nonmusical
- adjective
- /nɒnˈmjuːzɪkəl/
:
no musical
- He preferred nonmusical activities like painting and hiking over lessons in music.
- nonmusical play
- nonmusical goals
- nonmusical exploration
Examples
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Music ensemble students are likely to differ in personality from their nonmusical peers.
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Special attention can be brought to the musical and nonmusical concepts highlighted in our new standards.
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How do students become less attached to nonmusical goals?
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However, are these nonmusical goals the main thrust of music education?
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Facilitating students in their language development can enhance both musical and nonmusical learning.
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The main musical or nonmusical goal listed was choral development, with the second place goal being "fun."
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Music therapists traditionally have been concerned with special populations and with using musical experiences to achieve nonmusical goals.
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In both examples, the music therapist is addressing nonmusical goals through the child's participation in musical activities.
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When seeking primarily nonmusical goals, students are less likely to synthesize learning or generalize and transfer knowledge to other situations.
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Musical functional play was the most common type of behavior observed (237 instances), followed by nonmusical pretend play (72 instances).
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
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5.3
A sound that does not have a pleasant tune when sung
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6.0
Having a harsh sound that is not pleasant to hear
A voice or music that is not pleasant to hear
Not making a pleasant tune
Not having a pleasant, musical sound
Without music playing, for example only speech or silence
A style in writing or music that feels plain and without emotion
Antonyms
How Musical
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Nonmusical is made from non- meaning 'not' and music, the idea of song and sound, so it names things that are not musical. So, nonmusical describes sounds, activities, or objects that lack musical quality or relation to music.