Greek: Phoebus Apollo
Latin: Phoebus Apollo

Symbols: Lyre (musical instrument resembling a harp), arrows, and sun chariot.

1. The vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form , harmony, and expression of emotion.
2. The art or science of composing or pleasingly harmonious sounds.
3. The written or printed signs representing vocal or instrumental sounds.

Usually implies sounds with distinct pitches that are arranged into melodies and organized into patterns of rhythm and meter.

The melody will usually be in a certain key or mode, and in Western music it will often suggest harmony that may be made explicit as accompanying chords or counterpoints (art of combining different melodic lines in a musical composition).

Music is an art which, in one guise or another, permeates every human society and it is used for such varied social purposes as ritual, worship, coordination of movement, communication, and entertainment.

Greek: Apollo; (god)
Latin: Apollo (god, also called Phoebus Apollo)

The god of the sun, music, poetry, and medicine. Symbols: The lyre (a musical instrument resembling a harp), arrows, and the sun chariot.

An ensemble of musicians primarily playing woodwind, brass, and percussion instruments, as distinguished from an orchestra, which contains stringed instruments.

Another designation for the word band music has wider vernacular applications, from generalized usage (as in "dance band" and "jazz band") to the very specific (as in "harmonica band", "brass band", and "string band").

The term was first used in England to apply to the "king’s band" of 24 violins at the court of Charles II who reigned in 1660–1685, a group which was based on Louis XIV's (king of France from 1643 to 1715) famous group of violins.

Music that is composed for small ensembles of instrumentalists.

In its original sense, chamber music referred to music composed for the home, as opposed to that written for the theater or church.

Since the "home" (whether it be drawing room, reception hall, or palace chamber) may be assumed to be of limited size, chamber music usually has no more than one player to a part and it usually has no conductor.

It is music which has been written for combinations of stringed or wind instruments, often with a keyboard (piano or harpsichord) as well, and music for voices with or without accompaniment have historically been included in the chamber music term.

Music which is sung by a choir with two or more voices assigned to each part.

Choral music is necessarily polyphonal; that is, consisting of two or more autonomous (self-sufficient) vocal lines and it has a long history in European church music.

The electronic generation and processing of audio signals or the electronic processing of natural sounds, and the manipulation and arrangement of these signals via tape recorders into a finished musical composition: "Electro-acoustic music is recorded and edited on tape and the reproduction involves the use of loudspeakers."

Some electroacoustic music is created by arranging electronically synthesized sounds into a formal pattern with musical qualities which might resemble those of normal musical instruments.

An audio signal processor which contains sound generators (oscillators) and additional circuitry; such as, filters to produce familiar sounds including those produced by conventional musical instruments, or to create unique sounds and effects.

Music that is played in moving structures that carry people go up and down in buildings: Elevator music is often played in order to calm the shoppers if they happen to be anxious or this term can also be used for music played in public places, for example in shopping malls or in offices.

1. Music held to be typical of a nation or ethnic group, known to all segments of its society, and preserved usually by oral tradition.
2. A type of traditional and generally rural music which originally was passed down through families and other small social groups.

Typically, folk music, like folk literature, lives in oral tradition. It is learned through hearing rather than reading.

It is functional in the sense that it is associated with other activities, and it is primarily rural in origin. The usefulness of the concept varies from culture to culture, but it is usually convenient as a designation of a type of music of Europe and the Americas.

The natural harmonic tones supposedly produced by the movement of the celestial spheres or the bodies fixed in them.

A physical record of a musical performance which can then be played back, or reproduced.

Something that is very pleasant or gratifying to hear or to discover: "An increase in employment opportunities for those without an income was music to their ears."

A promotional film for popular music; especially, a rock song.

Music videos started to be widely broadcast on television in the early 1980's.

In music, a discipline involving the construction of cognitive systems to be used as a tool for comprehending musical compositions.

The discipline is subdivided into what can be called speculative and analytic theory.

Speculative theory engages in reconciling with music certain philosophical observations of man and nature.

It can be prescriptive when it imposes these extramusical contentions to establish an aesthetic norm.

In more general usage, the term musical theory is used to include the study of acoustics, harmony, and ear training.