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"pitch quantization" can refer to pitch correction used in audio production, such as using Auto-Tune. A frequent application of musical quantization lies
Quantization_(music)
Topics referred to by the same term
processing) Color quantization Vector quantization Quantization (music) Quantization (physics) Canonical quantization Geometric quantization Discrete spectrum
Quantization
British-Pakistani singer-songwriter (born 1 Jan 2020)
Knight (born 22 November 1991) is a British-Pakistani singer, songwriter and music producer. Formerly known by the stage name Zeekay until 2011, he has released
Zack_Knight
Clock signal broadcast via MIDI
artificial (being quantized by the pulse rate), losing subtle variations in timing that give the music a human feeling. Purposefully quantized music can have resolutions
MIDI_beat_clock
Device or software that records, edits or plays back musical notes
A music sequencer (or audio sequencer or simply sequencer) is a device or application software that can record, edit, or play back music, by handling note
Music_sequencer
Folkloric song from Tunisia
was produced by Rami Beatz and Dot Da Genius, and is copyrighted to Quantize Music LLC. It was highly successful on the UK's Official Asian Download Chart
Sidi_Mansour_(song)
Noise that reduces quantization error
process is called quantization. Each coded value is a discrete step... if a signal is quantized without using dither, there will be quantization distortion related
Dither
recording process may be listed as a "producer". quantize In digital music processing technology, quantization is the studio-software process of transforming
Glossary of jazz and popular music
Glossary_of_jazz_and_popular_music
Number of bits of information recorded for each digital audio sample
determined by quantization error. The bit depth has no impact on the frequency response, which is constrained by the sample rate. Quantization error introduced
Audio_bit_depth
Music term
and Evaluation of Jazz Piano Performance Via MIDI-Based Groove Quantize Templates. Music Perception 19, 443–461. Clark, Mike, and Paul Jackson (1992) Rhythm
Groove_(music)
Ratio of the desired signal to the background noise
possible noise level is the error caused by the quantization of the signal, sometimes called quantization noise. This noise level is non-linear and signal-dependent;
Signal-to-noise_ratio
System that converts an analog signal into a digital signal
signal. The conversion involves quantization of the input, so it necessarily introduces a small amount of quantization error. Furthermore, instead of continuously
Analog-to-digital_converter
2000 song by Madonna
"Music" is a song recorded by American singer Madonna for her eighth studio album of the same title (2000). Inspired by a Sting concert Madonna attended
Music_(Madonna_song)
Audio performance differences between technologies
according to theory, always introduce quantization distortion. This distortion can be rendered as uncorrelated quantization noise through the use of dither
Comparison of analog and digital recording
Comparison_of_analog_and_digital_recording
Technology that records, stores, and reproduces sound
"Differential Quantization of Communication Signals", issued 1952-07-29 P. Cummiskey, Nikil S. Jayant, and J. L. Flanagan, "Adaptive quantization in differential
Digital_audio
Digital representation of sampled analog signals
type of PCM in which the quantization levels are linearly uniform. This is in contrast to PCM encodings in which quantization levels vary as a function
Pulse-code_modulation
Telecommunications and signal processing technique
limited-range uniform quantizer, and a (continuous-domain) signal dynamic range expander that inverts the compressor function. This type of quantization is frequently
Companding
Digital audio format
when a transient is detected. Doing so limits the temporal spread of quantization noise accompanying the transient (see psychoacoustics). Frequency resolution
MP3
Digital signal performance enhancement
the quantization error is measured and on the next cycle added with the next sample prior to quantization. The effect is that the quantization error
Noise_shaping
1998 Grim Fandango video game music by Peter McConnell
The music for the video game Grim Fandango was composed and produced by Peter McConnell and published by LucasArts in 1998. The soundtrack is a mix of
Music_of_Grim_Fandango
Music workstation
The Akai MPC (originally MIDI Production Center, now Music Production Center) is a series of music workstations produced by Akai from 1988 onwards. MPCs
Akai_MPC
editor, for users to input the timings of new levels for the game. Quantization (music) "Use beat mapping on audio regions in Logic Pro for Mac". Apple
Beatmapping
Early 1980s American drum machine
with handclaps by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Linn introduced the quantization feature after he discovered that his code would record his playing and
Linn_LM-1
Music production style and hip hop subgenre
W. Childs IV on; comments, 2018 in Audio Software 1. "A Music Producer's Guide To Quantization". ask.audio. Retrieved May 26, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint:
Boom_bap
American record producer and rapper (1974–2006)
programming, often cited as a loose, or "drunk", style that eschews the use of quantization, has been influential on producers and drummers. Yancey grew up in Detroit
J_Dilla
Digital audio effect
represent the analog (continuous-wave) source, except for the distortion of quantization noise resulting from the finite precision of the individual samples.
