| 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 |
| music | musical activity (singing or whistling etc.), his music was his central interest |
| instrumental music | music produced by playing a musical instrument |
| vocal music | music that is vocalized (as contrasted with instrumental music) |
| music lesson | a lesson in performing music |
| music medicine | punishment for one's actions, you have to face the music, take your medicine |
| wire-haired fox terrier | a fox terrier with wiry hair |
wirehair
wirehaired terrier
wire-haired terrier | a terrier with wiry hair |
| griffon wire-haired pointing griffon | breed of medium-sized long-headed dogs with downy undercoat and harsh wiry outer coat, originated in Holland but largely developed in France |
| baling wire | wire used to make bales |
barbed wire
barbwire | strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent passage |
| chicken wire | a galvanized wire network with a hexagonal mesh, used to build fences |
cross hair
cross wire | either of two fine mutually perpendicular lines that cross in the focus plane of an optical instrument and are use for sighting or calibration, he had the target in his cross hairs |
electronic instrument
electronic musical instrument | a musical instrument that generates sounds electronically |
guy
guy cable
guy wire
guy rope | a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent) |
| high wire | a tightrope very high above the ground |
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 |
music hall
vaudeville theater
vaudeville theatre | a theater in which vaudeville is staged |
| music school | a school specializing in music |
music stand
music rack | a light stand for holding sheets of printed music |
music stool
piano stool | a stool for piano players, usually adjustable in height |
| piano wire | thin steel wire of high tensile strength |
telephone wire
telephone line telegraph wire
telegraph line | the wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals |
| trip wire | a wire stretched close to the ground that activates something (a trap or camera or weapon) when tripped over |
| wire | ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc |
| wire conducting wire | a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance |
| wire cloth | fabric woven of metallic wire |
| wire cutter | an edge tool used in cutting wire |
wire gauge
wire gage | gauge for measuring the diameter of wire |
wire matrix printer
wire printer
stylus printer | an impact printer in which each character is represented by a pattern of dots made by wires or styli |
| wire recorder | an early type of magnetic recorder using iron wire |
| wire stripper | a hand tool used by electricians to remove insulation from the cut end of an insulated wire |
| musical perception | the auditory perception of musical sounds |
music
euphony | any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds, he fell asleep to the music of the wind chimes |
| music | (music) the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments (or reproductions of such sounds) |
| piano music | the sound of music produced by a piano, he thought he heard piano music next door |
| music of the spheres | an inaudible music that Pythagoras thought was produced by the celestial |
telegram
wire | a message transmitted by telegraph |
musical instrument digital interface
MIDI | a standard protocol for communication between electronic musical instruments and computers |
Bachelor of Music
BMus | a bachelor's degree in music |
Doctor of Music
DMus
MusD | a doctor's degree in music |
Doctor of Musical Arts
AMusD | a doctor's degree in musical arts |
| musical notation | (music) notation used by musicians |
| piano music | sheet music to be played on a piano |
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 |
| sheet music | a musical composition in printed or written form, she turned the pages of the music as he played |
scale
musical scale | (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave) |