musicality

[ myoo-zi-kal-i-tee ]

noun

1. the fact or quality of resembling music; melodious or harmonious quality:

   As she read aloud to the students, the varied intonation of the teacher’s voice added musicality to the poem.

2. the fact or quality of creating, performing, or interpreting music in a highly skilled and artistic way:

   The two vocalists have unbelievable technique and musicality—and mesh perfectly with the band.

Other Words From

• un·mu·si·cal·i·ty noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of musicality¹

musical ( def ) + -ity ( def )

Example Sentences

It took Pearce years to break through in Nashville, but she’s finally getting accolades, as she had four nominations this year and won musical event for her song with Brice.

From Washington Post

Everyone in the family was musical, and several uncles were professional musicians.

From Washington Post

Bree asked her fans to guess what musical legend would be joining her on the song by creating a temporary page where she dropped hints and left coded messages featuring a series of special clues.

From Essence.com

Kristin Ewing, a student from Nebraska by way of a musical-theater career in New York, gained an interest in health-care policy when she saw how performers were affected by their lack of insurance.

From Washington Post

That’s when you can start making things like musical instruments, high-speed photography rigs, or any other weird contraption your imagination can think of.

From Popular-Science

There was a different musicality so there was a different aura around us, which inspires a completely different thing.

From The Daily Beast

From this standpoint it follows that musicality as such is capable of cultivation apart from instrumental performance.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• chant
• lyric
• music
• refrain
• theme