Bitcrusher
Large language model developed by Google
December 2023 1.8B 32,768 Distilled from "larger Gemini models", 4-bit quantized Nano-2 6 December 2023 3.25B Pro 13 December 2023 Not publicly known Ultra
Gemini_(language_model)
Scientific study of sound perception
coding Parametric stereo Sample requantization Non-linear quantization Vector quantization Temporal noise shaping (TNS) Perceptual noise substitution
Psychoacoustics
Tabular arrangement of the chemical elements
number. The Danish physicist Niels Bohr applied Max Planck's idea of quantization to the atom. He concluded that the energy levels of electrons were quantised:
Periodic_table
Video encoding standard
absence of any quantization and rounding errors). In reality, there are some (sometimes large) rounding errors introduced both by quantization in the encoder
MPEG-1
German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
Development of our Views on the Composition and Essence of Radiation"), on the quantization of light, and in an earlier 1909 paper, Einstein showed that Max Planck's
Albert_Einstein
Compact encoding of digital data
vector quantization S2TC S3 Texture Compression Set partitioning in hierarchical trees Sub-band coding Transform coding TurboQuant Vector quantization Wavelet
Data_compression
Distortion of media caused by lossy data compression
after reconstruction. Because this quantization process is applied individually in each block, neighboring blocks quantize coefficients differently. This
Compression_artifact
Digital audio workstation
Inspector: Provides precise control over chord drawing, chord inversions, quantization, transpositions, scale correction, note lengths, and legato. Changes
Cubase
Measurement of a signal at discrete time intervals
expensive, aperture error, quantization error and aliasing can be significant limitations. Jitter, noise, and quantization are often analyzed by modeling
Sampling_(signal_processing)
American synthesizer company
Electronic Music Laboratories, commonly abbreviated to EML, was a synthesizer company founded in 1968 in Vernon, Connecticut, United States. It manufactured
Electronic_Music_Laboratories
Connection standard for electronic musical instruments
be used to create printed parts for musicians. Tools such as looping, quantization, randomization, and transposition simplify the arranging process. Beat
MIDI
Digital audio workstation
notes horizontally from left to right, the music programming profession and the concepts of quantization and cycling patterns of bars where instrument
Fairlight_CMI
Family of large language models by Google
exception of Gemma 31B, which has a context length of 32K. Quantized versions fine-tuned using quantization-aware training (QAT) are also available, offering sizable
Gemma_(language_model)
Software
characters per second. The mode is known for sounding "a bit like piccolo music". This mode is no longer included in WSJT-X as of version 2.1.2. JT65, developed
WSJT_(amateur_radio_software)
Conjecture on zeros of the zeta function
Michael Berry and Jonathan Keating conjectured that there is some unknown quantization H ^ {\displaystyle {\hat {H}}} of the classical Hamiltonian H = xp so
Riemann_hypothesis
context for improved music quality. The latent vectors produced by the encoder are quantized using residual vector quantization (RVQ). In RVQ, the latent
EnCodec
Chinese artificial intelligence company
execute 200-300 sequential tool calls autonomously and uses native INT4 quantization for efficiency. Benchmarks showed it outperforming GPT-5 and Claude Sonnet
Moonshot_AI
American physicist (1932–2025)
physics from Syracuse University in 1962; his doctoral thesis was titled Quantization of the General Theory of Relativity. His publications include "Spherical
John_Boardman_(physicist)
Digital audio workstations for macOS, iOS, and iPadOS
by Apple for macOS, iPadOS, and iOS devices that allows users to create music or podcasts. It is a lighter, amateur-oriented offshoot of the more professional-oriented
GarageBand
Synthesizer
a capacity of 2, 400 notes (expandable via cartridges). It provides quantization, step-editing, primitive forms of copy/paste editing, and can be synchronized
Ensoniq_ESQ-1
Lossy audio coding format
algorithm and the lower-latency MDCT-based CELT algorithm and pyramid vector quantization, switching between or combining them as needed. Bitrate, audio bandwidth
Opus_(audio_format)
Electronic manipulation of audio signals
