Art of combining sounds into a structured form, usually according to conventional patterns and for an aesthetic (artistic) purpose. Music is generally divided into different genres or styles such as classical music, jazz, pop music, country, and so on.

In physics, number of periodic oscillations, vibrations, or waves occurring per unit of time. The SI unit of frequency is the hertz (Hz), one hertz being equivalent to one cycle per second.

Regular vibration in which the acceleration of the vibrating object is directly proportional to the displacement of the object from its equilibrium position but oppositely directed.

Any disturbance that travels through an elastic medium such as air, ground, or water to be heard by the human ear.

Longitudinal wave motion with which sound energy travels through a medium. It carries energy away from the source of the sound without carrying the material itself with it.

In physics, commonly an oscillatory motion—a movement first in one direction and then back again in the opposite direction.

An ensemble of any one type of instrument, as brass band, wind band, marimba band. As town bands once provided music for social dancing, so do modern jazz and rock bands of numerous descriptions.

In music, two chords that are specially chosen and arranged to give a logical end to a musical phrase or section.

In music, a recognizable series of notes of different pitches played or sung one after the other.

In music, refers to the number and value of the beats in a bar of music. It is also known as time.

Symbols used to make a written record of musical sounds.

Or rime, the most prominent of the literary artifices used in versification.MORE

In music, the speed at which a piece should be played.

In music, the tone colour, or quality of tone, of a particular sound.

System of musical notation without staves and notes, invented by John Curwen (1816-1880) in the middle of the 19th century on a basis of the principles of solmization and solfège, and once widely used by choral singers, for whom it simplifies the sight-reading of music.

A family of tubular wind instruments or aerophones most often made of brass and sounded by the buzzing of the player's lips.

Musical instrument played by being struck with the hand or a beater, crashed, shaken, or scraped.

A musical instrument in which the sound is produced by the vibrations of one or more taut strings made from gut, metal, or (more recently) nylon.