Show all entries from Topic: Music From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English music mu‧sic / ˈmjuːzɪk / S1 W1 noun [ uncountable ] 1 APM a series of sounds made by instruments or voices in a way that is pleasant or exciting I often listen to classical music when I’m in the car.

• When our buckets are full, we top the tour with a skidding riff of singing sand. • The serious climbers would not be seen dead with such riff raff. • Blackbirds trade riffs with each other through the trees.

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English cadenza ca‧den‧za / kəˈdenzə / noun [countable] technical APM a difficult part of a long piece of music, which a performer plays alone in order to show his or her skill Examples from the Corpus cadenza • Lunchtime on a day in June, cadenza in the rising wind: is there anything wrong with ...

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• If a fight takes place in this room, the strains of disorientating Nipponese atonal music can be clearly heard. • In atonal music, the harmonic relationships may be very complex indeed, yet they are undoubtedly there.

• Schumann was better at composing music than playing it. • I needed a quiet place to compose my thoughts. • He proposed a smaller army to be composed of better-trained and better-equipped soldiers. • A young moon shining on the cascading waters …

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English sheet music ˈsheet ˌmusic noun [uncountable] APM music that is printed on single sheets and not fastened together inside a cover Examples from the Corpus sheet music • Clyde also brought along his …

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• Experts on the music business hold that New York and London are well on their way out as the world music towns. read music • I could read music at one time but not now. • He could not read music , and had trouble getting jobs.