military music
- noun
- /ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˈmjuzɪk/
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música militar
- Moreover, using military music as a recruiting and promotion tool quickly took hold.
Examples
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During the parade, the soldiers marched in time to the lively military music playing from the band.
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The military music filled the air, inspiring the troops as they prepared for the ceremony.
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Your support and the support of your staff have contributed to an effort that is unprecedented in the history of military music.
Academic text (1997) -
Other military symbols and rituals include military parades and marches, military music, social traditions, and ceremonies that capture the meaning of belonging to the armed forces.
Academic text (1995) -
At the festival, there was a performance featuring traditional military music that energized the crowd.
Synonyms
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3.2
A piece of music with a strong, steady beat for bands
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Lively music with a strong beat played for soldiers marching or military parades
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Music with a strong regular beat played by bands for parades
Brisk music with a steady beat that helps soldiers walk together in parades
Music with a steady marching beat played during a formal procession
How Brisk
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'military' (related to soldiers/armed forces) with 'music' (organized sound); a B1 learner who knows both words can infer this refers to music associated with or for the military (e.g., marching or ceremonial tunes). This adjective+noun composition is a common, cross-linguistic pattern and does not involve idiomatic or metaphorical shift, so no prior exposure is required to understand it.
Etymology
Military music comes from music that soldiers played while marching and in ceremonies. Loud drums and brass helped them keep the beat and feel brave, so the words military and music came to mean this marching style. So today military music means 'brisk and rhythmic music' used for parades and ceremonies.