1. Compose: Write or create (a work of art, especially music or poetry).
Verb: He began to compose the melody.
2. Conduct: The manner in which a person behaves, especially on a particular occasion or in a particular context.
Noun: He dare not tell us his evil conduct.
3. Harmony: The combination of simultaneously sounded musical notes to produce chords and chord progressions having a pleasing effect.
Noun: The couple lives in perfect harmony.
4. Instrument: A tool or implement, especially one for delicate or scientific work.
Noun: Please handle this precision instrument carefully.
5. Melody: A sequence of single notes that is musically satisfying.
Noun: He played an Irish melody on the harp.
6. Music: Vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion.
Noun: Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast.
7. Perform: Carry out, accomplish, or fulfill (an action, task, or function).
Verb: Be slow to promise and quick to perform.
8. Play: Key that, in a video device, cassette, CD, etc., is used to reproduce what is on a tape or disc.
Noun: Fair words will not make the pot play.
9. Record: Word used in the journalistic expression off the record that applies to confidential or unofficial information that should not be disclosed or published.
Noun: She holds the world record in/for the 100 metres.
10. Rhythm: A strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound.
Noun: He had no sense of rhythm whatsoever.
11. Sing: Make musical sounds with the voice, especially words with a set tune.
Verb: Learn to say before you sing.
12. Tune: A melody, especially one that characterizes a particular piece of music.
Noun: He was humming a familiar tune.
13. Beat: Basically rhythmic style of music that emerged in England in the 1960s with influences from rhythm and blues.
Adjective: If you can't beat em, join em.
14. In / Out of tune: In a state in which the correct musical sound is not played or sung
Noun: Out of tune playing or singing higher or lower than the correct musical note Greg’s bass guitar was out of tune.
15. Note: A brief record of facts, topics, or thoughts, written down as an aid to memory.
Noun: Just a quick note to wish you luck.
16. On / Off pitch: Too high or too low you were a little off pitch on that last note.
Noun: Set to work vigorously, as in We pitched right in and started mowing the field.
