music
n. uncountablen. sounds that are arranged in a beautiful or interesting way. You can listen to it, play it on an instrument, or sing it.
n. vocal or instrumental sounds combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion.
I like to listen to music while I work.
The street performer played beautiful music on his violin for the passing crowds.
While the technical proficiency of the orchestra was undeniable, it was the emotional depth of the music that truly resonated with the audience during the final movement.
From Middle English musik, musike, borrowed from Anglo-Norman musik, musike, Old French musique, and their source Latin mūsica, from Ancient Greek μουσική (mousikḗ), from Ancient Greek Μοῦσα (Moûsa, “Muse”), an Ancient Greek deity of the arts. By surface analysis, muse + -ic (“pertaining to”). In this sense, displaced native Old English drēam (“music”), whence Modern English dream.
Uncountable in its general sense; the plural 'musics' is rare and restricted to academic contexts discussing different cultural traditions.
I listened to a musicI listened to some musicMusic is uncountable and cannot be used with the indefinite article 'a' or in the plural to mean songs.