authors list (link) US patent 2605361, C. Chapin Cutler, "Differential Quantization of Communication Signals", issued 1952-07-29 Gray, Robert M. (2010)
Audio_signal_processing
Multimedia framework
Midivid VQ (MVDV), MidiVid 3.0 (MV30), Midivid Archival (MVHA), and Vector Quantized Animation (VQA) Audio Electronic Arts ADPCM variants Netpbm Image PBM
FFmpeg
British physicist (1902–1984)
quantisation of curved spacetime. He also published a paper entitled "Quantization of the Gravitational Field" in the 1967 ICTP/IAEA Trieste Symposium on
Paul_Dirac
2011 video game
shooter design was in place from an early stage, the music underwent a long period of quantization so the sounds would remain melodic despite potential
Child_of_Eden
2012 album by American electronic music producer Flying Lotus
electronic music producer Flying Lotus, released on September 26, 2012 by Warp Records. Flying Lotus was inspired to create the album by psychedelic music, African
Until_the_Quiet_Comes
Audio technology company
screens with LED backlight units by means of local dimming. Perceptual Quantizer (PQ), published by SMPTE as SMPTE ST 2084, is a transfer function that
Dolby
Audio cues used for timing
editing in a digital audio workstation (DAW) or music sequencer, since various parts can be easily quantized and moved around or spliced together without
Click_track
1994 studio album by Aphex Twin
II (abbreviated as SAW II) is a studio album by the British electronic music artist and producer Aphex Twin. It was released on 7 March 1994 through
Selected Ambient Works Volume II
Selected_Ambient_Works_Volume_II
Mathematical transform that expresses a function of time as a function of frequency
treated as a separate harmonic oscillator and then quantized, a procedure known as "second quantization". Fourier methods have been adapted to also deal
Fourier_transform
Hi-NRG is uptempo disco or electronic dance music usually featuring synthetic bassline octaves. This list contains some examples of hi-NRG artists and
List of hi-NRG artists and songs
List_of_hi-NRG_artists_and_songs
Voice encryption, transformation, and synthesis device
Cummiskey, P.; Jayant, Nikil S.; Flanagan, James L. (1973). "Adaptive quantization in differential PCM coding of speech". The Bell System Technical Journal
Vocoder
Step in film, video, audio or photography process
single composite take), timing and pitch correction (perhaps through beat quantization), and adding effects. This process is typically referred to as mixing
Post-production
Wigner distribution function in physics as opposed to in signal processing
a context related to representation theory in mathematics (see Weyl quantization). In effect, it is the Wigner–Weyl transform of the density matrix, so
Wigner quasiprobability distribution
Wigner_quasiprobability_distribution
Cultural idea that spreads through imitation
indivisible entities, it does not imply that thoughts somehow become quantized or that "atomic" ideas exist that cannot be dissected into smaller pieces
Meme
Synthesizer and MIDI controller manufacturer
ownership. Buchla's first modular electronic music system was the result of a San Francisco Tape Music Center commission by composers Ramon Sender and
Buchla Electronic Musical Instruments
Buchla_Electronic_Musical_Instruments
Hungarian and American mathematician and physicist (1903–1957)
Doran, Robert S.; Kadison, Richard V., eds. (2004). Operator Algebras, Quantization, and Noncommutative Geometry: A Centennial Celebration Honoring John
John_von_Neumann
German physicist (1858–1947)
Planck postulate, that electromagnetic energy could be emitted only in quantized form, in other words, the energy could only be a multiple of an elementary
Max_Planck
Classification of Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs)
the output space, and SOM attempts to preserve these. Learning vector quantization (LVQ) can be interpreted as a neural network architecture. Prototypical
Types of artificial neural networks
Types_of_artificial_neural_networks
American theoretical physicist (1918–1988)
the prescient comment that the theory would be extremely difficult to quantize, and Einstein said that one might try to apply this method to gravity in
Richard_Feynman
Voice conversion software
speaking styles or accents. Moreover, modern RVC models leverage vector quantization methods to discretize the acoustic space, improving both synthesis accuracy
Retrieval-based Voice Conversion
Retrieval-based_Voice_Conversion
basic features like uploading videos, creating playlists, and using YouTube Music, with limits based on daily activity (verification via phone number or channel
