(n.) 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.
(n.) Melody; a rhythmical and otherwise agreeable succession of tones.
(n.) Harmony; an accordant combination of simultaneous tones.
(n.) The written and printed notation of a musical composition; the score.
(n.) Love of music; capacity of enjoying music.
(n.) A more or less musical sound made by many of the lower animals. See Stridulation.
Example Sentences:
(1) National policy on the longer-term future of the services will not be known until the government publishes a national music plan later this term.
(2) This week MediaGuardian 25, our survey of Britain's most important media companies, covering TV, radio, newspapers, magazines, music and digital, looks at BSkyB.
(3) Living by the "Big River" as a child, Cash soaked up work songs, church music, and country & western from radio station WMPS in Memphis, or the broadcasts from Nashville's Grand Ole Opry on Friday and Saturday evenings.
(4) Subjects' musical backgrounds were evaluated with a survey questionnaire.
(5) On raw music scores a sex-linked, time-of-day-induced priming effect was due to the prior presentation of CVs--that is, cognitive priming.
(6) Lady Gaga is not the first big music star to make a new album available early to mobile customers.
(7) He had links to networks including the Hammerskin Nation and was involved in an underground music scene often referred to as "white power music" or "hate rock".
(8) Strict fundamentalists oppose music in any form as a sensual distraction - the Taliban, of course, banned music in Afghanistan.
(9) Amplitude of the musical vibrations decreased by inhalation of amyl nitrite, but increased by infusion of methoxamine.
(10) While a clearcut relationship cannot be established between heavy metal music and destructive behavior, evidence shows that such music promotes and supports patterns of drug abuse, promiscuous sexual activity, and violence.
(11) For Burroughs, who had been publishing ground-breaking books for 20 years without much appreciable financial return, it was association with fame and the music industry, as well as the possible benefits: a wider readership, film hook-ups and more money.
(12) Much of the week's music isn't actually sanctioned by the festival, with evenings hosted by blogs, brands, magazines, labels and, for some reason, Cirque du Soleil .
(13) The musical would begin previews in Chicago on December 21, and move to Broadway in February.
(14) His coding talent attracted attention early: a music-recommendation program he wrote as a teenager brought approaches from both Microsoft and AOL.
(15) Thanks to the groundbreaking technology and heavy investment of a new breed of entertainment retailers offering access services, we are witnessing a revolution in the entertainment industry, benefitting consumers, creators and content owners alike.” ERA acts as a forum for the physical and digital retail sectors of music, and represents over 90% of the of the UK’s entertainment retail market.
(16) In film, music videos and TV shows, especially those traditionally consumed by a young demographic, we are used to seeing women stripping and frolicking with one another.
(17) If we’ve a duty to pass folk music on, we should also bring it up to date and make it relevant to our times,” he says.
(18) Changes to the Mac Pro desktop computer are also expected, as is a new music streaming service .
(19) "What this proves is that the way Bowie engineered his comeback was a stroke of genius," said music writer Simon Price.
(20) Was that misreading the mood music of the referendum?” He claimed that many Tories had expressed their anger directly to Rudd about the controversial policy, which has since been watered down.
Odeon
Definition:
(n.) A kind of theater in ancient Greece, smaller than the dramatic theater and roofed over, in which poets and musicians submitted their works to the approval of the public, and contended for prizes; -- hence, in modern usage, the name of a hall for musical or dramatic performances.
Example Sentences:
(1) For anyone involved in politics, that is the most disappointing thing you can hear.” At the Odeon cinema, Progress, the Blairite wing of the party, holds a packed rally.
(2) Let’s leave that discussion to another day, but imagine a combination of the two – sort of Transformers meets Ex Machina – in which a race of giant sexy robots battles it out with another race of really mean giant sexy robots while paltry human beings look on in awe, and teenage boys (and girls) experience incredibly conflicting and disturbing sensual awakenings in the front row of the Beckenham Odeon.
(3) "You could have fired a shotgun in any Odeon where it was showing and not hit a soul," he philosophically remarked.
(4) By comparison, the UK's biggest cinema chain, Odeon, confirmed it did not use zero-hours contracts for any of its 5,000 staff.
(5) Odeon cinemas said they had sold 60,000 tickets for the 113 midnight screenings, and over 700,000 tickets overall, for the long-awaited film’s opening weekend.
(6) Back in the 1940s, the ordinary chap in the Odeon's ninepenny stalls is baffled, even annoyed.
(7) It's transported me back to the time I was 11 and hyperventilated with excitement during the climax of the third film at the Wimbledon Odeon.
(8) We all remember the terrible letdown of The Phantom Menace , all of us saucer-eyed nostalgists and nerds excitably gathered outside the Odeon Leicester Square in London's West End, ready for the first-ever showing, and hardly able to believe that it was actually happening.
(9) With 3D tickets costing on average 30% more at Odeon and Vue cinemas than other films, and with the added cost of glasses, which small children and those who wear contact lenses and spectacles often find uncomfortable, the format is losing its lustre.
(10) I won't spoil the plot, but let's say my children were right to tell me in the Odeon that I didn't need to worry.
(11) Where to eat Cafe Odeon is a cheap, cosy, no-frills cafe serving omelettes (from €3), burgers and heavenly pancakes a short walk from the beach in Lagos.
(12) We flit through a new independent quarter, whose businesses include a new shop and cafe that sells – but of course – both vinyl records and cooked meats, and pass the Odeon: an ornate former cinema saved from demolition, and now the focus of work to turn it into a 4,000-capacity music venue .
(13) She then went to the Burnley Odeon to watch it all again.
(14) The short film, Virunga, made to support the WWF's Draw the Line campaign, will be shown in Odeon cinemas throughout October.
(15) Women were seen being physically carried and pushed back over barriers as green and purple smoke bombs filled the air outside the Odeon cinema in central London on Wednesday.
(16) Earlier this month mobile operator O2 said that it intended to screen two of England's rugby matches in this year's Six Nations tournament in 3D in 40 Odeon and Cineworld cinemas.
(17) Future Plus's free film title, Odeon Magazine, was top of the film sector, with an average distribution of 205,380.
(18) Drew Kaza, the executive VP of digital development at Odeon cinemas, said they were delighted to be bringing "the buzz and innovation of the fringe to local cinemas across the UK for the very first time".Nearly 30 cinemas are taking part, from Basingtoke and Dundee to Warrington.
(19) Gerald Buckle, the first manager of the Point multiplex, and now the head of digital development for Odeon Cinemas, was one of those twentysomethings who visited the training base of American Multi-Cinema Inc to learn the techniques they would bring to bear in Buckinghamshire.
(20) The Odeon and Empire cinema chains count vaping as smoking.