- music
- noun1 arrangement of sounds for singing/playingADJECTIVE▪ beautiful, fine, good, great, wonderful▪ loud▪ quiet, soft, sweet▪
The soft background music made her feel sleepy.
▪ ambient▪ heavy▪Heavy music thundered from the basement.
▪ light▪ serious▪ cool, funky▪ dramatic, lively, upbeat▪ tonal▪ atonal, twelve-tone▪ contrapuntal, polyphonic▪ live▪ recorded▪ background▪ canned, elevator (esp. AmE), piped (BrE)▪ band, choral, instrumental, orchestral, symphonic▪ guitar, keyboard, organ, piano, vocal, etc.▪ chamber▪ church, liturgical, religious, sacred▪ secular▪ mood▪ film, movie (esp. AmE)▪ ballet, incidental, theme▪the incidental music for a radio play
▪ acoustic, computer, digital, electronic, online▪ African, Indian, Irish, Western, etc.▪ mainstream, traditional▪ alternative, underground▪ urban▪ period▪The movie uses appropriate period music.
▪ experimental▪ avant-garde, Baroque, classical, contemporary, early, medieval, modern▪ popular▪ black, country, dance, disco, folk, gospel, heavy metal, hip-hop, house, indie, jazz, pop, rap, reggae, rock, soul, techno, world, etc.… OF MUSIC▪ piece▪ bar, lineVERB + MUSIC▪ listen to▪Listening to music is a great way to relax.
▪ hear▪She could hear loud music from the party upstairs.
▪ make, perform, play, sing▪We love to make music as a family.
▪ play, put on▪Put some music on, would you? (= play a CD, etc.)
▪ blare, blare out, blast, blast out, pump out▪bars and nightclubs blaring music late into the night
▪ download▪ turn down, turn up▪Could you turn that music down?
▪ compose, write▪ arrange, score▪ put sth to, set sth to▪Schubert set several poems by Goethe to music.
▪ create, produce▪The city has produced a lot of good music.
▪ provide▪a beach party with music provided by a local band
▪ release▪ distribute▪ broadcast▪ record▪ burn▪I use my laptop to burn music to a CD.
▪ rip▪software that rips music from CDs
▪ be into (informal), enjoy, like, love▪She's really into indie music.
▪ appreciate▪The ability to appreciate music is largely learnt.
▪ pirate, stealMUSIC + VERB▪ sound▪The music sounded vibrant and loud.
▪ play▪Calypso music played faintly in the distance.
▪ blare, blast, boom, pound, pump▪disco music blaring out of the open windows of a car
▪ come, drift, emanate, flow, waft▪The music was coming from next door.
▪ fill sth▪Music filled the air.
▪ drown sb/sth out▪ fade, fade away, fade out▪ accompany sth▪the music which accompanied the dance
▪ emerge from sth▪the music emerging from the cities of America
▪ evoke sth, inspire sth▪ reflect sthMUSIC + NOUN▪ biz (informal), business, industry▪ scene▪Rio's live music scene
▪ world▪She is a rising star in the music world.
▪ genre▪ press▪The album has been praised in the music press.
▪ magazine▪ charts▪The band are number one in the music charts.
▪ award▪ concert, event, festival▪ collection▪ appreciation▪ aficionado, buff, enthusiast, fan, lover▪ composer, critic, director, journalist, mogul, producer, promoter, teacher▪the choir's music director
▪ group▪ legend, star▪music legend, Elvis Presley
▪ label▪ CD▪ video▪ download, file▪ album, track▪ channel, station▪ retailer, shop (esp. BrE), store (esp. AmE)▪ room, studio▪ venue▪ library▪ piracy▪ education▪ academy, college, school▪ class, lesson, workshop▪ therapyPREPOSITION▪ to (the) music▪to dance to the music
PHRASES▪ in time to (the) music▪They did their exercises in time to the music.
▪ music and song▪an evening of Scottish music and song
▪ the sound of music▪The sound of pop music drifted through the open window.
▪ a style of music▪ taste in music▪Her taste in music was eclectic.
▪ words and music▪He made up the words and music for the song.
2 written signs that represent musical soundsADJECTIVE▪ printed, sheet… OF MUSIC▪ bar, line, sheetVERB + MUSIC▪ read▪Can you read music?
MUSIC + NOUN▪ score▪ stand▪I pulled the lyrics out and laid them on the music stand.
▪ publisher, publishingPREPOSITION▪ music for▪music for piano, cello and voice
▪ with music, without music▪He played the piece without music.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
