Music

Music is an art form that organizes sound, often through rhythm, melody, harmony, and timbre, for expressive or aesthetic purposes.

Rhythm: The organization of sound and silence in time, including patterns of duration and accent. Rhythm gives music temporal patterns that listeners can follow and performers can shape.
Sound: Mechanical vibration that travels through a medium as waves and can be heard. Music is made from audible vibrations organized over time.
Prehistoric music: Music-making practices before written historical records, inferred from archaeological and anthropological evidence. Prehistoric finds show that music-making predates written accounts.
Music therapy: The clinical use of music interventions to address individualized health goals. Therapeutic practice uses music to support health and well-being.
Noise: Sound perceived as unwanted, disordered, or lacking a desired signal. The boundary between noise and music depends partly on context and listening.
Melody: A sequence of pitches perceived as a coherent musical line. Melody makes pitch movement perceptible as a line within music.
Musical acoustics: The study of the physical properties of sound as they relate to musical instruments and performance. Acoustics explains how instruments produce the sounds music uses.
Divje Babe flute: A perforated cave-bear bone found in Slovenia, proposed as a Neanderthal musical instrument. Its disputed interpretation makes it a notable case in debates about ancient music.
Music education: The teaching and learning of musical knowledge, skills, and practices. Education passes on techniques and ways of understanding music.
Speech: The vocal production of language through sounds used to communicate meaning. Speech and music share sound but organize it toward different purposes.

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