transposition - (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards

tone ending, release - (music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone

entr'acte, interlude, intermezzo - a brief show (music or dance etc) performed between the sections of another performance

music - musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest"

recapitualtion - (music) the repitition of themes introduced earlier (especially when you are composing the final part of a movement)

tuning - (music) calibrating something (an instrument or electronic circuit) to a standard frequency

audio CD, audio compact disc - compact discs used to reproduce sound (voice and music)

electric organ, electronic organ, Hammond organ, organ - (music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ

soundboard, sounding board - (music) resonator consisting of a thin board whose vibrations reinforce the sound of the instrument

stop - (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes; "the organist pulled out all the stops"

synthesiser, synthesizer - (music) an electronic instrument (usually played with a keyboard) that generates and modifies sounds electronically and can imitate a variety of other musical instruments

unison - (music) two or more sounds or tones at the same pitch or in octaves; "singing in unison"

registration - (music) the sound property resulting from a combination of organ stops used to perform a particular piece of music; the technique of selecting and adjusting organ stops

timbre, tone, quality, timber - (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet"

crescendo - (music) a gradual increase in loudness

fortissimo, forte - (music) with great loudness

decrescendo, diminuendo - (music) a gradual decrease in loudness

pianissimo, piano - (music) low loudness

register - (music) the timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of different musical instruments

pyrotechnics - (music) brilliance of display (as in the performance of music)

music - (music) the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments (or reproductions of such sounds)

section, subdivision - a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical); "he always turns first to the business section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next section"

section, subdivision - a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical); "he always turns first to the business section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next section"

inscription, dedication - a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something

musical notation - a notation used by musicians

sheet music - a musical composition in printed or written form; "she turned the pages of the music as he played"

musical scale, scale - (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave)

tucket, fanfare, flourish - (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments; "he entered to a flourish of trumpets"; "her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare"

swoop, slide - (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides"

gamut - the entire scale of musical notes

roulade - (music) an elaborate run of several notes sung to one syllable

keynote, tonic - (music) the first note of a diatonic scale

supertonic - (music) the second note of a diatonic scale

mediant - (music) the third note of a diatonic scale; midway between the tonic and the dominant

subdominant - (music) the fourth note of the diatonic scale

dominant - (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale

submediant - (music) the sixth note of a major or minor scale (or the third below the tonic)

auditory sensation, sound - the subjective sensation of hearing something; "he strained to hear the faint sounds"

music of the spheres - an inaudible music that Pythagoras thought was produced by the celestial

reharmonise, reharmonize - provide with a different harmony; "reharmonize the melody"

harmonise, harmonize - write a harmony for

orchestrate - write an orchestra score for

instrumentate, instrument - write an instrumental score for

transcribe - rewrite or arrange a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended

activity - any specific activity; "they avoided all recreational activity"

carillon playing, carillon, bell ringing - playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower

instrumental music - music produced by playing a musical instrument

intonation - the production of musical tones (by voice or instrument); especially the exactitude of the pitch relations

percussion - the act of playing a percussion instrument

vocal music - music that is vocalized (as contrasted with instrumental music)

singing, vocalizing - the act of singing vocal music

whistling - the act of whistling a tune; "his cheerful whistling indicated that he enjoyed his work"

music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner

beats per minute, bpm, M.M., metronome marking - the pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds

strike up, sound off - start playing; "The musicians struck up a tune"

harmonise, harmonize - sing or play in harmony

interlude - perform an interlude; "The guitar player interluded with a beautiful improvisation"

scamp - perform hastily and carelessly

churn out - perform in a mechanical way

sight-read, sightread - perform music from a score without having seen the score before; "He is a brilliant pianist but he cannot sightread"

rap - perform rap music

concertise, concertize - give concerts; perform in concerts; "My niece is off concertizing in Europe"

prelude - play as a prelude

jazz - play something in the style of jazz

rag - play in ragtime; "rag that old tune"

bugle - play on a bugle

play - perform music on (a musical instrument); "He plays the flute"; "Can you play on this old recorder?"

register - manipulate the registers of an organ

skirl - play the bagpipes

symphonise, symphonize - play or sound together, in harmony

tweedle - play negligently on a musical instrument

reprise, reprize, recapitulate, repeat - repeat an earlier theme of a composition

pipe - play on a pipe; "pipe a tune"

slur - play smoothly or legato; "the pianist slurred the most beautiful passage in the sonata"

pedal - operate the pedals on a keyboard instrument

bang out - play loudly; "They banged out `The star-spangled banner'"

play along, accompany, follow - perform an accompaniment to; "The orchestra could barely follow the frequent pitch changes of the soprano"

modulate - change the key of, in music; "modulate the melody"

bow - play on a string instrument

sing - produce tones with the voice; "She was singing while she was cooking"; "My brother sings very well"

psalm - sing or celebrate in psalms; "He psalms the works of God"

minstrel - celebrate by singing, in the style of minstrels

solmizate - sing using syllables like `do', `re' and `mi' to represent the tones of the scale; "The voice teacher showed the students how to solmizate"

tweedle, chirp - sing in modulation

choir, chorus - sing in a choir

sing - deliver by singing; "Sing Christmas carols"

troll - sing the parts of (a round) in succession

hymn - sing a hymn

carol - sing carols; "They went caroling on Christmas Day"

madrigal - sing madrigals; "The group was madrigaling beautifully"

drum - play a percussion instrument

harp - play the harp; "She harped the Saint-Saens beautifully"

conduct, direct, lead - lead, as in the performance of a composition; "conduct an orchestra; Bairenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years"

conduct - lead musicians in the performance of; "Bernstein conducted Mahler like no other conductor"; "she cannot conduct modern pieces"

auditory sensation, sound - the subjective sensation of hearing something; "he strained to hear the faint sounds"

piano music - the sound of music produced by a piano; "he thought he heard piano music next door"

music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner

syncopate - modify the rhythm by stressing or accenting a weak beat

chord, harmonise, harmonize - bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing

key - regulate the musical pitch of

strike up, sound off - start playing; "The musicians struck up a tune"

harmonise, harmonize - sing or play in harmony

clarion - blow the clarion

double tongue, triple-tongue - play fast notes on a wind instrument

tongue - articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments

penalisation, penalization, penalty, punishment - the act of punishing

vet - provide (a person) with medical care

dispense, administer - give or apply (medications)

venesect - practice venesection