List_of_YouTube_features
2001 video game
Mizuguchi and Kobayashi were anxious to avoid. Instead, the team adopted a quantization mechanic for the gameplay that allowed even players without natural rhythm
Rez_(video_game)
Data format used for audio compact discs
was a long debate over the use of 16-bit (Sony) or 14-bit (Philips) quantization, and 44,056 or 44,100 samples/s (Sony) or approximately 44,000 samples/s
Compact_Disc_Digital_Audio
2015 studio album by Kid Cudi
in its production was Plain Pat. Cudi avoided using click tracks and quantization, and recorded everything using two-inch tape "for a richer and warmer
Speedin'_Bullet_2_Heaven
Replacing a number with a simpler value
as "the table-maker's dilemma". Rounding has many similarities to the quantization that occurs when physical quantities must be encoded by numbers or digital
Rounding
Method for reducing unwanted sound
pressure level is significantly reduced. Additionally, desired sound (speech, music) can also be reproduced through the headphones.[better source needed]The
Active_noise_control
System for digitally encoding audio signals
samples. Noise shaping of the 64-times oversampled signal provides low quantization noise and low distortion in the audible bandwidth necessary for high
Direct_Stream_Digital
Ratio between the largest and smallest values that a certain quantity can assume
range is limited by quantization error. The maximum achievable dynamic range for a digital audio system with Q-bit uniform quantization is calculated as
Dynamic_range
2019 studio album by Tool
skill" while "remain[ing] defiantly contrary to the auto-tuned, digitally-quantized world in which we now live." Loudersound (formerly Metal Hammer) praised
Fear_Inoculum
Device that converts a digital signal into an analog signal
frequency range. And the ADC's digital sampling process introduces some quantization error (rounding error), which manifests as low-level noise. These errors
Digital-to-analog_converter
Italian-American physicist (1901–1954)
his exclusion principle in 1925, Fermi responded with a paper "On the quantization of the perfect monoatomic gas" (Sulla quantizzazione del gas perfetto
Enrico_Fermi
German physicist (1901–1976)
field equation for any point particle of spin ħ/2, itself subject to quantization conditions involving anti-commutators. Thus reinterpreting it as a
Werner_Heisenberg
2021 single by Iyowa
Additionally, the song's sound is richly layered, and the rhythm is not quantized. As a first impression, Genko from Eureka [ja] highlights the song's "grainy
Kyu-Kurarin
Book by Dan Charnas
many musicians reduce J Dilla's time-feel as simply "loose" and "not quantizing", but the book describes this as an oversimplification, detailing the
Dilla_Time
1989 studio album by Nine Inch Nails
October 20, 1989. Since 2011, the album has been released by the Bicycle Music Company. Frontman Trent Reznor sang and played most of the instruments,
Pretty_Hate_Machine
Artistic movement
multimediated reality that is free from artefacts of digital computation (quantization noise, pixelation, etc.). The postdigital is concerned with our rapidly
Postdigital
AI accelerator ASIC by Google
using the TensorFlow quantization-aware training technique, or since late 2019 it's also possible to use post-training quantization. On November 12, 2019
Tensor_Processing_Unit
Electronic musical instrument that creates percussion sounds
beats and patterns for popular genres and styles, such as pop music, rock music, and dance music. Most modern drum machines made in the 2010s and 2020s also
Drum_machine
Overview of and topical guide to machine learning
for vector output Kernel principal component analysis Learning vector quantization Leabra Linde–Buzo–Gray algorithm Local outlier factor Logic learning
Outline_of_machine_learning
Audio compression technique
TwinVQ (transform-domain weighted interleave vector quantization) is an audio compression technique developed by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
TwinVQ
2000 studio album by D'Angelo
singles, including the hit single "Untitled (How Does It Feel)", whose music video garnered D'Angelo mainstream attention and controversy. Critically
Voodoo_(D'Angelo_album)
Loss of qualities between copies
example, with JPEG, changing the quality setting will cause different quantization constants to be used, causing additional loss. Further, as JPEG is divided
Generation_loss
