | the total amount and type of insurance carried |
| insurance | promise of reimbursement in the case of loss, paid to people or companies so concerned about hazards that they have made prepayments to an insurance company |
automobile insurance
car insurance | insurance against loss due to theft or traffic accidents |
no fault insurance
no fault automobile insurance | a system of automobile insurance where a party who is injured in an automobile accident recovers damages up to a specific amount against his own insurance company regardless of who was responsible for the accident, the amount of litigation resulting from minor accidents is reduced by no fault insurance |
| business interruption insurance | insurance that provides protection for the loss of profits and continuing fixed expenses resulting from a break in commercial activities due to the occurrence of a peril |
| fire insurance | insurance against loss due to fire |
| group insurance | insurance that is purchased by a group (such as the employees of a company) usually at a reduced rate to individual members of the group |
| hazard insurance | insurance that provides protection against certain risks such as storms or fires |
| health insurance | insurance against loss due to ill health |