Music

1. 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.
2. The written and printed notation of a musical composition; the score.
3. Love of music; capacity of enjoying music.
4. (Zoöl.) A more or less musical sound made by many of the lower animals. See Stridulation.
1. Melody; a rhythmical and otherwise agreeable succession of tones.
2. Harmony; an accordant combination of simultaneous tones.
Magic music ,
a game in which a person is guided in finding a hidden article, or in doing a specific art required, by music which is made more loud or rapid as he approaches success, and slower as he recedes. Tennyson.
Music box .
See Musical box, under Musical.
Music hall ,
a place for public musical entertainments.
Music loft ,
a gallery for musicians, as in a dancing room or a church.
Music of the spheres ,
the harmony supposed to be produced by the accordant movement of the celestial spheres.
Music paper ,
paper ruled with the musical staff, for the use of composers and copyists.
Music pen ,
a pen for ruling at one time the five lines of the musical staff.
Music shell (Zoöl.),
a handsomely colored marine gastropod shell (Voluta musica) found in the East Indies; -- so called because the color markings often resemble printed music. Sometimes applied to other shells similarly marked.
To face the music ,
to meet any disagreeable necessity, such as a reprimand for an error or misdeed, without flinching.