activist and convicted criminal. Carlo Becchi, 85, Italian physicist (BRST quantization). Habib Boromand Dashghapu, 64, Iranian Shiite cleric and politician
Deaths_in_September_2025
before Euler published his proof. Fadeev–Popov ghosts, and their role in quantizing gauge theories, were first discovered by Richard Feynman. The second known
List of examples of Stigler's law
List_of_examples_of_Stigler's_law
Audio or video represented as a stream of discrete numbers
Nyquist–Shannon sampling theorem, which dictates the sampling rate and quantization error dependent on the audio or video bit depth. Because the signal is
Digital_recording
2026 studio album by Mika
described as "[having] come from analogue or vintage outboard gear. Nothing quantized. Nothing perfectly in tune". "The song for me is like a treadmill, and
Hyperlove
Read-only optical disc for high-fidelity audio storage
of 2.8224 MHz, and makes use of noise shaping quantization techniques in order to push 1-bit quantization noise up to inaudible ultrasonic frequencies
Super_Audio_CD
British electronic musician
the UK's dubstep scene which showcased a dark, emotive take on UK rave music styles such as UK garage and 2-step; it was named the album of the year
Burial_(musician)
First Sony Ericsson phone to use the Walkman brand
sleep mode. Some users experience a high level of background hiss and quantization noise when using the Walkman feature at low volume levels, a problem
Sony_Ericsson_W800
1997 single by Chumbawamba
magazine Music & Media said, "After a decade and a half spent as indie heroes this collective is likely to break into the mainstream in a big way". Music Week
Tubthumping
Analogue modular synthesizer
The Serge synthesizer (a.k.a. Serge Modular or Serge Modular Music System) is an analogue modular synthesizer system originally developed by Serge Tcherepnin
Serge_synthesizer
Signal conversion technique
between the input signal and the integral of all previous quantization steps. This quantized signal effectively represents the derivative of the input
Delta_modulation
Transmission of information electromagnetically
usable. Also, digital transmission of continuous data unavoidably adds quantization noise to the output. This can be reduced, but not eliminated, only at
Telecommunications
QUANTIZATION MUSIC
QUANTIZATION MUSIC
Girl/Female
Tamil
Musical instrument
Boy/Male
Tamil
Cheerful, Seventh note on indian musical scale, Awesome
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for the taller of two men with the same name, from Old English leng(ra) ‘longer’, ‘taller’, comparative of lang (see Lang).German : variant of Lang.Chinese : from an ancient official title, Lingguan, denoting a court official in charge of music. The character for Ling is written similarly to that for Leng (), and the surname evolved to the latter form.Cambodian : unexplained.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Name of a indian music Raagini
Girl/Female
Tamil
Dhnashri | தநாஷà¯à®°à¯€Â
Goddess of wealth, Goddess Lakshmi, A Raaga in hindustani classical music
Dhnashri | தநாஷà¯à®°à¯€Â
Girl/Female
Tamil
A musical instrument, Wise, Far-sighted
Boy/Male
Tamil
Musical instrument
Boy/Male
Tamil
The th not of classical music
Girl/Female
Tamil
Name of a Raga, A Raagini in indian music
Girl/Female
Tamil
Goddess Durga, A melody in classical music
Girl/Female
Tamil
Dhanashree | தநாஷà¯à®°à¯€
Goddess of wealth, Goddess Lakshmi, A Raaga in hindustani classical music
Dhanashree | தநாஷà¯à®°à¯€
Girl/Female
Tamil
Musical instrument worn by the dancer
Boy/Male
Tamil
NandiGhosh | நஂதீகோஷ
Music of Joy
NandiGhosh | நஂதீகோஷ
Boy/Male
Tamil
Cheerful, Seventh note on indian musical scale, Awesome
Boy/Male
Tamil
Nadapratithishta | நாதாபà¯à®°à®¤à¯€à®¤à¯€à®·à¯à®¤à®¾
One who appreciates and loves music
Nadapratithishta | நாதாபà¯à®°à®¤à¯€à®¤à¯€à®·à¯à®¤à®¾
Girl/Female
Tamil
Dhanashri | தநஷà¯à®°à¯€
Goddess of wealth, Goddess Lakshmi, A Raaga in hindustani classical music
Dhanashri | தநஷà¯à®°à¯€
Girl/Female
Tamil
Musical instrument
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, German, and Dutch
English, Scottish, German, and Dutch : from Horn 1 with the agent suffix -er; an occupational name for someone who made or sold small articles made of horn, a metonymic occupational name for someone who played a musical instrument made from the horn of an animal, or a topographic name for someone who lived at a ‘horn’ of land.habitational name from Horner in Diptford, Devon, which is named from Old English horn ‘horn of land’ + ora ‘hill spur’, ‘ridge’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Horn 4.
