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 |
program programme | a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation, the program lasted more than two hours |
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 |
audit program audit programme | a listing of audit procedures to be performed in completing an audit |
plan program programme | a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished, they drew up a six-step plan, they discussed plans for a new bond issue |
program programme | a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need, he proposed an elaborate program of public works, working mothers rely on the day care program |
request petition postulation | a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority |
program programme computer program computer programme | (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute, the program required several hundred lines of code |
application application program applications programme | a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task, he has tried several different word processing applications |
broadcast program programme | a radio or television show, did you see his program last night? |
musical instrument digital interface MIDI | a standard protocol for communication between electronic musical instruments and computers |
course of study program programme curriculum syllabus | an integrated course of academic studies, he was admitted to a new program at the university |
crash course crash program crash programme | a rapid and intense course of training or research (usually undertaken in an emergency), he took a crash course in Italian on his way to Italy, his first job was a crash course in survival and in learning how to get along with people, a crash programme is needed to create new jobs |
Doctor of Musical Arts AMusD | a doctor's degree in musical arts |
program programme | an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event, you can't tell the players without a program |
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 |
request asking | the verbal act of requesting |
wish indirect request | an expression of some desire or inclination, I could tell that it was his wish that the guests leave, his crying was an indirect request for attention |
program music programme music | musical compositions intended to evoke images or remind the listener of events |
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 |
musical time | (music) the beat of musical rhythm |
request bespeak call for quest | express the need or desire for, ask for, She requested an extra bed in her room, She called for room service |
request | ask (a person) to do something, She asked him to be here at noon, I requested that she type the entire manuscript |
program programme | arrange a program of or for, program theth birthday party |
request d | inquire for (information), I requested information from the secretary |
program programme | write a computer program |