noun (n)

• an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner(noun.communication)

  source: wordnet30
• any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds(noun.cognition)

  Example:
  He fell asleep to the music of the wind chimes.
  

  Synonym:
  euphony
  

  source: wordnet30
• musical activity (singing or whistling etc.)(noun.act)

  Example:
  His music was his central interest.
  

  source: wordnet30
• (music) the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments (or reproductions of such sounds)(noun.cognition)

  source: wordnet30
• punishment for one's actions(noun.act)

  Example:
  You have to face the music.
  

  Synonym:
  medicine
  

  source: wordnet30
• 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.(noun)

  source: webster1913