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, German, and Dutch
English, Scottish, German, and Dutch : from Middle English, Middle High German, Middle Dutch horn ‘horn’, applied in a variety of senses: as a metonymic occupational name for someone who made small articles, such as combs, spoons, and window lights, out of horn; as a metonymic occupational name for someone who played a musical instrument made from the horn of an animal; as a topographic name for someone who lived by a horn-shaped spur of a hill or tongue of land in a bend of a river, or a habitational name from any of the places named with this element (for example, in England, Horne in Surrey on a spur of a hill and Horn in Rutland in a bend of a river); as a nickname, perhaps referring to some feature of a person’s physical appearance, or denoting a cuckolded husband.Norwegian : habitational name from any of several farmsteads so named, from Old Norse horn ‘horn’, ‘spur of land’.Swedish : ornamental or topographic name from horn ‘horn’, ‘spur of land’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : presumably from German Horn ‘horn’, adopted as a surname for reasons that are not clear. It may be purely ornamental, or it may refer to the ram’s horn (Hebrew shofar) blown in the Synagogue during various ceremonies.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Name of a Raga, A Raagini in indian music
QUANTIZATION MUSIC
QUANTIZATION MUSIC
Boy/Male
Indian, Kannada, Telugu
Talent; Smart; Bright; Lovely; Love
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Conquerer of Hundreds
Boy/Male
Australian, Polish
A Pole
Boy/Male
Afghan, Bengali, Hindu, Indian, Malayalam, Marathi
Flower
Biblical
an evil; a son who beholds
Boy/Male
Native American
Cottonwood.
Girl/Female
British, English, French, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian
Nice
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish (now mainly found in Ireland)
English and Scottish (now mainly found in Ireland) : variant spelling of Short.
Male
Finnish
Finnish form of Greek Ioannes, JUHA means "God is gracious."
Girl/Female
Indian
Ice, Cold like ice, Golden skinned
QUANTIZATION MUSIC
QUANTIZATION MUSIC
QUANTIZATION MUSIC
QUANTIZATION MUSIC
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n.
The written and printed notation of a musical composition; the score.
n.
One skilled in the art or science of music; esp., a skilled singer, or performer on a musical instrument.
v. t.
To utter musically; to modulate; to carol.
n.
A social musical party.
n.
The quality of being musical.
v. i.
Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians; not used in the singular.
n.
A kind of monomania in which the passion for music becomes so strong as to derange the intellectual faculties.
n.
A dance performed by two persons in circular figures with a whirling motion; also, a piece of music composed in triple measure for this kind of dance.
n.
A quavering modulation of the voice; a musical trill; a song.
n.
Love of music; capacity of enjoying music.
n.
A singer, or vocal musician, as opposed to an instrumentalist.
n.
The science and the art of tones, or musical sounds, i. e., sounds of higher or lower pitch, begotten of uniform and synchronous vibrations, as of a string at various degrees of tension; the science of harmonical tones which treats of the principles of harmony, or the properties, dependences, and relations of tones to each other; the art of combining tones in a manner to please the ear.
n.
A social entertainment of which music is the leading feature; a musical party.
n.
A more or less musical sound made by many of the lower animals. See Stridulation.
adv.
In a musical manner.
n.
A piece played by a musician, often extemporarily, according to his fancy; specifically, an organ solo played before, during, or after divine service.
v. i.
Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen.
n.
Any one of numerous species of small, often bright colored, American singing birds of the family or subfamily Mniotiltidae, or Sylvicolinae. They are allied to the Old World warblers, but most of them are not particularly musical.
a.
Of or pertaining to music; having the qualities of music; or the power of producing music; devoted to music; melodious; harmonious; as, musical proportion; a musical voice; musical instruments; a musical sentence; musical persons.
n.
Music.